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[Lt Keefer]

Hello, welcome home. You have to ask yourself in the event of a malfunction do you want to leave your new coach at the dealer, drive it to the factory or fix it yourself. For me, a trip to the dealer is almost 200 miles round trip, I get around 6 MPG so I figure each trip costs around $85.00 plus loss of use and my time. I carry a small tool bag with cordless driver and bits, pliers, dikes, tack hammer, crescent wrench and tape measure. I have been able to fix everything that broke, fell of or generally was installed wrong in the coach with these basic tools. I also carry an air compressor and tire gauge. I chose to do my own warranty repairs as well as suspension upgrades. The only thing a shop has done is the front end alignment. Taking this path has allowed me to use my new coach every day since I signed the papers.