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Old 09-15-2013, 10:27 PM   #1
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New trailer (surveyor sp260)

Just bought our first travel trailer. its a 2013 surveyor sport 2013 and pick it up next week. Cant wait to go RVing. We are doing our walkthrough next week as well. As this is my first TT is there anything i should pay special attention to during the walkthrough or maybe something that often goes unnoticed or missed during the final walkthrough?
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Old 09-16-2013, 06:33 AM   #2
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Congrats on your 2013 Surveyor Sport. Type "PDI checklist" in the search box above and you'll get links to plenty. Big Dawg has posted a good one.
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Old 09-17-2013, 10:17 PM   #3
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Thanks for the info. I read a lot of good checklists on this site. Has anyone gone to the extent of using a garden hose and spraying over the trailer especially around slideout seals, window seals and storage doors to see if there are any leaks?
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Old 09-18-2013, 07:03 PM   #4
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Also run the awning in and out a few times to check to see if the awning spline works its way out. Ours did after 5 or 6 cycles.
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Old 09-18-2013, 07:29 PM   #5
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Ill try to remember and do that. There are so many things to look over im sure im going to forget something even with a checklist with me.
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Old 09-18-2013, 10:21 PM   #6
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So did we on our inspection. LOL
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Old 09-19-2013, 03:13 AM   #7
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On my walk through I missed that half of the marker lights were upside down ( drain holes on top)
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Old 09-19-2013, 10:16 PM   #8
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Its funny how the obvious things get overlooked so easily. ill check for that when i do my inspection tomorrow
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Old 09-19-2013, 10:57 PM   #9
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During your walkthrough please do NOT be afraid to ask the person to repeat any thing you are not 100% sure of.
I got lost a bit when it came to the propane tank switching valve.
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Old 09-19-2013, 11:41 PM   #10
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When we returned home from the dealer with our new SP 240, we discovered construction saw dust behind all the drawers and built in furniture. It even was blowing out from the air conditioning ducts. Sloppy work on FR's part. Wish we had caught it while still at the dealer...took hours to vacuum it all up properly.
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When we returned home from the dealer with our new SP 240, we discovered construction saw dust behind all the drawers and built in furniture. It even was blowing out from the air conditioning ducts. Sloppy work on FR's part. Wish we had caught it while still at the dealer...took hours to vacuum it all up properly.

Did you check the light covers, mine had sawdust inside.
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Old 09-24-2013, 10:53 PM   #12
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Well we had our PDI tonight with our new trailer and everything went good. Only problem was some of the LEDs were burned out in the awning. They should have it ready for pickup this weekend.
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Very cool, Robmac! Plan to spend a few pennies in command type hooks. We have started putting them all over the place. A few to hold keys, one to hold a flashlight by the door, etc. One issue I had sort of forgotten about until last weekend on our recent camping trip. After we brought our SP260 home we stopped a few times at rest areas to do a walk through to make sure everything was staying where it was suppose to. The one thing we did notice was the bathroom door would open up with the flexing of the trailer while towed. We had the dealer address it and it still happened. We didn't see it as a big deal, so a command hook and one of my wife's elastic hair bands keeps the door from banging into the bunks while towing.
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Old 09-29-2013, 09:01 PM   #14
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Well, we are official TT owners now. Just drove our new surveyor sp260 home today. Just noticed that the display on the stereo stays on all the time. Is there a setting on the stereo to get rid of this when the power on the stereo is off. I dont want it to drain my battery. Now we just need to load everything up into the trailer and hopefully go camping one weekend before its time to winterize.
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Does your trailer have a battery disconnect switch?
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no it doesn't, but that will definitely disconnect the power to the stereo. I just wasn't sure if you could program the stereo display to off when power was off
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no it doesn't, but that will definitely disconnect the power to the stereo. I just wasn't sure if you could program the stereo display to off when power was off
You probably have the same Jensen stereo that I do, and I have not found a way to program it to go off. It's a big bright display, which is what convinced me to add the battery cutoff switch.
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Old 09-30-2013, 08:20 PM   #18
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You're right, There is now way of turning the display off. I checked with the Dealership and they too said there is no way of turning the display off. For the time being I'm going to find out which 12V fuse controls the radio and pull out when I'm not using my trailer. Ill have to get a battery disconnect switch installed soon
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We too came to that conclusion about the stereo. I plan on installing a battery disconnect when we winterize it. Until then I just plug the camper in about every 5 days or so. A pain at times, but something that I have to do.
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I found that same problem too. I put a 12v switch with a LED indicator light on the power supply wire to the stereo and mounted it next to it. That way I have the option if we are out dry camping.
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