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04-25-2019, 07:54 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Vegas 25.2
State: Texas
Posts: 12
THOR #14960
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Hello from Texas!
I'm a first time RV owner. Just purchased a 2015 Vegas 25.2. Any advice or information is appreciated from all you professional RV'ers. Thanks a bunch.
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04-25-2019, 07:55 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Freedom Elite24FE
State: Texas
Posts: 542
THOR #12434
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Congratulations! Welcome to our group from S. Texas!
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Freedom Elite 24FE, Big Foot hydraulic levelers. Wife is Marilyn, I am called LC
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04-25-2019, 07:58 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Vegas 25.2
State: Texas
Posts: 12
THOR #14960
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Thanks LC. What part of Texas. Me and my family are in Fredericksburg.
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04-25-2019, 08:25 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Still Looking
State: Texas
Posts: 6,187
THOR #2121
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Welcome!
Love Fredericksburg — have spent many nights at various campgrounds there. Awesome place to cycle (bicycle).
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04-25-2019, 10:29 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Hurricane 29M
State: Arkansas
Posts: 515
THOR #11266
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Welcome!!
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Jeff and Melissa - Roodie and Jaxson
US Navy Vet - Good Sam Life Member 804274173
2019 Hurricane 29M
2015 Ford Explorer XLT Toad
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04-25-2019, 10:51 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Quantum RQ29
State: Ohio
Posts: 1,296
THOR #13648
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Congrats and welcome to the forum
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04-25-2019, 11:34 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 2023 Jayco Precept 31UL
State: Florida
Posts: 2,916
THOR #1589
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hvilla257
I'm a first time RV owner. Just purchased a 2015 Vegas 25.2. Any advice or information is appreciated from all you professional RV'ers. Thanks a bunch.
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Welcome to the forum! Not sure a few decades of RVing makes me a "professional" but I have learned from a bunch of mistakes! I prefer "long-time RV'er" to "old-Rv'er" although both are relative terms.
Suggest you download and read Ed Felker's excellent crowd-sourced manual for Vegas/Axis, found here:
https://1drv.ms/w/s!AiYx6DLSeiiP53x246awlGrg8B-I
There has been endless discussion of modifications and upgrades to the Vegas and Axis on this forum. A quick search can entertain you for hours.
Is this your first RV, and are you planning weekends or big trips?
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04-26-2019, 01:41 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Vegas 25.2
State: Texas
Posts: 12
THOR #14960
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Mr. Sunshine, this is my first RV of any kind. Never had a towable or motorhome. We plan to use this for every now and again. But we will be using it to travel to TN. It would be a 2 week trip.
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04-26-2019, 01:42 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Vegas 25.2
State: Texas
Posts: 12
THOR #14960
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Thanks Everyone!
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04-26-2019, 02:31 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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I'm also going to maintain my amateur status...
So I'll just welcome you to the Forum, and tell you that you've definitely come to the right place!
.... And what happens in Vegas...
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Current coach: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
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04-26-2019, 09:19 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: A.C.E. 27.2
State: Indiana
Posts: 1,886
THOR #14698
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Greetings from Indiana. Not sure what makes for a professional RV'r but as Mr. Sunshine said perhaps learning from our mistakes. (We have made plenty!) You have a lot of firsts ahead, like putting up the awning the first time, leveling the rig, dumping the tanks Good luck and have fun learning!
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04-27-2019, 02:36 AM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Vegas 25.2
State: Texas
Posts: 12
THOR #14960
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Do I have to have generator on while traveling so passengers can watch tv. Or will the house batteries do the job?
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04-28-2019, 01:46 AM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 2023 Jayco Precept 31UL
State: Florida
Posts: 2,916
THOR #1589
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hvilla257
Do I have to have generator on while traveling so passengers can watch tv. Or will the house batteries do the job?
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Your TVs will need the generator or shore power, unless an inverter was added as a modification, or you have a 12 volt TV, also a modification. (Neither of those are likely.)
My passengers will never get to watch TV when traveling. They all have little screens to watch anyway, and we encourage them to learn about maps and things that go by the windows. Your results may vary...
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05-12-2019, 01:56 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Windsport 27
State: Texas
Posts: 24
THOR #15289
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Hello, also from south Texas
Hi
We are Kerry and Diana from the Texas Gulf Coast.
We don’t have a rv yet. We are retired and want to travel. We have never own a rv. We are looking at a 2016 Windsport. When I told someone about it, they reacted by saying “you’re not buying a Thor, are you?”
I have enjoyed your blogs but I haven’t come up with anything that would stop me from buying.
A lot of the complains seem to be with service departments and warranty work.
Any suggestions or advice? We are having it inspected. Should I upgrade the suspension? If so with what? We are car drivers.
If we buy it, we are thinking of testing it by going to a rv park close to us. Anyone camped at Bluewater?
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05-12-2019, 03:06 PM
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Senior Member
Model: Challenger LX
State: Arkansas
Posts: 192
THOR #6651
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Haven’t been to Bluewater, but we’ve stayed at both The Breeze RV Park and Beachfront RV Park in Surfside Beach. And, we also stayed at Gulf Waters RV Park in Port Aransas. We liked all of them, especially Gulf Waters, and plan to go back soon. Also, we want to go down to South Padre to check it out when we get back to Texas (currently in San Pedro, Belize . . . without the RV of course).
Good luck with the Windsport if you decide to buy it. And, let us know what you think of Bluewater when you go.
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05-12-2019, 03:50 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Windsport 27
State: Texas
Posts: 24
THOR #15289
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Bluewater
Bluewater is new, near Galveston. Concrete is still fresh. They aren’t listed anywhere except their website.
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05-12-2019, 04:00 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: ACE 30.3
State: Washington
Posts: 22
THOR #15194
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I am having problems with getting to know this THOR Forums thing. I try to post and it goes away or freezes up. Not sure what I am doing wrong. I usually am not this stupid.
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05-12-2019, 04:09 PM
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Senior Member
Model: Challenger LX
State: Arkansas
Posts: 192
THOR #6651
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Diana&Kerry
Bluewater is new, near Galveston. Concrete is still fresh. They aren’t listed anywhere except their website.
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Yea, just checked their website. Looks very nice. We will have to check it out soon!!
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05-12-2019, 08:52 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Windsport 27
State: Texas
Posts: 24
THOR #15289
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Gary M
Gary M
Keep trying. I had the same problems, gave up, and then received an email saying I left without finishing. Then it allowed me to post.
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