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Re: Raining Golf Balls
In most locations, a large structure like this needs to be anchored to its support base. I have used Simpson Tie post brackets to bolt support posts to a concrete base. The bracket is casted into then concrete pier when it is poured into a hole in the ground. Then post bolts to the bracket once the concrete has set.
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Re: New 2022 T@b 400 to be delivered without screens
The point is you don't have to accept a camper with missing parts. If enough purchasers reject this sub-standard crap, it will quickly move up the food chain and someone will find a way to get the screens. If not, they'll just keep playing the game.
Doug
Doug
Re: Tab 400 2022 trim different?
The embedded keder rail on the 320 looks so nice! I wish they did that on the 400 too.
Re: Tab 400 2022 trim different?
I'm not sure I see a difference.
Re: Carpety Ceiling 2004 T@B - Any experience removing?
@JGriffy, I covered mine with maple ply.
I retained the carpeting under the ply with maple hardwood strips attached to the existing 'rafters'. The carpet provides an extra layer of insulation.
The DM T@B roof/ceiling has a layer of cardboard under the carpet glued to the 'rafters' - mine was sagging (coming unglued) .
I did hear or read of one T@Bber that removed the carpet, cardboard, styrofoam, so only rafters and metal roof were left in place. That resulted in a great deal of labor to attempt remove all the staples and residual carpet (installed from above, constructed from the inside to the outside) to clear the shoulder joint of the walls. Never saw the end result of that project.
My advice is to leave the carpet and come up with a solution to cover or live with the carpet.
I retained the carpeting under the ply with maple hardwood strips attached to the existing 'rafters'. The carpet provides an extra layer of insulation.The DM T@B roof/ceiling has a layer of cardboard under the carpet glued to the 'rafters' - mine was sagging (coming unglued) .
I did hear or read of one T@Bber that removed the carpet, cardboard, styrofoam, so only rafters and metal roof were left in place. That resulted in a great deal of labor to attempt remove all the staples and residual carpet (installed from above, constructed from the inside to the outside) to clear the shoulder joint of the walls. Never saw the end result of that project.
My advice is to leave the carpet and come up with a solution to cover or live with the carpet.
Re: Summer sanitizing/water management
I sanitize at the beginning of the season and drain the system after each trip. We also do not drink from our tank though we don’t have any algae growth in our water that I’m aware of.
Re: 400 and 320 owners: Did you get your screen door yet? (Bad News)
@TabbyShack I’d bet it’s mostly that it costs nuCamp basically nothing to toss a load of screen doors into a Tab already destined for a dealer. Individually packing, labeling, and shipping to owners is a lot more labor, plus additional cost, especially if UPS etc. considers it an oversized shipment. Make the dealer track how many 400s they’ve sold and who has them, that way all you have to do is “send 15 screen doors to dealer XYZ in their next load of Tabs”. Easy peasy for the manufacturer, put all the legwork on the dealer.
This isn’t to say I agree with nuCamp here, only that I do see their logic. Where it falls down (badly, IMHO) as far as customer experience goes, is that:
- Customers have already waited months
- Wait times for dealer appointments are generally insane (at least two months out just to drop off the trailer, and then it takes them a minimum of two weeks to actually DO anything)
- Situations like yours, where the dealer isn’t close by
- Plus, it presumes all dealers are good dealers who will do a good job both of communicating withcustomers and doing the actual install, which, um…yeah, that’s an overly optimistic presumption
And this isn’t improving the customer experience at all, which is a shame, because getting things like this right improves customer loyalty, while getting it wrong hurts the brand.
This isn’t to say I agree with nuCamp here, only that I do see their logic. Where it falls down (badly, IMHO) as far as customer experience goes, is that:
- Customers have already waited months
- Wait times for dealer appointments are generally insane (at least two months out just to drop off the trailer, and then it takes them a minimum of two weeks to actually DO anything)
- Situations like yours, where the dealer isn’t close by
- Plus, it presumes all dealers are good dealers who will do a good job both of communicating withcustomers and doing the actual install, which, um…yeah, that’s an overly optimistic presumption
And this isn’t improving the customer experience at all, which is a shame, because getting things like this right improves customer loyalty, while getting it wrong hurts the brand.
Re: Giving people a hard time because they want a microwave or tv antena
Agree!! I dumped Facebook probably 10 years ago and never got on board with instagram, twitter or any other platforms. This is my only form of social media.
Re: Summer sanitizing/water management
We sanitize at the beginning of each season. We open the fresh water tank drain on the final leg of our trip home. The bouncing, bumping and different grades and angles of the road as we travel assure that almost every drop of water is emptied from the tank. We fill again fresh at the beginning of each new trip. We do not drink from the t@b's tank, always carrying our drinking water supply.