Yahoo Message Number: 19924 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/19924)
On our Allure we have a 30" flat panel HDTV in the bedroom, and we have found that there are cables secured behind the TV so we could add an additional Dish receiver. We have been able to get the divider out between the receiver cabinet and the side of the TV cabinet, but so far we have not been able to get to the back of the TV. We removed a "cosmetic" (behind the TV) panel, but behind it was a thick piece of wood. We removed the screws to that, but it did not budge. We see the cables nicely secured on the far wall. What else do we have to remove to be able to reach these cables. There is no way we can reach them from the receiver cabinet without further access, unless I can grow a 6' arm.
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Sue
'05, 42' Allure 31254
Yahoo Message Number: 20008 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20008)
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Sue, if by reach them, you mean connect to them as is, I don't have any idea. However, if by reach them you mean grab hold and pull them out to where you can attach to them, there are several tools which might do the job. I have one which is several feet long, flexible, and has 3 claws at the end. Stick it where I want to grab something, push in the plunger on my end, get the claws around what I want to grab, release the plunger, and pull it out. Should be available at hardware stores, or at least at specialty tool stores.
There are also more generic 'grabbers', based on the ones they make for handicapped people. I've seen them at hardware stores, as well as the medical supply places.
John, '04 Inspire 51078
Yahoo Message Number: 20010 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20010)
Thanks for the idea. As it turned out, we had to remove the TV and the cabinet that holds it in to reach everything back there. The cables CC supplied are not long enough anyway to reach to where we'll put the control box. At least it was not a hard job to remove it and that makes running cables etc. to the control box a lot easier.
Eventually we'll get the box in and everything working. I'm glad CC added the cables "just in case" some one wanted to add a box in the bedroom.
Now, being new to the group and not knowing anyone, do you travel with 7 Siamese cats?
Sue
'05, 42' Allure 31254
Yahoo Message Number: 20017 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20017)
Sue, the most we've traveled with is 6. And since one of the seven pees inappropriately, that is the most we'll ever travel with :-)
Not quite sure how it will work out with this new coach. In the old trailer, I was able to convert the storage area under the dinette into a 'home' for the first 2, and when there were 6, I was able to convert the storage area under the bed into their 'home'. But the Inspire doesn't really have any place to house them. Just letting them run loose all the time does not seem appropriate, as some like to chew on wires, one likes to pick up stuff and hide it, and at least one likes to climb behind the dash.
Yahoo Message Number: 20020 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20020)
You are a lot more brave than we'd be. I'm trying to talk hubby into having 1 RV cat, but so far we haven't got a cat to replace the old kitty we had to have put to sleep a month back.
The kids have their cats here at the house, but when they leave after the first of the year, I'll be cat-less. That will be a good incentive to start looking!
Sue
'05, 42' Allure 31254
Yahoo Message Number: 20028 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20028)
We travel with three orphanned kitties. Two girls 5 years old, one of which has her left front leg missing and one boy 4 who is a wuss. It takes them 48 hours to get into the swing a things when we leave and about 6 hours when we get home. TOM/CAROL 2004 Intrigue, 42'
Yahoo Message Number: 20036 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20036)
When you talk hubby into getting another kitty, get a Maine Coone breed. They are very people oriented and very lovable. We have traveled with as many as 7 (all different breeds) but have had several leave us and go to kitty heaven and had our matriarch put to sleep this past summer, a beautiful longhaired white male.
Egon '99 Allure #30321
Yahoo Message Number: 20078 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20078)
Our first trip was with 2, and that was very pleasant. They particularly liked laying in the sun on the dashboard. The male would lay on his back zonked out with his legs in the air, waving with the road vibrations.
You need to have someplace to lock them up when they are problematical (when they decide to go berserk at 3am, or when you are loading/unloading stuff and the door is open). On this trip, I converted the storage compartment under one of the dinette seats (in a fifth wheel) for this purpose, and that worked well. We also carried one of those large breakdown (dog) crates so they could be outside at times (but they didn't really care for that much).
Two cats is a good number - They keep each other company and amused, and usually one of them is willing to pay attention to you at most points in time. And if both of them want loving, well, we have two hands.
And its not bravery - the alternatives are much worse :-)
Yahoo Message Number: 20079 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20079)
Hmmm. Wouldn't a male be a Patriarch? Most Matriarches seem to be female...
several
Yahoo Message Number: 20090 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20090)
Oooops, wrong letter again.
Egon
'99 Allure #30321
'02 Tahoe Z71 and our little kids in furry coats