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Got "Bob" home

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RheaNL

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  • Model: 2100
  • ModelYear: 2013
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  • Location: Colorado
Re: Got "Bob" home
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2017, 11:27:57 pm »
Our 2100 with slide is our "Sweet Ride." 
As to bedding....
There are several other threads on this site you can search by "sheets", "electric sofa", or "bedding."  To sum up:
1. Some people use some sort of sleep sack (like a sleeping bag)
2. Some use standard sheets and blankets and make them work.
3. I made the move from tent camping to an RV for all the comforts of home, including sleeping in a bed with sheets and blankets--not a sleeping bag of any kind. My solution was to make some custom fitted sheets and blankets.  We added a 1" memory foam topper, custom fitted mattress pad and leave the bedding on all the time and put a decorative throw over it during the day.

I will have the Sweet Ride in the drive in a week getting ready for our first trip.  If you want detailed information, I can send you an email with photos, videos, etc.

As to storing in the shower....
We do utilize that area for storage as well. Keep in mind weight.  The 2100 already has a lot of rear end weight so try to  use the shower for light weight items.  Same goes for the rear outside compartment--keep the weight down as much as possible.

Nicki

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Ron Dittmer

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Re: Got "Bob" home
« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2017, 01:42:08 am »
Adding to Nicki's comments with regards to sheets fitting properly.

We learned that 100% cotton "flannel" fitted & flat sheets are very conforming to many different size mattresses and sofa beds.  Before you get out your sewing machine, try buying a set of 100% cotton flannel sheets and shrink the heck out of them.  Once they have shrunk so badly, they will shape to your needs....of coarse within reason.
Ron (& Irene) Dittmer

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Michelle Dungan

Re: Got "Bob" home
« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2017, 03:21:18 pm »
These postings on vehicle names remind me of some of the clever names of Provan Tigers I've run into on TigerOwners.freeforums.org.  One is called the "Tardis" after the Dr. Who time travel device, which is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.  Of note re. these vehicles, quality of wiring, frame extension welding, and some other issues is as variable as any other RV by Forest River, Thor, or Fleetwood, and not as consistently good as Phoenix Cruiser.  But, as I'm likely to keep working another year and a half, there's still plenty of time to explore those vs. the 4x4 Phoenix Cruiser vs. Hallmark slide-in popup campers, etc.  Names?  Best of all time was the Land Rover called the "Anti-Christ" from the movie, "The Gods Must Be Crazy."

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garmp

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Re: Got "Bob" home
« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2017, 04:35:02 pm »
Think we've solved the sofa/bed issue and even the sun screen dilemma by ordering one from HeatSheild. Hasn't arrived yet, so we're not sure just how "perfect" it is.
And since this discussion has turned to "naming" our RV. My Aunt & Uncle were from California, while I lived in the MidWest, and they had a truck camper that raised up for occupying and down for travel. They called it the Laniru. I always thought, how avant garde of them, being west coasters, hip to new things, and almost islandish, ocean and all to a degree. Come to find out the exotic name is Urinal spelled backwards.
Gotta love ingenuity.
Ps. DW wouldn't even entertain the thought of using that name.
« Last Edit: April 15, 2017, 04:36:34 pm by garmp »
Jack is what we call our PC 2351D, and he has taken us from campers to RV'ers and loving it. We're no longer Team Bob. Just Jack the RV!

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Pax

Re: Got "Bob" home
« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2017, 05:50:32 pm »
 roflol

Beats 'Rettihs' I guess!

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JackD

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Re: Got "Bob" home
« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2017, 01:20:43 pm »
Since I've just ordered my 5th PC, I think I'll call this one "quits"!

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TomHanlon

Re: Got "Bob" home
« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2017, 01:27:02 pm »
Jack I wouldn't do that. It might want to prove you wrong. Besides look at your track record. The 2018s will be out shortly after you get number 5.
 roflol