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Originally Posted by jonesykay
Congrats! We just took delivery of our 27.5 yesterday. Did 2 'walk thru's' (PDI's) b/c we needed to bring our trade in to them. Overall so glad we spent the extra time asking more questions! Have a good understanding and we are going to 'shake it down' next week at a local campground. Don't have room for Camp Driveway. Fully aware of some of the things to watch for and our great dealer and salesperson are just a phone call away and I know they will be there spot on for us. Already received one phone call to see how pulling/driving/parking went. We'll have to compare notes! Check out my post 'Just went from this. . . to THIS!"
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Jonesykay,
Congrats on the new 27.5 and we are now on our maiden voyage from Fl. to Pa and then heading to Md before going home. We were fortunate we were not in Florida when the hurricane hit, our home is fine but I feel sorry for those in to south of us.
Anyway we have had a few problems crop up on our trip so far. Having traveled about 1600 miles north and a few bumpy roads later. We had a leak which I found after much searching. It was coming from the cold water connection at the back of the water heater. Easy fix once you figure out how to get to it. I had to take off the furnace vent cover at base of kitchen cabinet to see where the water was coming from. Floor was very wet and while I was there looking a stream of water came down from the shelf above. I had to take a panel under the sink that went from floor to nearly the counter out and then I could get to the leaky connection.
The other problem we have is the mattress is no good. After just 6 days we had to depressions in the mattress where we lay and they don't come back up. I'm 160lbs and the wife is less, so we aren't heavy people and after talking to the factory rep at the Hershey RV show, he said they had a bad run of mattresses and would replace it, we will see about that.
The tv slide out seems to be a bit out of adjustment as the section near the door catches and makes a big pop when it finally goes out. I have used the remote and stood at the doorway and helped that end of the slide move outwards so it doesn't grab. I will get it adjusted when we get back home.
The front cap lights stopped working even before we left from home. Oh, and the sliding doors on the shower back a hellacious noise when you open and close them. Annoying but they work.
A lot of small things that are annoying but able to work through most of them. A safety item that I mentioned to the factory rep was the water heater. The water temp on electric is scalding hot. I don't have a thermometer with me to check the temp but it must be 140 or better, very unsafe for youngster.
With all that said, we do like this trailer a lot. Fully loaded for the trip we scaled at 9260 lbs. from the 8120 unloaded lbs. leaving the dealer.
The trailer tows like a dream and I'm getting 2 to 3 mpg. better than I did with my 12,500 lb Cedar Creek did.
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