Tom
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We've been on a waiting list for covered storage for the coach. The gal who owns the place told me that she rarely gets vacancies. Monday evening we were at a dinner when the lady tapped me on the shoulder and said "I have an opening for you".
Yesterday morning we met her at the place with a tape measure. I figured the bay was long enough with about an inch, maybe two to spare. I figured the height would be tight, because this shed has lower doors than the other two sheds she has. The other coaches in this shed were gas coaches that sit much lower than our Monaco, but I figured we'd give it a try. The lady gave me a remote opener and we went and got the coach.
Plan A - I had Chris inch the coach forward while I kept an eye on the bottom of the door vs the top of the coach. Sure enough, the King Dome was sitting too high.
Plan B - I had Chris hold the air dump button down while she inched forward. Still too high.
Plan C - switch the engine off, dump all the air, start the engine and inch forward. I forgot that this won't allow the brakes to come off :-[
Plan D - I took the cover off the King Dome, tried again, still too high.
Plan E - I turned the controller on and let the King Dome search. Sure enough, it got lower as it searched different orbits, and I switched it off. Holding the air dump switch on, the front of the coach got into the shed with an inch to spare. But the Hughes Network dish wasn't going to make it.
Plan E - remove the HN dish from the roof mount. I started to do this when I decided this was going to be too much of a PITA to do every time we leave or come home, especially if the air dump valve quits while the coach is part way in or out of the shed.
Plan F - the lady gave us a really good uncovered berth, with far more room than the prior open storage lot. This is also away from a highway, so the coach won't be getting all that road grime. We'll keep the coach here and are crossing our fingers that a berth in one of the large sheds becomes vacant.
Do you know the height of your RV when you approach some of those low highway overpasses?
Edit: Sequel to the story, and solution to the problem here.
Yesterday morning we met her at the place with a tape measure. I figured the bay was long enough with about an inch, maybe two to spare. I figured the height would be tight, because this shed has lower doors than the other two sheds she has. The other coaches in this shed were gas coaches that sit much lower than our Monaco, but I figured we'd give it a try. The lady gave me a remote opener and we went and got the coach.
Plan A - I had Chris inch the coach forward while I kept an eye on the bottom of the door vs the top of the coach. Sure enough, the King Dome was sitting too high.
Plan B - I had Chris hold the air dump button down while she inched forward. Still too high.
Plan C - switch the engine off, dump all the air, start the engine and inch forward. I forgot that this won't allow the brakes to come off :-[
Plan D - I took the cover off the King Dome, tried again, still too high.
Plan E - I turned the controller on and let the King Dome search. Sure enough, it got lower as it searched different orbits, and I switched it off. Holding the air dump switch on, the front of the coach got into the shed with an inch to spare. But the Hughes Network dish wasn't going to make it.
Plan E - remove the HN dish from the roof mount. I started to do this when I decided this was going to be too much of a PITA to do every time we leave or come home, especially if the air dump valve quits while the coach is part way in or out of the shed.
Plan F - the lady gave us a really good uncovered berth, with far more room than the prior open storage lot. This is also away from a highway, so the coach won't be getting all that road grime. We'll keep the coach here and are crossing our fingers that a berth in one of the large sheds becomes vacant.
Do you know the height of your RV when you approach some of those low highway overpasses?
Edit: Sequel to the story, and solution to the problem here.