1961jasonmason
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Rented a small tow trailer Oct 2020 as an effort to travel a week in pre-vaccine COVID. Owner was a piece of work and we ended up fixing from our own time, labor and $ something everyday, but still loved the experience and the idea. Well, we were glad once the “experience “ with that owner was over! Took a bit of time with pandemic conditions to find our RV but we finally did. Technically a used RV but could have been sold as new. The bed was still wrapped in plastic, no scratches, dinks, dents, marks.
My question—still happy with decision and purchase—is it normal for something to sort of go wrong or break or have to be ordered and then waited for every day??!! I mean, really, we’ve had family crises and events since we bought. So one quick trip was great but some technical problems. Fine. One thing fixed at dealership but by the time RV was just pulled around to be hitched to our truck something else has now broken. No argument. They are ordering replacement part and will fix, but we still have to get it back to them to take care of this and they are an hour away. This is sort of the same as two other kind of “oops” items over about three months and we’d only taken the RV out on a trip once. Now, on second trip, two Texans in colder-than-Texas-right-now-Nebraska the carbon monoxide alarm won’t shut up. Doors open. No different activity vs prior two nights. Cheese and crackers for dinner. No cooking yet. (No cooking ever so far actually.) Red flashing light finally went to stable green so we closed the doors, completely befuzzled and went to bed. I got up to “pee”, flushed, and carbon monoxide alarm stated screaming again. I opened RV door again. Alarm reset. Finally stopped screaming. Closed door and now (new) turned heat on because this Texan’s feet were COLD. Bam. Carbon monoxide alarm screaming again. You note: no fireplace, no cooking, and heater only turned on with third or fourth event. Currently in bed, cold, heat off, door open, carbon monoxide alarm happy and quiet again.
Two days ago elec and water worked but toilet wouldn’t flush. Today toilet flushes but shower works with LP heat but not electric.
I love it but what gives? Help!
My question—still happy with decision and purchase—is it normal for something to sort of go wrong or break or have to be ordered and then waited for every day??!! I mean, really, we’ve had family crises and events since we bought. So one quick trip was great but some technical problems. Fine. One thing fixed at dealership but by the time RV was just pulled around to be hitched to our truck something else has now broken. No argument. They are ordering replacement part and will fix, but we still have to get it back to them to take care of this and they are an hour away. This is sort of the same as two other kind of “oops” items over about three months and we’d only taken the RV out on a trip once. Now, on second trip, two Texans in colder-than-Texas-right-now-Nebraska the carbon monoxide alarm won’t shut up. Doors open. No different activity vs prior two nights. Cheese and crackers for dinner. No cooking yet. (No cooking ever so far actually.) Red flashing light finally went to stable green so we closed the doors, completely befuzzled and went to bed. I got up to “pee”, flushed, and carbon monoxide alarm stated screaming again. I opened RV door again. Alarm reset. Finally stopped screaming. Closed door and now (new) turned heat on because this Texan’s feet were COLD. Bam. Carbon monoxide alarm screaming again. You note: no fireplace, no cooking, and heater only turned on with third or fourth event. Currently in bed, cold, heat off, door open, carbon monoxide alarm happy and quiet again.
Two days ago elec and water worked but toilet wouldn’t flush. Today toilet flushes but shower works with LP heat but not electric.
I love it but what gives? Help!