2014 Grandvention, Shawnee OK in mid October

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Reply #50 – October 22, 2014, 03:08:55 pm

I've been designing and building Arts and Crafts style furniture and built-ins for more than 30 years. (Avocation) "Life is short, the craft so long to learn". Once we got our Foretravel and I had a close look at how things were built, I was pretty impressed. A nice quarter sawn white oak interior would be nice. So is the cherry one we have.

Roger

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Reply #51 – October 22, 2014, 05:46:16 pm

Had a great presentation by James Triana. Talked about why he has you call for assistance adn you have to leave a message. It works faster as he can prioritize them and he gets the messages as emails rather then having to listen to them. We discussed the HWH system too and how they work and why. Not to cut a hose as they have to be the same length for the retract on the slide rooms. He discussed how to bypass the transmission interlock and the reasons you might not get a travel light. IT is great to be able to talk to to him and get the information. It is one of the benefits of attending the GV every year to be able to have dinner or Lunch with David or James.

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Reply #52 – October 22, 2014, 09:27:25 pm

THis morning Lyle Reed was talking and was shocked when people were complaining that the wait for service was 6 weeks when they called. So he asked how many had been told that and lots of hands went up. He said he would look into it. It is not a surprise to any of us who have been there for service that their times are stretching out and they are not full up in the bays and it loos like they have less techs in the service department too.

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Reply #53 – October 22, 2014, 09:30:48 pm

Oh one other piece of news that was announce is that Lance Hays, one of the three salesman resigned over the weekend. I was not told the reason but I wonder if that if they can not sell the new Realm and they have a product that is 3-400,000 dollars more expensive then MHS is selling that they may not have as many sales. Also, Paul Tinkle has been out for a while with triple by pass surgery too.

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Reply #54 – October 22, 2014, 09:42:36 pm

One of the reasons service is scheduled 6 weeks out is that they have a policy of once a coach is in they work on it till it's done. If they find an issue even if it's not part of the original work order they will add if you want. Also plenty of us get into service and keep adding to the work order. (guilty! until we run out of money or time.) They also leave room in the schedule for drop ins. I've taken advantage of this several times.

Just my opinion but I also think they book heavier early in the week to be sure they can finish the work order before the weekend.

see ya
ken

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Reply #55 – October 22, 2014, 09:47:49 pm

That may be so but it is not the same issue at other places. MOT or even Cummins when I go there for service do not push you out 6 weeks.

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Reply #56 – October 22, 2014, 11:01:08 pm

Here are a few pictures of some of the people here at the GV.
Some Forum members who are all having a great time as you can see.

Tom dismissing the tables for a great dinner.

Talking with Lyle

Playing a great game and I did win a nice prize too. We all laughed till our sides hurt.

Outgoing International President Mark Crick.

Incase you did not know Mark and his wife Debbie will be tour directors this year too.
Here he is talking with Skip who along with his lovely wife are also tour directors.

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Reply #57 – October 23, 2014, 08:04:28 am

Yesterday afternoon we did the remodel session again. It was much different then the last GV too. They contacted a few of us, me included, to see if we would be open to showing our coaches. They put flags on our coach and a listing on the windshield of what was done. Then one of us stayed int he coach as we had lots of people come in. We showed them the remodels and then David was avail to talk to them outside and give estimates. Justin also showed off a coach he painted with the matching trailer. It was well received, fun and informative

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Reply #58 – October 23, 2014, 06:07:26 pm

We had a very informative presentation by one of the members today. It was all about how to get your ducks in a row paperwork wise for you death. He spelled out what to put and where to put the documents and how to do it and more importantly, what not to do. It was a great thing and he gave out binders with about 50 pages of information and things to fill out. Very worthwhile to sit in on and he mentioned a lot of good information.

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Reply #59 – October 23, 2014, 10:18:19 pm

Went to the St, Gregory Abby and a Mabee Gerrer Museum.
The Abby was really interesting.

a real life mummy

And her xRay

It covered 8000 years of civilization

And wonderful paintings.

and shrunken heads too.

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Reply #60 – October 24, 2014, 07:46:43 am

Yesterday was an interesting day at the GV too. We had a mens lunch where we sat around and talked FOretravels. you got to meet new people and in a men only grouping. The women had purses and scarves and their own lunch and discussions. IT was very nice to have time to just sit and talk to fellow FT owners and learn about them and their coaches and where they were going and where they have gone. Then we had a great dinner a bit later on after the talk oin getting ypour ducks in a row if you were to die. The club when all out with Clancey Davis and his band. We sang and danced for hours. Loved the music and he is very talented. I understand he has opened for a number of big named acts and is the nephew of one of the members. I will say that for the money you spent at the GV to attend this year, you could not have gotten into a seminar on the planning and attended a concert for the total cost any cheaper and it had full hookup camping and lots of other stuff going on too. IT has been a great GV so far and tonight is the final night and a more of a dress up dinner. We will see the trips for next year or two and we will also get to talk to a tech again.

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Reply #61 – October 24, 2014, 03:27:53 pm

Here are a few pictures and a short video link to the concert from last night.
Clancy Davis

Up close and personal

He sang slow ballads as well as fast songs. He ranged from driving country to the eagles to oldies rock to dancing tunes.

He had hand clapping foot stomping music too.

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Reply #62 – October 24, 2014, 03:29:19 pm

And the video I hope.

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Reply #63 – October 25, 2014, 08:49:22 am

Being a "Newbie" for the first time at the Grandvention was a blast. EVERYONE went out of their way to make us feel Welcomed. We learned a lot from the seminars and met some really nice people. The food was great and the conversations even better. You never realize how much you "don't" know until you start talking to others who have been in their Foretravel much longer than us. Everyone is SO willing to lend a hand and give you valuable information. If you missed this Grandvention then you missed out. We are looking forward to other adventures with this wonderful group of people. Want to thank everyone for all their hospitality and hard work on this Grandvention. It was AWESOME!!!

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Reply #64 – October 25, 2014, 05:43:03 pm

Rick,
Great picture of you and Rhonda!
Joanne

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Reply #65 – October 25, 2014, 06:05:08 pm

Mike - was that you Steve and I met at the Denton Camping World this afternoon?

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Reply #66 – October 25, 2014, 07:44:54 pm

Joanne, we had a great photographer.

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Reply #67 – October 25, 2014, 07:49:33 pm

One thing I did notice was that Dale Kempfer from Silverleaf was installing a number of systems this time. Normally he is troubleshooting but this time I saw him install three or four at least.

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Reply #68 – October 25, 2014, 09:22:25 pm

Mike - was that you Steve and I met at the Denton Camping World this afternoon?

Yes it was.

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Reply #69 – October 26, 2014, 09:33:24 am

Quote from: Mike & Joanne Whitaker – October 25, 2014, 05:43:03 pm

Rick, Great picture of you and Rhonda!, Joanne

Rick & Rhonda, Mike & Joanne, (and any body else). Both of y'all have great pictures that are much much better than mine. If'n you would send me, via email, a jpg I would like to update the Grandvention Photo Roster before I send it out.

For all Grandvention attendees: If you would like a pdf copy of the Grandvention Photo Roster please send me an email. (Probably in about a week.)

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Reply #70 – October 26, 2014, 10:00:18 am

Thanks Harvey I sent you both pictures to your email account. You're the best! Enjoyed meeting you at the Grandvention.

Joanne

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