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HWH Visit Today

April 28, 2014, 10:31:29 pm

We got to Moscow, IA where the HWH factory is just in time to see a burned SOB being loaded onto a flat bed and a skid loader picking up the rest. Burned to the frame. Nothing left.

Fire is a serious issue. Do your annual or more frequent inspections, make sure your fire extinguishers are OK and have an escape plan from everywhere in your coach.

HWH

The folks at HWH worked very hard to fix what needed to be fixed in an expeditious way and rebuilt parts for much less than they could charged for new replacements.  I don't think any of the air systems or slide actuator hydraulics have ever been serviced. Slide bladder inflates fine and stays inflated.  It did not consistently deflate and when it did it was slow.  My air pump ran much longer than I thought it should have.  There seemed to be no issue with ride or level. The tech replace several fittings and a few pieces of tubing and rebuilt the inflate/deflate manifold.  $200 for parts and $450 for a lot more time than the five hours they charged me. 

And they got rid of the creaking in the upper rear locking pin.

And I got out in time to drive the last 300 miles of this trip to get home before dark.

Great visit, great folks, great work, very fair price.

25-35 mph cross winds, gusts over 40. Worst MPG I have ever gotten.  Yesterday, same winds but tail winds heading west. > 9.5 MPG.  Sort of balances out in the long run.

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Reply #1 – April 29, 2014, 08:16:43 am

Roger, that was my experience with them a couple of weeks ago, too. Great people. That may turn into an annual stop.

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Reply #2 – April 29, 2014, 10:36:43 am

Yup, a very satisfactory visit. Nice to see that seal bladder open up right away now.

I backed out of the service bay, ran the slide in and out a couple times, everything was good but there were no interior lights, no water pump, nothing.  They had me pull it back in and started looking for open circuit breakers. After a few minutes of "I don't know" sort of looks the DW comes over and asks if the 12 volt disconnect in the step well in on or off. It was half way between which is off.  Maybe somebody's pants leg snagged it or something, I don't know,  but that was it. Bless her heart for listening to me go on and on about how all of this stuff works. She actually listens! 

Woke up this morning at home with vast (relatively speaking) space in which to wander. It is raining and snowing at the same time.  There should be early leaves out now but there are hardly any buds to be seen.  At least it is about 60° warmer than when we left.

Next winter maybe we will come home even later.

Roger

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Reply #3 – April 29, 2014, 11:10:53 am

We've had an interesting week down here, too. We've run the a/c and the furnace. We've had a tornado or two floating around the area, driving rain and now strong winds.

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Reply #4 – April 29, 2014, 05:18:55 pm

We made a small piece of metal that keeps house battery shutoff step switch from accidental turn off. It is held in place with a single screw and pivots out of the way when the switch needs to be turned off.

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Reply #5 – April 29, 2014, 09:02:43 pm

Good idea, Barry.  We have never inadvertently switched it on or off ourselves and it takes a bit of effort to turn it so it is hard to imagine doing it. I'll look at something simple to make sure it doesn't happen again.  Susan likes to start with the obvious stuff first. Glad she was thinking that way.

Cradlepoint is working great.  Thanks again.

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