SJH
Past Washington Chapter Leaders
Re: Help!
Hello Nita...thanks for the enocuragement!
Well, I just dewinterized our brand new BC which was delivered in February. Poor weather and an arm surgery has forced us to sit and look at it in the driveway for the past couple of months!
Yesterday I had the neighbor kids lift the hitch into my truck and thought I would hitch up to check out and make sure everything was set up correctly. Spring Break is next week…nice time for a shakedown cruise! As I was lowering the BC on to the hitch, the landing gear stopped…only an inch or so from lifting off the ground. I looked and the legs were up against the welded stops…OK, I was going to lower them and adjust the hitch or whatever to allow it to function properly. Oh, oh…hitch won’t go down either. Now my truck is halfway hitched (or unhitched depending on how you look at it) and also halfway in the road!
To the computer I went! After about 30 minutes of looking for fuses/breakers, I had to use the hand crank to lower the landing gear so I could unhitch and move the truck. Although neighbors found it amusing, they also didn’t like detouring around our development to get to their homes.
So, our brand new rig is still sitting in the driveway but now the landing gear doesn’t work. People on the forum are doing their best to help this “mechanically challenged” owner but so far, no cigar. I would feel better if I cold just find a fuse or breaker. I think the breakers are those little silver boxes (red rubber covers) by the battery. Seems to be about six of them or so all connected with a copper/brass looking bar on the right side posts. None of the breakers are labeled so it all looks foreign to me!
It’s 7:30 am here so nothing is open yet. I guess I will try the test light suggestion although I may need an electricians help.
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!
Hello Nita...thanks for the enocuragement!
Well, I just dewinterized our brand new BC which was delivered in February. Poor weather and an arm surgery has forced us to sit and look at it in the driveway for the past couple of months!
Yesterday I had the neighbor kids lift the hitch into my truck and thought I would hitch up to check out and make sure everything was set up correctly. Spring Break is next week…nice time for a shakedown cruise! As I was lowering the BC on to the hitch, the landing gear stopped…only an inch or so from lifting off the ground. I looked and the legs were up against the welded stops…OK, I was going to lower them and adjust the hitch or whatever to allow it to function properly. Oh, oh…hitch won’t go down either. Now my truck is halfway hitched (or unhitched depending on how you look at it) and also halfway in the road!
To the computer I went! After about 30 minutes of looking for fuses/breakers, I had to use the hand crank to lower the landing gear so I could unhitch and move the truck. Although neighbors found it amusing, they also didn’t like detouring around our development to get to their homes.
So, our brand new rig is still sitting in the driveway but now the landing gear doesn’t work. People on the forum are doing their best to help this “mechanically challenged” owner but so far, no cigar. I would feel better if I cold just find a fuse or breaker. I think the breakers are those little silver boxes (red rubber covers) by the battery. Seems to be about six of them or so all connected with a copper/brass looking bar on the right side posts. None of the breakers are labeled so it all looks foreign to me!
It’s 7:30 am here so nothing is open yet. I guess I will try the test light suggestion although I may need an electricians help.
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!
