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11-17-2012, 05:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Augustine, Florida
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Doing my shake down cruise!
Just bought an Avalanche 341TG and have had it parked in the yard for the last 3 weeks since I brought her home. Finally got the chance to get her out for her shake down and so far she has performed flawlessly!! Tried to use every possible thing I could think of to make sure all is well. Wife tested the smoke detectors! ..lol. Anyway I am pleased with the RV and hope to use her way more often!
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2016 3500HD Silverado Duramax LTZ
2012 Keystone Avalanche 341TG (Sold)
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11-17-2012, 05:35 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Austin, Tx
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Check your drawer glide supports. Keystone assembled them with 1/8" luan and staples and that will be the first thing to go. Rebuild them using 1/4" or 1/2" plywood, glue and screws and they'll stay together for a long time.
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11-17-2012, 06:08 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
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Down in FL you probably won't need the furnace but it may be a good idea to light that off. It will also make the smoke detector go off because of the oil they put on the heat exchanger at the factory to inhibit rust.
Congrats!
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2013 Sydney 340FBH
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11-17-2012, 08:01 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Nova Scotia
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Not many better feeling then getting what you paid for. Congrats and here is to many nights/years of enjoyment!
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11-18-2012, 03:24 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Round Rock
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x2 on running the furnace, first time out, fire it up at mid-day! End of October, DW and I had the trailer out, first good cool nights in central Texas this year. I was setting up outside after getting there, I hear what sounds like a smoke alarm. I was right, it was ours! I'll bet it took 20 minutes of fanning that thing, all winds open before the air cleared enough to enjoy the warm the furnace was putting out!
Smoke alarm worked! Check that one off my list. 
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11-18-2012, 03:45 AM
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Spring Hill, Florida
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Congrats on your new 5er. We have the Avalanche 290RL and love it. If all goes well, we plan on keeping ours for many enjoyable years. Good luck with yours and enjoy.
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11-19-2012, 06:39 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Western WA
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Congrats! Hope all goes well and you enjoy many safe journeys!
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2012 Big Sky 3625RE, 17.5" hi-spec wheels, GY G114 tires, TST 507 TPMS
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One Wife
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11-19-2012, 06:44 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Augustine, Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beer breath
Down in FL you probably won't need the furnace but it may be a good idea to light that off. It will also make the smoke detector go off because of the oil they put on the heat exchanger at the factory to inhibit rust.
Congrats!
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One would think! But it was in the low 50's so had to run it. 3 girls in there...lol. Heater worked great too. So far just a few sticky locks on the slam doors but other than that she performed flawlessly!
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2012 Keystone Avalanche 341TG (Sold)
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11-20-2012, 02:59 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by justlkn
One would think! But it was in the low 50's so had to run it. 3 girls in there...lol. Heater worked great too. So far just a few sticky locks on the slam doors but other than that she performed flawlessly!
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Our slam locks were the same way on one of the doors. I thought it was the wrong key. A little WD-40 and all is well.
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2013 Sydney 340FBH
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11-29-2012, 10:14 AM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Vilonia, AR
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Glad to hear...we just did our shakedown cruise on our 2013 346LBQ and found several issues. Nothing that sent us home early but irritating none the less. Keystone forgot to put heater vents in our front upper bedroom/bathroom. So when it got down to 33 degrees the kids were burning up while my wife and I froze. Their was supposed to be a heat pump or "optional heat" added to our A/C unit up front but it apparently wasn't. I pulled the cover to check and the module for the heat was not in there. My front door sticks so bad I'm pretty much the only one that can open it. My wife and kids can't. I missed that in the PDI because we kept it latched open the whole time and didn't close it until we were pulling out of the parking lot. Lastly...they put my rear bedroom door on backwards. It opens in and to the right so if you open up the lower bed you can't open the door. Gotta take it back this week to get all this taken care of. Get to see if CW service is as outstanding as the sales guy made it sound... 
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11-29-2012, 12:05 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by justlkn
Just bought an Avalanche 341TG and have had it parked in the yard for the last 3 weeks since I brought her home. Finally got the chance to get her out for her shake down and so far she has performed flawlessly!! Tried to use every possible thing I could think of to make sure all is well. Wife tested the smoke detectors! ..lol. Anyway I am pleased with the RV and hope to use her way more often!
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We didn't do a shakedown in ours, just a shake-in for a weekend. We too were able to find things that need warrantee attention but the experience was great!
RVHammer
2012 Keystone Alpine 3495FL
2012 F350 6.7 DRW
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11-29-2012, 05:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Essex Junction Vermont
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Enjoy and welcome aboard!
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2012 F-350 "Festus" 
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