Jim, been doing it this way since at least 1998. Some lessons are hard learned and difficult to swallow. If this were the only problems I had, I would be on cloud 9. Due to stupidity, messed up the front cap by not being totally under the camper. Mistakenly pressed the "all jacks up" on the auto level system. The front of the trailer tried to go to the bottom in under 1 second. Cost me almost $3000.00 for repairs. TV has never worked. Burned one dish box out trying to connect on satellite. Bought another, but afraid to try it out, because I paid Dixie RV Sales near Crestview, FL to fix the TV. They told me that there were some wires missing. Warranty work. Brought it home and started loading for a trip. Started to rain, so the wife wanted it under the shelter. I forgot that I had the antenna up. Woke up at 3:00 in the morning cursing myself for stupidity. Took it back to Dixie RV. They installed one of the lowboy batwing antennas. It worked when I got it home. It doesn't now. Neither does the cable at the park. In other words, I have no TV. The flood lights do not work, the microwave does not work (can get it to do stupid things by continually pressing buttons, but most of the time pressing the buttons does nothing). Almost forgot, had to have Dixie RV work on the refer. The buttons on it would not work and it poured water on the floor. They said that the button pad was coroded and the drain line was stopped up. Warranty work. My son sat down in one of the dining chairs. The right rear leg broke off at a 60 or so degree angle. Dang lucky he didn't get the sharp piece in his back. Camping world got the chair replaced. Now, each time you sit in the new chair, it makes a noise when you use the back of the chair. I am considering dropping it off in the nearest river when I get it going again.
Sorry about the rant. Not particularly a happy camper. We learn by out mistakes, but they can be costly.
Hey Andy, I will be most happy to let you know when I return. The only question I have is do I alert you thru the forum or by phone. I don't text, facebook, bellybook, or buttbook. I have been known to giggle like the dickens, but I also do not twitter.
