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06-13-2011, 08:08 PM
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Tomorrow Surveyor 295!
Tomorrow we pick up our new Surveyor 295! I am excited but nervous
I will overlook something. I really love the floor plan and hope the rear
kitchen will make my life easier...
Db
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06-14-2011, 07:16 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
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Let's see some pictures after you bring it home !! Congrats !!
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06-14-2011, 07:38 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southeast Wisconsin
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Today is your big day!
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DW, 3 Kids and our Goldens
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06-14-2011, 10:24 AM
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Congrats!! We love ours, used it for 2 weekends so far and have very few problems. Everything seems to work mechanically, but the door hinges under the sink seem to let go on one hinge which I can fix easily enough. The other thing is to look at your awning, we unrolled ours on the maiden trip and found a hole probably the size of 2 pinheads in front of the door. Hope FRiver decides that they will fix it, however I am not expecting them to,as I am sure they will decide that I damaged it.
The other thing that you may want to get is 2 additional portable jacks to put in front of the front tires. I found when the kids moved at night in the back of the trailer that it felt like someone was jumping inside. I bought 2 cheapo jacks and put them under the frame by the tires and I could not feel a thing.
Anyway good luck and have fun!!!
Those are the only 2 problems that
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Surveyor SV-295
2 boys and a wonderful wife
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06-14-2011, 10:58 AM
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I forgot to add 1 thing...I put a anti sway bar on mine and it sure came in handy on the weekend. There was not even that stiff of a wind but it was sure tossing the truck around. Put the sway bar on and tightened it up hard and it was just like there was no wind blowing...
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Surveyor SV-295
2 boys and a wonderful wife
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06-14-2011, 09:49 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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so far great!
Towed very nicely behind my dodge ram. Got it tucked away in my yard
more pictures to follow!
Db
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06-15-2011, 08:42 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Kennerdell, PA
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Awesome! Hope you enjoy many trips through many years!
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06-19-2011, 08:18 PM
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Did a couple of sleep outs in the driveway with my daughter. The camper was comfortable but kind of stuffy, not a lot of cross vent. We are coming from a hybrid
where we could get a nice breeze trough. What am I doing wrong here? I had all the roof vents open and the bathroom on exhaust as well as most of the windows and still got little or no airflow. Fantastic fan the answer?
Db
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06-19-2011, 08:27 PM
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Gary and Pam
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Ohio
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I found that if there's not any wind to run the fantastic fan and open the windows the farthest from the fan.
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2010 Sandpiper 355QBQ
2010 F350 CC LB KR 4X4
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06-19-2011, 09:55 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GSF63
I found that if there's not any wind to run the fantastic fan and open the windows the farthest from the fan.
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Could you explain about the wind? I'm confused.
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Formerly owned 2011 Salem Cruise Lite 20RBXL & 2011 Toyota Tundra Dbl Cab
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06-20-2011, 05:10 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Did you install the fantastic fan? Mine did not come with one. I was thinking about upgrading the bathroom fan first to see if that helped. Are the other fans noisy?
I am reluctant to install one right over my
bed if they are. Also I realize that the max air covers cut down on some of the air flow.
Thanks
Db
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06-20-2011, 05:39 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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Congrats, it is a beautiful!
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06-25-2011, 04:58 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Thank you!
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09-10-2011, 10:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Missouri
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Looks like a carbon copy of ours! We love ours so far...just got it in May and have had it out about six times. Looking forward to a couple of October trips in cooler weather!!!
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2014 Surveyor Select SV305
2005 Ford F250 Lariat SuperCab 6.0 TurboDiesel
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