It was an exciting day. We met with the salesman at Charlotte RV to pick up the coach and undergo the orientation. The service man doing to orientation seemed unsure of some of coach features but assured us that he's been doing this a long time. Perhaps the different manufactuers have varied systems. Jim and I were fairly familiar with the systems since we recently watch RV Education 101 on a DVD a few nights ago.
We discovered that the detail department did a lousy job especially with the toilet, light fixtures and awnings. We had to kill some time for them to correct the problems. We went to lunch and then strolled around Wal-Mart. When we returned to Charlotte RV we were ready to go.
I unloaded the car which was full of RV supplies while Jim tended to last minute details with the salesmen. We allowed ourselves time to organize as we waited on Mike and Dave to meet us. Of course as soon as Jim put the awning down, the generator went into preserve fuel mode and was cutting off. We went to the gas station to fill up (that was an adventure on it's own) and returned to Charlotte RV where Mike and Dave were now awaiting us.
With some car shuffling we went to Tropic Trailer to pickup our trailer. As they assisted us in the hitch hookup and such we discovered that the BMW would not make it up the ramps without tearing off a bumper. They tried this and that and we decided to rethink this whole process overnight and return on Tuesday with a new game plan.
We drove the RV and parked it in front of the house, ordered dinner and discussed today's conflicts. Dave mentions what Tropic Trailer says the trailer weighs and we then discover that this whole setup is overweight for towing behind the coach. DAMN! Jim and I fucked that up. Back to the drawing board. We're probably gonna by a used light weight vehicle and tow dolly instead. We'll see what Tuesday will bring.
We discovered that the detail department did a lousy job especially with the toilet, light fixtures and awnings. We had to kill some time for them to correct the problems. We went to lunch and then strolled around Wal-Mart. When we returned to Charlotte RV we were ready to go.
I unloaded the car which was full of RV supplies while Jim tended to last minute details with the salesmen. We allowed ourselves time to organize as we waited on Mike and Dave to meet us. Of course as soon as Jim put the awning down, the generator went into preserve fuel mode and was cutting off. We went to the gas station to fill up (that was an adventure on it's own) and returned to Charlotte RV where Mike and Dave were now awaiting us.
With some car shuffling we went to Tropic Trailer to pickup our trailer. As they assisted us in the hitch hookup and such we discovered that the BMW would not make it up the ramps without tearing off a bumper. They tried this and that and we decided to rethink this whole process overnight and return on Tuesday with a new game plan.
We drove the RV and parked it in front of the house, ordered dinner and discussed today's conflicts. Dave mentions what Tropic Trailer says the trailer weighs and we then discover that this whole setup is overweight for towing behind the coach. DAMN! Jim and I fucked that up. Back to the drawing board. We're probably gonna by a used light weight vehicle and tow dolly instead. We'll see what Tuesday will bring.
David and I were so glad we were there to witness the shenanigans with the trailer etc. It was highly entertaining right up until you guys started beating yourselves up for not being perfect. How dare you? That's our job. :)
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