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Travlingman
Dec 28, 2008Explorer II
Just finished a 9 day trip, leaving in the AM for 6 more days. The last 2 trips we have experienced some very cold weather, last week 2 nights straight in the single digits, first night with 20+ MPH winds, so real cold wind chill. Had a few things you might want to watch out for. The tank valves froze shut, took a while of running furnance at a higher than normal temp to get thawed out, but it also went above freezing outside. Windows let alot of sun in that warmed up rig which caused furnance not to cycle much.
Slide out toppers froze up and couldn't bring slides in. This happened first weekend in Dec. It had rained and puddled on toppers. Came a hard freeze that night and puddles froze up. Started snowing so I couldn't get on roof to try and chip off, toppers were laying on top of slides and wouldn't roll up as we brought slides in. Was going to spray with water and try to break loose, but water spiquet had froze too. Ended up having to leave camper at campground, but we were lucky as we had reservations there for Christmas anyway.
Anyone having trouble with the tape that is used to cover seams on inside ceiling coming loose. We have a piece in bedroom that will not stay up and one in living room starting to fall.
Does anyone have a squeak as they walk in rig. We use roto-chocks and tri-pod for stability, but have squeak that I can't locate. Sounds like it is outside around the suspension. Any ideas?
Still very pleased with the rig. On the coldest of nights with wind blowing, stayed very warm, also checked for drafts around slides and found none.
Slide out toppers froze up and couldn't bring slides in. This happened first weekend in Dec. It had rained and puddled on toppers. Came a hard freeze that night and puddles froze up. Started snowing so I couldn't get on roof to try and chip off, toppers were laying on top of slides and wouldn't roll up as we brought slides in. Was going to spray with water and try to break loose, but water spiquet had froze too. Ended up having to leave camper at campground, but we were lucky as we had reservations there for Christmas anyway.
Anyone having trouble with the tape that is used to cover seams on inside ceiling coming loose. We have a piece in bedroom that will not stay up and one in living room starting to fall.
Does anyone have a squeak as they walk in rig. We use roto-chocks and tri-pod for stability, but have squeak that I can't locate. Sounds like it is outside around the suspension. Any ideas?
Still very pleased with the rig. On the coldest of nights with wind blowing, stayed very warm, also checked for drafts around slides and found none.
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