Crunched for time...

[tgrucelski]

Greetings all,

I am rather crunched for time here - as in I should have joined this forum sooner.

Been contemplating this for several months now and finally made the decision to pull the trigger last Thursday based on upcoming work. One of the dealers I had been to back in June was able to set me up with a fresh-off-the-line '08 3400. Taking delivery tomorrow, no I'm not just scared, more like petrified. I've downloaded the PDI checklist I found here and while most of it is common sense, it's just alot of ground to cover, esp. for a newbie. I consider myself to be above average mechanically inclined or whatever you want to call it, knowing how things are supposed to work etc., but never thought to ask if the dealer has full hookup capability (plumbing-wise) to test everything down to the last detail but I will certainly ask.

Question is what is the bare minimum time I ought to spend before signing off on this? I did stop by the dealer late this afternoon (after having hitch installed - still absorbing that) to take a looksee and one of the salesmen had told me typically a couple of hours total. Will take a hard copy of the PDI checklist with me for sure but I was just curious how much time the rest of you have spent on this, ie. has the majority done the dry-run overnight at a campground close to the dealer before signing?

Thanks in advance for any respones, I will followup with a proper introduction and perhaps a new username (provided the admin allows it) to reflect wife and our 1yr. old daughter.

Thanks in advance,

tgrucelski