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Devocamper
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Jul 23, 2017

First extended trip with new Host

First off I wanted to thank those that answered all my questions over the last almost year as we transitioned from 5th Wheel to TC. Also some of the changes I have made were suggested by fourm members, thanks for the ideas . We are near the end of a three week trip with the camper and it has been great so glad we made this move . The host has been great other than a few things that if I could I would have changed . The window shades are not day night or room darking and it gets pretty bright in the mornings so the wife made up some curtains on a spring rod for the bedroom windows, I think the factory should install day night shades at least in the sleeping area . Of course the generator is loud I knew that going in , I did add the onan resonator , cut the exhaust pipe and installed it inline which helped but have relied on our portable solar panel when we can . I think on the next long stay in one place I may find some place to bring along one of my hondas and a gas can but for traveling or short stays the on board gen is fine. The windows are all slide type windows so in heavy rain you have to close them it would have been nice to have a Jalousie type window or two for some air flow in rainy weather since the windows can't be left open how ever the slide windows are huge and get lots of air flow in nice weather . It would have been great to have the fantastic vent fan with rain sensor so you could get some ventilation and not worry about leaving the vent open since the standard vent is manual open close and manual speed control. The domestic fridge came with a cooling fan because the fridge is in the slide and sounded like a buzz saw running, very annoying at night , I replaced the 75 cfm high rpm fan with two 50 cfm fans that run slower and have better bearings and you can not here them at all and the fridge preformed a little better with two fans in the hot weather . Had a set of wobbler stoppers installed because we were going to be off the truck a lot they worked as advertised. The propane tanks are a bit of a pain to remove and fill . You would have to fully remove both tanks to fill the back or inner tank so I added a four foot hose so the front tank can be set on the ground and still have propane supply while filling the rear tank a slide tray would be the answer but as the compartment comes from host there is not enough room for a tray but if the lines were run differently it could work. We are Completely satisfied and happy with the new host mammonth and the process of ordering it as well as with our dealer Truck Camper Warehouse in NH. these just somethings that I have noticed or changed that would make the mammonth a bit better for us. Our next adventure is to order a new truck in the fall and retire in the spring , oh and sell the 5th wheel which is turning out to be harder to sell than I ever thought it would be , there is no market here in the northeast for big used fifth wheels, who knew ? Thanks again for all the help I am sure I will have more questions with the truck purchase since I already can't decide on air assist or standard.rear suspension on a ram 3500 but that's another post .
Mike