Viking Setup Procedure

[chasd60]

I just sold my Viking and wanted to post this for anybody that needs it before I forget how to do this.  Don't have as many steps in the hybrid.
 
1. Back into lot and check for side to side level, adjust as required with blocks or BAL leveler and add wheel chocks
2. Unplug trailer/vehicle wiring.
3. Crank tongue jack to remove camper from hitch
4. Remove safety chains
5. Pull tow vehicle away
6. Adjust front/back level with tongue jack
7. Remove required items from front storage trunk (i.e. Screenroom, portapotty, roof crank, stabilizer crank.. etc)
8. Unsnap roof clips
9. Remove items from rear bumper storage compartment
10. Unzip awning bag if you are vertically challenged;)
11. Crank roof up until guide wire is taut
12. Install roof safety supports on opposite corners (don't forget these when lowering)
13. Lower stabilizers and snug (fine tune leveling by lowering the lowest side first and more snug)
14. Insert bunkend supports on tongue end
15. Pull strap on bunkend out until the bunkend stops
16. Insert two additional supports under bunkend
17. Pull tent material over end and attach bungie cords
18. Close zippers on this end and close tenting over support arms/zippers
19. Insert bunkend supports on opposite end
20. Pull strap on bunkend out until bunkend stops (adjust for teflon slide under bunkend)
21. Pull tent material over end and attach bungie cords
22. Close zippers on this end and close tenting over support arms/zippers
23. Enter camper and close bottom of door
24. Lower upper half of door from ceiling
25. Insert top door guides into the bottom door and snap clip (careful of fabric pinching on sides)
26. Press top of door in and close the clips (careful of fabric)
27. Twist clip to unhook upper door from doorframe
28. Attach tenting to door frame velcro from inside
29. Removes shepherd poles from under mattresses and place to hold tenting up on bunkends.
30. Organize interior (i.e. flip galley up insure drain is open and valves are closed, close water heater drain valves under u-shaped dinnette seat, place cushions, remove stove etc)
31. Exit camper
32. Attach exterior tenting to door frame, careful of alignment
33. Shut 12V supply off to refrigerator
34. Open gas valves
35. Connect 110V and water if hookups
36. Set refrigerator to either 110V or gas and use piezo if gas to light
37. Hookup any graywater container used
38. Open outside shower compartment and bleed air from both hot and cold sides
39. Light water heater after air is purged from system
40. Undo awning from bag and place awning arms, both support and tension, including the center tension bar
41. Install screen room if desired
42. Relax and have a glass of wine or a beer


I'll doublecheck this list and modify it if I remember something I forgot to include

Happy Camping,
Charlie

[B-flat]

Very, very good.  The only thing I do differently (because I'm 5'4") is that I crank up the roof about half way and then unroll the awning, place the corner and center poles angled toward base of camper, crank up a little more, move poles out few feet, finish cranking and then anchor poles.  Be sure to anchor poles or you may have an awning on the roof.  How would I know this?

[topcat7736]

See, they're much easier to use than tents! LOL
 
Now, with our new TT that will permanently sit at a campsite, we:
1) Open door
2) dump stuff inside
3) Fall into chair or sofa & watch some TV while sipping a cold drink!

[TheViking]

I just sold my Viking and wanted to post this for anybody that needs it before I forget how to do this.  Don't have as many steps in the hybrid.
 
1. Back into lot and check for side to side level, adjust as required with blocks or BAL leveler and add wheel chocks
2. Unplug trailer/vehicle wiring.
3. Crank tongue jack to remove camper from hitch
4. Remove safety chains
5. Pull tow vehicle away
6. Adjust front/back level with tongue jack
7. Remove required items from front storage trunk (i.e. Screenroom, portapotty, roof crank, stabilizer crank.. etc)
8. Unsnap roof clips
9. Remove items from rear bumper storage compartment
10. Unzip awning bag if you are vertically challenged;)
11. Crank roof up until guide wire is taut
12. Install roof safety supports on opposite corners (don't forget these when lowering)
13. Lower stabilizers and snug (fine tune leveling by lowering the lowest side first and more snug)
14. Insert bunkend supports on tongue end
15. Pull strap on bunkend out until the bunkend stops
16. Insert two additional supports under bunkend
17. Pull tent material over end and attach bungie cords
18. Close zippers on this end and close tenting over support arms/zippers
19. Insert bunkend supports on opposite end
20. Pull strap on bunkend out until bunkend stops (adjust for teflon slide under bunkend)
21. Pull tent material over end and attach bungie cords
22. Close zippers on this end and close tenting over support arms/zippers
23. Enter camper and close bottom of door
24. Lower upper half of door from ceiling
25. Insert top door guides into the bottom door and snap clip (careful of fabric pinching on sides)
26. Press top of door in and close the clips (careful of fabric)
27. Twist clip to unhook upper door from doorframe
28. Attach tenting to door frame velcro from inside
29. Removes shepherd poles from under mattresses and place to hold tenting up on bunkends.
30. Organize interior (i.e. flip galley up insure drain is open and valves are closed, close water heater drain valves under u-shaped dinnette seat, place cushions, remove stove etc)
31. Exit camper
32. Attach exterior tenting to door frame, careful of alignment
33. Shut 12V supply off to refrigerator
34. Open gas valves
35. Connect 110V and water if hookups
36. Set refrigerator to either 110V or gas and use piezo if gas to light
37. Hookup any graywater container used
38. Open outside shower compartment and bleed air from both hot and cold sides
39. Light water heater after air is purged from system
40. Undo awning from bag and place awning arms, both support and tension, including the center tension bar
41. Install screen room if desired
42. Relax and have a glass of wine or a beer


I'll doublecheck this list and modify it if I remember something I forgot to include

Happy Camping,
Charlie

That is pretty accurate except you forgot a couple of things...
1. It takes a minimum of two people to set up awning.
2. Better if you pop a beer before step #1

[chasd60]

That is pretty accurate except you forgot a couple of things...
1. It takes a minimum of two people to set up awning.
2. Better if you pop a beer before step #1

You must be vertically challenged?
I always set it up alone, but that might be because I DIDN'T have a beer before step #1.

[Dee4j]

That is pretty accurate except you forgot a couple of things...
1. It takes a minimum of two people to set up awning.
2. Better if you pop a beer before step #1

I agree for me step #1 back it in, Step #2 pop open an beer. step 3. gab to those fellow campers around you that are already there and brag about how fast your Hybrid sets up :J


Actually great post ..I wish someone would have done that 3 years ago when I had my Niagara..

[cyclone]

Great list, Charlie.  You going to help this vertically challenged person set the awning up in OH?  One other comment:  the owner's manual for the "new to me" Flagstaff states to put the stabilizers down prior to cranking up the roof.  But, when taking it down it says to put the stabilizers up before cranking the roof down.  Does this make any sense?  It sure doesn't sound consistent.

[chasd60]

I always believed (and it makes sense) that a camper can never be perfectly level. When you crank the roof up it will tilt ever so slighlty to the low side. This puts the camper in its' natural state for the level it is at. If the stabilizers are down prior to that point, and adjusted to snug, the tilt of the roof would put more stress on the lowest side. This would then change the tension on that stabilizer to more than the others and lessen the tension on the high side.

If you then tried to correct the tension because the light side didn't seem tight enough now, it would be like putting them down after the roof was already up. I have had better luck with door alignment by raising the roof first then putting the stabilizers down.

[rock_hound]

12. Install roof safety supports on opposite corners (don't forget these when lowering)

So, thats what those long pieces of metal are for.  I am new to pop up campers and there was nothing in the manual about what those things were, or how to light the water or several other important things.  I finally figured out the water heater after several calls to the dealer.  

Thanks for the list, I will print this out and use it next time I set up.

[campingcop]

When we had our pop up I aways set it up by my self, DW had to take care of the dogs.

I also raised the roof before putting down the stablizers then reveresed the prossess when putting down the roof.

The hybrid is so much easyer

[hoppy]

The 42 steps stated are pretty much right on the mark..... with one exception I perfer to do first.

 # 1. If at a site with services, test that they all work before going on with the 42 outlined steps.

  This step applies to what ever style or model camper you own.

 I can say that this happened to me once..... and only once (no electrical power at the post.... faulty circuit breaker) and had to move off the site to another. Found the lack of power 3/4 of the way during the set-up. Not much fun having to set-up twice.