Hi all,
Been a while since I was on this site so thought I'd give an update.
As you know, if you have read all my blogs, I have completely written off Forest River and PaulsboRV as being worthless for warranty and other problems.
I found a local RV repair company that does excellent work, they actually set a date and you take the RV in and the next day you get a call to pick it up AND they actually guarantee their work. What a novel approach - say what you are going to do, then do it.
Things they have done:
They added a automatic cover over the slide out for $405 parts and labor.
They took the shower out and replaced the undersized plywood base with 3/4" plywood, put down a grid of 2X4 under the base and properly installed shower (no sealer had been used). Fine now. $432 (They just thought nothing would really be satisfactory until the shower had a stable support so I told them just fix it and fix it right..... you know the way it should have been built that way.)
They added a door in the side (used the same door as the outside shower) so I can get access to the water pump for service and winterizing without having to move the mattress off of the bed to access it. Cost $138.
They added an electric jack installed on the hitch for $254 including wiring. Really helps installing and removing the distribution springs, plus really helps an old 80 year old back. (PaulsboRV wanted $360 for EXACTLY the same thing - this was my "special" price as a new buyer)
Now future plans. We plan on leaving here on Sept 20 and drift over to Idaho then S to Corpus Christi, TX then drift through NM, AZ, UT, OR, and back to WA. We plan on taking maybe 3 months to do this with no plans at all. We just have some places we want to see so we will get up and ask, "Which way do we want to go today?" then do it. We'll decide where we want to stay as the day goes on.... I suspect there might be more than a few Camp Walmart stays as they are in every city while RV parks are not as plentiful.
This will be the test of the Rpod. I'll let you know how it goes.