We are at the Winnebago Factory in Forest City, Iowa, having warranty and repair work done. Winnebago provides four camping areas. All of them have electrical hookups. There are fresh water fills and sanitary dumps available at the Rally Grounds.
The closest camping area is a row of blacktopping right outside the service center. It was full when we arrived.
Behind that row is a small camping area that feels more like a park. It was full when we arrived.
Up the hill, by the Visitor Center, is another row of blacktopping. It is supposed to be for members of the Winnebago-Itasca Travelers Club and people coming to tour the factory. It was not quite full when we arrived so we stayed there the first night.
Now we are camped across the Highway at the Rally Grounds where they authorize one row of parking only for people in for service. That’s us second from the right.
Winnebago has an interesting method of serving their customers. You can make an appointment for service. You especially want to do this if you need some part they may have to order. Right now they are scheduling appointments for October.
Or you can just walk in the door and get in the waiting line. If you come in without an appointment, you can write a work order for up to seven items. Then they put your name on a white board with columns labeled “Bring in” and “Check in”. They put days/times in those columns. Check in means check back to see what, if anything, is happening. Bring in means bring your RV so they can start working on it. We got in line when they opened at 7 am Monday morning and were assigned a check in of Tuesday morning. That converted to a bring in at 11:40 Tuesday morning. By 2:00 Wednesday afternoon they had completed our list of seven items. So we filled out another list and we are back on the check in list. You can’t fill out the second list until they have finished the first list. We hope to get a bring in later this morning and be done Friday afternoon.
Wish us luck.
TTYL,
Linda
Do they charge you for parking in their sites with hookups if you’re having work done? We spent about $2,200 at one in Washington last year that charged us $20+ (or was it $25) a night to be there with 30A/W!!
We’re staying at the dealership that is doing the work on our rig and we have electric and water hookups for free. People have service work done have priority on the sites but if there’s one available we could park here just to park here.
Hope your work gets done by Friday. Ours is now falling over into next Monday but I think that will about do it. So nice to be able to use our big slide again.