New 34IK...It's here and it's beautiful.

[scottcmb]

Hi..... great choice of unit you have there...... thats the same unit i want to purchase and import to here in New Zealand..... i have one thing to ask and if you wouldnt mind, if possible could you please take an accurate measurement of what the distance is measuring from the centre point between the two axles to the edge of the rear wall of the trailer?.... that would be greatly appreciated if you do

Cheers Scotty

[SimchaSabre]

Originally Posted by scottcmb

Hi..... great choice of unit you have there...... thats the same unit i want to purchase and import to here in New Zealand..... i have one thing to ask and if you wouldnt mind, if possible could you please take an accurate measurement of what the distance is measuring from the centre point between the two axles to the edge of the rear wall of the trailer?.... that would be greatly appreciated if you do

Cheers Scotty

Looks like it's pretty close to 171 inch's. But I wouldn't pre-drill holes in your shipping crate based on my measurement. Please keep us updated on your project.

[tomkatb]

We stay at east lake rv. About 5 miles from the grandkids.

A typical commercial park. Sites close together. But, clean, neat, well manicured grass. All amenities. Well managed. Over Christmas the neighbors put on a fireworks show every night. Till after midnight. The guard dog was not pleased. A few too many explosions.

We like taking the rv there to get away from the group at night. Does not necessarily please our dear daughter. But we are at the age we like a little quiet now and then.

The last granddaughter was a miracle. Had to deliver at 25 weeks. Or my daughter had 24 hours to live otherwise. I was standing by to donate half my liver. Would have ended my relationship with gin.

A miracle as the under #2 baby is now the typical two and half year old terror. Non stop energy. The daughter made a complete recovery without a transplant.

[SimchaSabre]

First Mod. Added the washing machine moved from the previous 5th Wheel. A Euro style portable from Menards. Takes up little space and still runs like new after 5 years

[BillD]

Nice looking rig. I have the 37RTH and everything woorks good except the ice maker. Enjoy

[tcrossan]

Had this 34IK 60 days and just now getting around to using it.
No directions from F R only a quick start Guide for the DVD player. Finally figured out that we had a defective termination on a piece of RG6 which I replaced. We have a picture but can only get sound on the outside speakers. Picture is very fuzzy but we at least have a picture.
Will take any and all suggestions/help. Very frustrating.
Downloaded manual. Doesn't help.
I'm usually able to get past all the questionable things but I'm getting nowhere. I have no idea what all the buttons are for and the setting that pop up. Got am/fm, off/on, radiO tune figured out but that's about it.

[scottcmb]

Originally Posted by SimchaSabre

Looks like it's pretty close to 171 inch's. But I wouldn't pre-drill holes in your shipping crate based on my measurement. Please keep us updated on your project.Attachment 207863

Thank you for that

Cheers scotty

[BigAl52]

Im out on the maiden voyage with my 34IK. Just got it 3 weeks ago. I live in Colorado and we took it to Washington to see my sister. I like the Unit alot but there are things like there are with every RV that I dont get how they get by the quality control dept. Maybe Im to picky. But on 2 of my slides it looks like the guy who installed the rubber roof may have had a bad day. Puckers and rolls in the roof. Its a cosmetic thing only but it still makes you wonder if anyone has any pride in there work anymore. Had some issues with squeaky floor in the bedroom but was able to remedy that with the composite door shingles from Home depot. Also front compartment storage door trim needed shimmed to get the lock to lock. Theres one other issue inside but I think I have a fix for it. All the systems work good so Im thankful for that. One other thing on the outside is decals already coming off. There a joke anyway wish they would just leave them off.

[Jim in Florida]

Originally Posted by MikeRP

Awesome!!!! Do you have the exact size of those Cleve’s pins? Great idea! Congratulations! [emoji898]

18-8 Stainless Steel Clevis Pin, 1/4" Diameter, 2-3/16" Usable Length
McMaster Carr #92390A170

http://www.forestriverforums.com/for...ml#post2045655

Jim

[SimchaSabre]

First night out. Making breakfast using 100 year old cast iron skillets on a gas grill plugged into a 2020 RV. So far so good. Only crisis so far...had to reverse the toilet paper holder to keep from pulling the roll off. Keeping my fingers crossed

[tomkatb]

We have a 2018 Cedar Creek 34RE.

It came with Jensen tv, stereo and sound bar. Unit works great. Added a real subwoofer.

I would describe it as a goofy piss ant setup. Not at all user friendly. Not intuitive at all. Hates everything Apple. Only accepts Apple Bluetooth. No usbs. No charge.

Took hours to figure out how to control the outside speakers. Have the phone amp. Helps some. There are four or more volume channels, a, b, c, and e. Intuitive, duh!!!!

The solution is to show the rest of the family the door for four hours. Get a chair to sit in front of the radio and play with it. Put a cold beverage near. This will not be easy.

Ours uses an arc cable between the tv and radio. The factory forgot to plug it into the radio. A two hour job. Had to remove the fireplace.

Hang tough. You will get it. After the winter storage I will have to play with it again to regain control. It is a pain. Sounds great. I hate the controls.

[SimchaSabre]

Originally Posted by tomkatb

We have a 2018 Cedar Creek 34RE.

It came with Jensen tv, stereo and sound bar. Unit works great. Added a real subwoofer.

I would describe it as a goofy piss ant setup. Not at all user friendly. Not intuitive at all. Hates everything Apple. Only accepts Apple Bluetooth. No usbs. No charge.

Took hours to figure out how to control the outside speakers. Have the phone amp. Helps some. There are four or more volume channels, a, b, c, and e. Intuitive, duh!!!!

The solution is to show the rest of the family the door for four hours. Get a chair to sit in front of the radio and play with it. Put a cold beverage near. This will not be easy.

Ours uses an arc cable between the tv and radio. The factory forgot to plug it into the radio. A two hour job. Had to remove the fireplace.

Hang tough. You will get it. After the winter storage I will have to play with it again to regain control. It is a pain. Sounds great. I hate the controls.

The Jensen AV set up in ours sounds like it is less complicated. Only 2 zones inside and out. We can Bluetooth to it pretty easily with Androids as long as we're not trying to connect to the in-Comand truck or anything else. Maybe we need to get a separate device for each.

[John-n-Janis]

Very nice, Congratulations

[Wjpinder]

Nice rig! I am curious about the steps. Where do you store them when traveling?

[SimchaSabre]

They fold up inside like STD MoRyde Step Aboves. I will only remove them when required for access in tight spaces which fortunately has happened to me yest.

[Herm404]

Nice we love ours

[josheaton]

Bahahaha! Pure marketing gold right there

Originally Posted by tomkatb

We have a 2018 Cedar Creek 34RE.

It came with Jensen tv, stereo and sound bar. Unit works great. Added a real subwoofer.

I would describe it as a goofy piss ant setup. Not at all user friendly. Not intuitive at all. Hates everything Apple. Only accepts Apple Bluetooth. No usbs. No charge.

Took hours to figure out how to control the outside speakers. Have the phone amp. Helps some. There are four or more volume channels, a, b, c, and e. Intuitive, duh!!!!

The solution is to show the rest of the family the door for four hours. Get a chair to sit in front of the radio and play with it. Put a cold beverage near. This will not be easy.

Ours uses an arc cable between the tv and radio. The factory forgot to plug it into the radio. A two hour job. Had to remove the fireplace.

Hang tough. You will get it. After the winter storage I will have to play with it again to regain control. It is a pain. Sounds great. I hate the controls.

[buxrv]

Originally Posted by SimchaSabre

At least that is what the salesman told us when he call to tell us our new 34IK had arrived. Unfortunately, he call the afternoon before we were leaving for 2 weeks to attend back to back FROG Rallies in Ohio & Ontario. We didn't even think about starting the PDI then but did take the 30 min ride over to International RV World in Mt Pleasant MI. to take a quick look. It was a bit grimy from the 200 mile haul from Topeka, but, we, at least, confirmed all of our options were installed.

2 weeks later we returned with clipboard in hand and did a proper PDI. They did tell us that they spent quite a bit of time checking everything out and I guess they did because after all of that prep we did to prepare the PDI, we only found a few "self-closing" drawers that didn't. So far we are very pleased with the Cedar Creek and with International RV. They installed a FlexAir Pinbox and a Dometic 320 residential toilet for us since those options weren't available through Cedar Creek.

They even installed 4 SS clevis pins in the MoRyde Step Above to make it easy to remove in needed for clearance after I told them I was worried about that possibility. Turns out the RV Gods were looking after us, because, the side garage entry aligns perfectly with the steps. Makes it easier for loading too. (See Pics Below)

The new Ram 3500 felt real good towing it for the first time, at least for the 30 miles or so from the dealer. I did figure out the connecting/disconnecting process works better if I disable the air suspension on the Ram. Otherwise, it keeps auto leveling and I can't tell when the load changes.

We're pretty much loaded and plan to take it out for a shank down cruise next Monday for a few nights...just 40 miles to Frankenmuth, MI. Hopefully everything will stay together and continue to work well.

Thanks to all on the forum who answered my many questions during the shopping and ordering phase of this upgrade project.

Congratulations. She's a beauty.

[Moochie6903]

Congratulations! Great looking rig! Enjoy and see you in Goshen!

[sherman12]

Simcha, great looking rig! Can't beat a nice size 5'er for tons of room to roam in. Enjoy and good luck with the new rig.

By the way, hit the UP two years ago and loved it, along with the whole west coast of Michigan. Better than New England with Mid-West type friendliness!