September 25, 2012

RV Guaranty, Junction City, OR

We got up early and were out of the rig by 8am so the Tech could start working on it.  He suggested the first thing to be done was for part of the roof on our big slide to be lifted up and stretched tight.  Part of the slide roof was buckling because there is not enough clearance when the slide comes in and out.  In the meantime, our service rep John, informed us that he had been in touch with Keystone, the manufacturer of our rig and of course the first thing they said was the rig was out of warranty.  We did purchase an extended warranty and John called them.  We don’t know at this point what they are going to cover because they need a more detailed estimate. 

I spent the morning in the lounge taking advantage of the wifi to research where we are going next and Monte stayed near the rig to watch the roof stretching.  I was joined in the lounge by Dianne, one of our fellow RV Dreams rally goers who was also having work done on her rig.  She has a different Keystone Montana model.  At noon we took a walk with Dianne and Steve to a nearby Café for lunch.  We were joined by two RV Dreams solo RVers, DJ and Gina.   The Café was small but the food was good and the company was great.  We all gave our opinions on how we thought the rally had gone and the consensus was that it was a big success.

After lunch our tech, Ted, pointed out to Monte that the ceiling tape on the outer edge of the big slide was not installed property because it is not adhering to the frame work and it is only a matter of time before it causes damage to the seal unit.  He said to fix the problem the old tape has to be peeled off, the roof cleaned and then new tape be affixed.  The good news is that the tape is inexpensive.  The bad news is that Ted estimated the time required to do this work was 4 hours with a price tag of $119/hour.  Yikes.  That is in addition to the time he already put in on stretching the roof.  We were given a total estimate of $1,900.  Double yikes.  John said he would call the extended warranty company in the morning to inquire if they were going to cover any of the repairs.  We were pretty bummed out to say the least.  We will have to look over our finances and see if we are still going to go ahead with our plans to have solar panels installed. 

We said goodbye to Steve and Dianne who are going to the solar company.  They already have solar panels but are having one additional panel installed.  Monte and I decided to take a ride to Costco to see if it is worth getting a membership.  We have a membership to Sam’s Club but they do not have any stores in Oregon.  We got a preview pass from customer service at Costco and walked around.  It is very similar to Sam’s Club.  But at $55 per year membership fee we decided to skip getting the membership.  We stopped in Target to get cat litter and then had a quick bite to eat at Taco Bell.  We had planned on joining the remaining members of RV Dreams that were still having work done, but my back was bothering me so we just watched a little TV and called it a night.