Waiting in Line

We arrived in Red Bay, Allabama, on Tuesday and put our name on the list for repairs. At Tiffin Motor Homes, repairs are on a first-come-first-served basis . . . so if you come for repairs, you're "Waiting in Line". There are about 75 hookups in the campground for RV's and all were filled when we arrived. An old airport runway runs through the campground, so the section of the runway extending beyond the campground hookup area is used for 'dry camping' . . . no hookup, you're on your own! We were assigned to the runway.

It's amazing to see so many Allegro RV's in one place . . . all models: Allegro, Allegro Bay, Phaeton, Allegro Bus, and Zephyr . . . with MSRP from $150,000 to $350,000 each . . . some models 8-10 years old, but most are more recent models here for 'in-warranty' repairs. A campground full of Allegro's . . . an awful lot of money invested!

















This is a section of the old runway where the overflow is assigned. The runway center stripe is still visible and the runway number '18' is still painted on the end of the runway. Fortunately, we only had to dry camp on the runway for one night during which we ran our batteries down and had to re-charge them with our generator in the middle of the night.

The next day there was an opening in the hookup campground area, so we were able to move and hookup to all utilities.





Tiffin has 49 bays for repairs and they seem to run RV's in and out of them quickly. Some of the bays are specialized for repairs of a specific type, so some RV's may need repair in more than one bay.

Rigs are always on the move here . . . new units arriving, units moving from dry camping to the campground, units leaving the campground to pull into a repair bay, units returning from a repair bay to await more repair in another bay, and completed units returning to the campground to prepare for leaving.

It's constant movement of RV's . . . like a giant game of Musical Chairs!



Most body and mechanical repairs have a three week waiting list. When your name works it's way to the top, they call you to drive your RV to a specific numbered bay. Lucky for us, the windshield shop is not backlogged as much as other areas, so they tell us we may be called in for repair next Monday or Tuesday. But that still means we'll be here through the weekend.

So much for being home for Easter! We'll just be here in Red Bay "Waiting in Line" for RV repairs at the Tiffin Factory Service Center.