What did you do to your Toy Hauler today???

Installed a Splendide Washer/Dryer, now my DW is much happier.

Haven't done it yet but my solar stopped working. Nothing from the panel. Ordered a new panel & controller tonight. Will be replacing next week.

porknbeanr wrote:
They are Lippert and work fine. You are welcome to them if you like. I live near Temecula. If interested send me a PM.

Porknbeanr, thanks for the offer. Mine are are Atwoods and like you replaced a single motor with a crossbar. I debated the swap to dual motors also but decided if the leg could be fixed I would go that route (DW liked that the best). If this dosen't pan out I may take you up on your kind offer.

River&Sand wrote:
The sat domes a great, installed mine a couple of months ago. One push of a button and in a few minutes you have TV, can't beat that.

Had a great weekend it the dez, time to leave and the landing gear wouldn't come up evenly. The left leg would hesitate/stop, but finally got it to come up enough to get it home. Took out the gearbox/motor and left leg. Gearbox good, motor good, leg not so good, missing chunks out of the gears.
Took leg down to a local RV shop and had them rebuild the leg, also bought a new gearbox made out of aluminum instead of plastic. Ordered a new switch to replace the one which is currently only held in by the silicone as all of the screw tabs are cracked and broken.
Will lube up the right leg and hopefully will have another few years of service out of the landing gear.

Hey River and Sand....Sorry to hear about your landing gear. I changed mine out for an independant leveling system but kept the old ones. They are Lippert and work fine. You are welcome to them if you like. I live near Temecula. If interested send me a PM.

The sat domes a great, installed mine a couple of months ago. One push of a button and in a few minutes you have TV, can't beat that.

Had a great weekend it the dez, time to leave and the landing gear wouldn't come up evenly. The left leg would hesitate/stop, but finally got it to come up enough to get it home. Took out the gearbox/motor and left leg. Gearbox good, motor good, leg not so good, missing chunks out of the gears.
Took leg down to a local RV shop and had them rebuild the leg, also bought a new gearbox made out of aluminum instead of plastic. Ordered a new switch to replace the one which is currently only held in by the silicone as all of the screw tabs are cracked and broken.
Will lube up the right leg and hopefully will have another few years of service out of the landing gear.

Although I said I never would, we purchased an automatic roof mount satellite dish with Dish network service. It really is nice when the weather is not so great or when you just want to catch up on the news. Camping World had it on sale and my local "Giant RV" matched the price for the unit and the installation.
FYI Dish has an RV package that allows month to month service with no start up fee. You can stop and restart at any time. Very Cool

I have had several and use Stabil every fill. No issues in over a dozen years with any of them.

Put all the food in the reefer, the house reefer took a dump last night.
Mobil/modular homes have limited space for appliances, so one is on order and due NEXT SATURDAY !! SUCKS !!

Vulcanmars wrote:
That's a bummer but lots of folks have many hours on those 5500 with out issues. Many issues are installer/owner induced. Like anything mechanical some have issue, do some research on your codes might be real easy fix. Know your enemy as they say...

I would normally agree with you but do all the right things in the off-season. It has been to Onan 3 times where I was asked if I run racing fuel through it because the carb was so copperized. They have an issue with this unit but can't seem to fix it. I have owned three other rigs all with Onans and treated them the same. They all fired right up not matter what. I am just venting. Thanks.

bkirkpatrick wrote:
Spent the weekend at Ocotillo watching my generator run for 10 minutes at a time and then shut off and then throw error codes. I am convinced that the Onan 5500 is the biggest P.O.S. out there next to Ford's 6.0 diesel engine.

That's a bummer but lots of folks have many hours on those 5500 with out issues. Many issues are installer/owner induced. Like anything mechanical some have issue, do some research on your codes might be real easy fix. Know your enemy as they say...