Checklist help

[Tedsoldbus]

Tried to attach this to a PM for you Jim but could not find the icon to do that?
Hope it sticks here. PDF file from a BGM guy.

[RJ]

Tried to attach this to a PM for you Jim but could not find the icon to do that?
Hope it sticks here. PDF file from a BGM guy.

Ted -

Here's the one I sent a link to earlier, this time in PDF format. Remember, this one is generic for the CHASSIS, doesn't cover the house systems. You should create a separate pre/post-trip checklist for them.

FWIW & HTH. . .

RJ

[Tedsoldbus]

Thankjs RJ.
I printed 3 pretty good ones now. Spread them across the kitchen counter. Things I didn't think about and of course a lot of duplication. I added a little advice from the guys. Now trying to condense it to one that does not look like the Declaration of Independence....
I give Rita the inside one and she will run through the things I do from the driver seat. GPS and TMPS will reside on her side of the dash when she is with me.

Kind of a fun project while we wait for fuel prices to drop.,,,

[luvrbus]

  a 737 doesn't have a check list that long ,there was one a few years back the guy said turn the propane off at the tank ? that is going to work with the propane fridge

[Jim Blackwood]

Thanks Ted.
I printed that off and will keep it handy for the next time I fire up the bus, may do a run through then and make notes. Should be a great start. No doubt I'll have to fine tune it for my bus, things like the leveling jacks for instance. But it's very much a useful tool for making sure nothing critical is overlooked. Might want to add awnings to the list if so equipped.

My cabinetry work is just about done, I posted some photos on my build thread. Still have the bathroom to do and I'll need to add those push latches in various places such as the desk drawers but that's fairly minor by comparison.

Jim

[Tedsoldbus]

Sounds great Jim. Can't wait to see it when you are done.

Agreed Luvrbus. The list I started this thread with fits on one page. Not making it much longer than that and probably shorten it a bit. I look at each Item and ask "Do I really want to skip that?". And Rita is good at inside prep. Problem is she has had to miss a few trips due to ailing 90 year old parents. We have been taking a few separate trips this past year.
But there is a point it seems a bit over the top.

Just looking at what I have now,  I'll never get out of the driveway....!

[luvrbus]

Make a list that fits your needs Ted,me I just use the simple FMCA list with a couple of items added. It has always been an internet thing if you ask for the time of day, somebody will tell you how to build a watch 

[windtrader]

confession.I got all into making my super duper checklist. I ended up with a stack of different versions and could not consolidate them, too much for my feeble brain.
I was able to take a pen and paper and pick off the ones that really matter. What a relief, a list with just enough items that I can actually check off each drive. it is a lot shorter.
There are longer lists around and I do scan them and ones that jump and shout "IT'S TIME!" get some attention.
Main point is to ensure you have a short list of the must checks and those that trigger at least a mental check off.

If you were to go fully through some of these lists, you'd wear yourself out before pulling out the campground and head to the bed for a nap. LOL

[Tedsoldbus]

I know it will be a practical, shorter thing when I am done. But I'm leaving some of it on there. Last few trips (by myself) I forgot that damn roof vent in the bathroom. Get on the Interstate all happy, and rattle, rattle, rattle. "Son of a Be achee!. Not going to listen to THAT all the way to Knoxville!".

Take off again and forgot the pin that holds the pocket door closed. Getting off the highway in the bus is not like stopping with a Kia.

As I age I need to write this crap down or I get mad at me.

I will build a good watch Luvrbus, but it will be a $10 dollar Cassio without any buttons on the side that tells me how many steps I have walked that day...

Denial is the first sign of Alzheimer's...

Thanks for all the help and ideas guys.

Ted out

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[Van]

Make a list and check it twice, then you'll know what's naughty and not so nice.

[Lin]

I do not necessarily check everything each time we move, but I do have a vital short list that I call using your HEAD.
H-hoses
E-electrical
A-antennae (and other roof stuff)
D-doors (all of them)

If I do that before moving every time, I am unlikely to destroy anything by merely beginning to roll. 

[Van]

Has anyone added the Dump Valve to the list? I didn't think so... me neither!

[chessie4905]

Add a W to that list for wife

[windtrader]

wife for sure = when i leave her behind all the stuff she does to secure the interior all goes flying at the first curve. Then i go back and get her!