Category: RV Info

technical details of the RV

Tune Up

July 2, 2016

He’s home.  Finally.  California – Texas – Maine.  That’s 7 days of driving in total (3 in April from CA to TX and 4 this week from TX to ME), 3573 miles and lots of adventures.  To recap, Scott had to call 911 when a car in front of him swerved sharply and hit a…

Return to The Chief

June 26, 2016

Scott and Nate have landed in Houston.  They rented a car and are en route to the storage unit.  They’re going to stop for lunch then head over.  It’s now 12:10 on the east coast, 11:10 where they are.  I’m spit balling here but I think Scott will start the live broadcast in about an…

Original 1 pager

May 3, 2016

Nothing says old school quite like the original pamphlet.  We’re featured on page 3. 1985Winnebago For more details about the set-up, check out the ’86 guide. 86-Chieftain-bro Still looking for the original owners manual…

Maiden Voyage

April 30, 2016

Scott bought The Chief in southern California.  We are setting up residency in Texas for a whole bunch of reasons… and we will learn to love it there but it’s highly doubtful we will ever be Texans in the true sense of the word.  You folks are a special breed of people (said with all…

Buying the Beast

April 30, 2016

After 3+ years of looking at RVs, discussing what we thought were “requirements” and “nice to haves”, hemming and hawing over space and size and gas vs. diesel, we finally pulled the trigger.  We bought a cherry Winnebago Chieftain 33.       She has four Beds, 1 single above drivers chairs, Couch folds out…