Gary M

13 hours ago, Lenny D said:

Awww .. Yes she does .. I miss him everyday but truth be told, I almost feel a little guilty. Buddy was not able to climb the steps into the bus. When we’re in New Jersey we’re parked at my daughters house where we have a full hook up. Before he passed away we were staying in a spare room in the house so we could be with him. We couldn’t even leave to go on any trips at all since we were his caregivers. I had Laps of Love come to the house so they could euthanize him in his comfort spot. It was literally one of the hardest things I ever had to do. I don’t even think I felt such sorrow when I lost my parents. I was of course saddened about losing my parents but that was just a natural succession of life. I couldn’t do anything to help Buddy and that’s a feeling that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. After he passed, and I  the sadness subsided we were able to move forward with our plans. Before he passed we couldn’t do much. One of us always had to be home. My daughter had her hands full with three dogs and three kids. Buddy needed a lot of attention. We talk about it but I don’t think we’ll be getting another dog anytime soon. Maybe one day.

Totally understand. We still have one left. Milo (Bichon/ShihTzu) A very soon to be 3 year old my wife conned me into after our Bichon (Moose) Maggies older brother (not by blood) passed in January 2020. I hope I can make it to my late 80’s as I can’t see leaving him behind. My wife is more optimistic than I am. He’s stuck to her like glue and requires constant watching. He likes to destroy things if u leave it out!!! He has two to play with at our daughters right now, but eventually we gotta head back to coach sitting in California. I’m actually ready to bail on this nomad life. Vet medical, government bills, along with our own unexpected bills has eaten up spare $$$ to provide upkeep of the coach. 
Thanks Again and my condolences go out to all us animal lovers who have lost. And I understand and agree about the losing of humans vs our fur babies.

8 hours ago, cbr046 said:

Our animal hospital sent us this card after Jackson's passing.  He was a regular there.  Very sweet. 

Still tears me up to read it.

- bob

We live in our coach and unfortunately never in one spot till summer and head back to Oregon. And unfortunately our pups seem to always pass suddenly and far from Oregon.

2 hours ago, Lenny D said:

So very sorry for your loss Gary. We lost our best friend 10 months ago. His name is Buddy and he was with us for 17 years …  It was one of the saddest days of our lives .. We know he’s at peace now and out of pain. Our condolences 💐 to you.

Thankyou and sorry for your loss also . This girl next to me looks close to Buddy.

2 hours ago, Agpopp said:

It's a terrible feeling. I've been there a few times myself, and no matter how hard the parting is, they are worth it. 

Yes they are.

3 hours ago, Dr4Film said:

Gary,

My heart goes out to you with sincere condolences and sadness. We were in the same situation over one year ago with our 16 year 4 month old Golden Retriever whose quality of life just stopped. It tore my heart out that day!

He now travels with us in our Codymobile with his Cedar Box sitting on the shelf along with a large framed photo of him doing what he liked best sitting in his chair.

Hopefully the following will give you some peace and comfort during this difficult time.

Our Moose travels with us also. And now Maggie will too. Although I am looking forward to getting out of the nomad style. To many $$$$$ taking away from taking care of our coach. Needs a lot of TLC.

14 minutes ago, JDCrow said:

No worries, we have 10 pups packed up in the garage. Haven’t had it in us to spread the ashes.  

Wow! Our pup’s ashes will be sprinkled along with my wife’s and mine. Moose with her and Maggie with me. Now Milo we need to figure that one out. But he is definitely my wife’s dog. But he may have 12 more years yet. But do we!!!

1 hour ago, JDCrow said:

Hey Bro, can I get you a rock for your pups? 

Those are really kool. I much appreciate it but we are getting paw print in plaster and a lock of hair and urn. We did the same with her brother. Moose is going with my wife and Maggie with me once we pass.

14 minutes ago, TLMonaco said:

So sorry for your loss. They give everything they have to us and ask for so little in return. Maggie will never be replaced...but in time...give one a chance and your heart will fill with love again.

Tom and Lisa

Thanks for your condolences. 💔

We still have one left. A soon to be 3 yr old terrorist Bichon/ShihTzu (Milo)we got after our Moose (Bichon ) passed in 2020 of which we got Moose because we lost our Malamute (Koko) passed of a stroke 3 weeks before her third birthday and our very first trip in our first motorhome. He may drive me to my grave though. Need to make it to 85 to probably out live him because someone would have to have our patience to take him. Although he has his sweet moments. Ok! 50/50.

1 minute ago, 96 EVO said:

Our little girl is the main reason I got into RV'ing!

Didn't like the thought of taking vacations without her!

We already had an RV when we got Moose and Maggie. But Koko our Malamute we already had when we got our first coach. Unfortunately the first trip out, she had a stroke three weeks before her 4th birthday. A week in intensive care and we had to put her down which led to getting our first Bichon (Moose) a few months later in 2004. Then Maggie in 2008. 2020 Moose passed and I said no more Dogs. Well July 2020 along comes puppy Milo.

31 minutes ago, jacwjames said:

I lost track of how many dogs we've had, my wife has all their ashes with instructions that when she passes her ashes and her dogs ashes are to spread together.   When we lost our bull mastiff back in 2009 that was pretty much it for me, I try not to get too attached. 

So reading all of these condolences is gut wrenching.  I feel for all your losses. 

Yes they are gut wrenching for all animal lovers.

13 minutes ago, Steve's Bus said:

So Sorry for your Loss! 
This is my Buddy he’s 8 . I don’t want to even think about that Day in our life when he’s gone. 

13 minutes ago, Steve's Bus said:

So Sorry for your Loss! 
This is my Buddy he’s 8 . I don’t want to even think about that Day in our life when he’s gone. 

We lost Moose, Maggie’s older brother in January 2020. Now to lose her too is gut wrenching. But we still have Milo. The only problem is I need to out live him. Can I make it to 85.

49 minutes ago, 96 EVO said:

So sorry for your loss!

I'm sure my turn is coming. We have an 18yr old little girl!

I wish Maggie could have lasted longer. 💔. Wow 18!! I feel for u also.

48 minutes ago, JDCrow said:

So sorry my brother. Losing family is the worst. They just give their all so much for us, they run out of gas before us. 

 

As a dog lover, remember, you still have some love to give, and someday another pup will need some love, one will need you. 
 

 

Oh I got one left. And he can be a real SHIT Tzu at times.

46 minutes ago, Monte Roger Fautin said:

Best wishes.

My therapy, though I resisted each time, was to get another companion.

Remember, you are the greatest caretaker in the world.Look what a wonderful life that new dog will have.

Oh I don’t need another as I have one we ( my wife) got when Maggie’s brother died in 2020. I said no more. Yeah right!!! Now I need to live past 85 as he’s a little SHIT Tzu and would take someone vey much like us to handle him.

Had to say goodbye today to my Sweetheart Maggie 💔✝️. Thanks for all the prayers from all last June - Sept. Heart disease hit her hard two days ago and an overnight hospital stay didn’t help. RIP my sweet girl. 05/05/08 - 04/06/23 💔 

Went to Samsung RF18 five years ago. No issues.

Mine were tucked into the springs underneath.

6 minutes ago, 1nolaguy said:

While our "riding" chairs are in pretty good shape considering their age (no tares or de lamination) the piping upholstery covering has worn through in  many places including on the seat front and arm rests. My DW particularly complains about this as often she is wearing shorts while we drive while I usually wear jeans.

Buying new seats is a considerable cost undertaking but the few quotes I have gotten for reupholster seem to be close to replacement cost. I would be interested in hearing your experiences with either approach, especially in the south east as we are located in SE Louisiana.

If you have Flexsteel Captains Chairs and furniture, Lisa Bauer an ex employee of that company has all the patterns from 2000 and up till Flexsteel quit making RV furniture. She can sew up your pattern, ship it to you and if you have the knowledge, install yourself or find an upholsterer to remove old and install new like we did. We got luck and was within driving distance to take our chairs to also an ex installer employee of Flexsteel. 
 

https://bauerrvupholstery.com/

My experience with the one in Boise, Idaho was also not good. Coach was there fore three weeks for a service , radiator clean, ECM report. Somehow they only did the radiator clean and then parked it. After phone tagging over the first two weeks, I had to finally go down and apparently part of the write up was missing and the service manager had been transferred to another facility. It took me another two weeks to get the ECM report as I was handed a 5 page report when I left the state only to find out it should have been 50+ pages.

54 minutes ago, Jarry Mandrell said:

Help, I installed a new circuit board (main motherboard) which included and IRD auxiliary start in my diesel Monaco Cayman.  It was working charging both Coach and Chassis batteries from the engine running.  I put my probe on the purple wire on the trombetta solenoid in the battery compartment when I inadvertently shorted it to ground.  It quit working and I assumed I shorted and burned out the fuse.   The auxiliary switch still works.  Does anyone have any idea where the fuse is?  A member suggested number 33 fuse on the circuit board.  It was a 15 amp fuse metal and about 1/2 inches high.  I believe I am looking for a 5 amp fuse.  Really could use some help here. 

I got this when I had issues with charging. Don’t know if this is your issue but thought I’d throw it in there. It is available if this is your problem! I think it’s around $175.
 

Mega Tech of Oregon
Dual Charger Isolator, MT970 12 Volt Relay Operation
Any charging source (shore power, engine alternator, generator, etc.) will charge up both sets of batteries, but the batteries will be isolated during discharge. This helps preserve the ability to start the engine and recharge the entire system even if the house batteries have been discharged. In short, this device performs two functions:
1. It keeps the Chassis and House from discharging each other.
2. If either set of batteries is charging, the second set will also be charging.
The following three examples describe what an operator should expect to see under normal operating circumstances:
1. No charging source is connected, but some appliances are running.
In this case, the two battery systems will be isolated. One of the battery systems may fully discharge (due to some current draw), but the other battery may still be fresh.
2. One battery is discharged, and the other battery is connected to a charging source.
The Dual Charger Isolator will connect the two battery systems in order to charge both of the batteries.
3. Two or more charging sources are connected to the battery systems.
The two battery systems will be connected, and the combined current from the two charging systems will charge both the batteries.
Additional information of interest:
There are two delays and voltage thresholds:
1. There is a sixty second delay where the batteries are disconnected after the ignition is turned on. (This is to keep the engine starter motor from drawing current from the House batteries.)
2. There is a ten-second delay for on/off cycling. Off is below 12.2 volts. On is over 13.0 volts.
These ten second delays keep the systems from connecting and disconnecting when there are surge loads for short periods of time that drag down the battery voltage.

I’m also curious as my Throttle Positioning Sensor died back in 2018. But got lucky that Tom Cherry found the pedal and sensor on eBay. They were new with slight damage at connections but ordered, removed old, replaced and plugged in new one and drove back home to Oregon from Ohio. 

3 hours ago, Corkman said:

Hi Gary, how did your seats turn out?

Have any contact info for the ex employees?

https://bauerrvupholstery.com/
 

Lisa has the name of the installer if you go that route. He is in Riverside , California .

I’m curious too as I had new seat covers made by an ex employee of Flexsteel who bought all Flexsteel patterns from 2000 and up. She shipped to us in California at the time an had them installed also by an ex employee of Flexsteel in riverside ca.

Four screws on mine and valance and shade all in one. Take Two on bottom out from valance and two single screws up top into cabinet. Not the ones in the corner brackets as they should only hold valance together. Second pic shows one of the single screws that attach valance to cabinet.

If yours is a Ramco, here’s where I got mine.

https://www.ramco-eng.com/

8 hours ago, Land Lubber said:

Shade Pro said they had my pattern for my '09 Camelot so I ordered one but it was not the correct pattern, it was for a prior year's Camelot. If I can get down to Indio I will try to hook up with their pattern designer. If anyone knows of someone who makes these up in the Junction City, OR area I would like to hear about them as I have plans to be there this summer.

I had same issue. I was told they had my pattern. Got it and was an inch too wide and cover for desk slide didn’t fit. Offered to bring my coach to their shop as I was going to be a couple of miles away. They basically ignored my offer and refunded my money.