Keystone Bullet Premier

FensterRV wrote:
Ok guys, been away from the computer but its great to hear about everyone's trip. My first one is 2 days away. Here are some questions maybe you can answer for me. Quite nervous- Some may seem stupid but remember I've never camped before!

1) After leveling the trailer and putting down the stabilizers, is the Bullet very bouncy? I've been reading about Steadyfast in case it is.

2) That stinks how quickly the gray tanks filled up. Teen age daughter and wife = many a full gray tank for me!

3) Can someone explain to me the proper method of turning on the water pump, and getting things ready to have hot water.

3) Does everyone run their AC 24/7? Its about 90 degrees here in NJ.

4) Give me a brief over view of the AUTO button and when that should be on.

5) Did anyone cook pancakes on the burner on the outside kitchen? Curious if it gets hot enough to accomplish this.

6) Thanks! If anyone has ample time, a review of a setup list when they get to the camp site sure would help. I'm more concerned with the internal stuff in the camper. Was Rainbows experience normal to trip the CB?

1. Any trailer that is as long as many of our Bullets are will have some bounce. Nature of the beast. If it bothers you then you can simply carry 2 manual jack stands with you when you are all done leveling and putting out the 4 stab jacks simply take your 2 manual jacks and put them some where near the middle of the trailer to help stabilize. Make sure the trailers frame is sitting on the jack. Walmart carries these jacks.

2. Hopefully a bathhouse will be near.

3. If there is no water at your camp site.....
A. Fill your fresh water tank.
B. When you get to the campground simply turn on the pump switch. It will be noisy for a few seconds while the pump fills the hot water heater and all of the lines.
C. If you need hot water fast turn on the gas switch on your water heater panel. After the water is hot turn off the gas switch and use electric to maintain it. Make sure both switches are off before you leave camp.

4. Auto button on the fridge? As far as I am concerned that button will always be on auto. It will make the fridge look for A/C electric power first and if none is present it will then go to propane. Maybe the only time I would not use auto would be if I knew that that the 30amp at my site was weak and had trouble starting the A/C then maybe then I would lessen the electrical load by using gas only.

5. I made oatmeal and it was plenty hot. NOTE: There as a little valve that you must open on the quick disconnect for the stove.

6.

I dont know anything about the faring braces but when I noticed when I drive my wheel well flutters. I looked underneath ( lot easier with slide out) and I have a metal S type brace that snapped.

SabreCanuck wrote:

I forgot about those stupid faring braces :) It is a massive pain to use my BAL chocks. I will have to fashion my own braces I think that will clear my scissor type chocks better.

Yeah, I'm not too worried about the door side as much as the slide side. Under the slide, the fairing bracket is basically just a bent piece of aluminum that snaps after a few miles in the wind (twice now). Because it is under the slide the brace can't be connected to the frame and essentially is only held in place UP/Down but doesn't stop anything from moving side/side.. I'm not quite done yet but I will send pics when the rain stops and the mod is done.

I'm anxious to see what you do for this brace, mine has came loose twice as well, I added another screw in the very bottom of the fairing into the brace after i bent it to where it makes more sense to me, it hasn't happened since then, but still don't like the way it is attached.

Ok guys, been away from the computer but its great to hear about everyone's trip. My first one is 2 days away. Here are some questions maybe you can answer for me. Quite nervous- Some may seem stupid but remember I've never camped before!

1) After leveling the trailer and putting down the stabilizers, is the Bullet very bouncy? I've been reading about Steadyfast in case it is.

2) That stinks how quickly the gray tanks filled up. Teen age daughter and wife = many a full gray tank for me!

3) Can someone explain to me the proper method of turning on the water pump, and getting things ready to have hot water.

3) Does everyone run their AC 24/7? Its about 90 degrees here in NJ.

4) Give me a brief over view of the AUTO button and when that should be on.

5) Did anyone cook pancakes on the burner on the outside kitchen? Curious if it gets hot enough to accomplish this.

6) Thanks! If anyone has ample time, a review of a setup list when they get to the camp site sure would help. I'm more concerned with the internal stuff in the camper. Was Rainbows experience normal to trip the CB?

RainbowsEnd wrote:
AMPS!
So I guess it's really only 25 amps if I dare to use it all at the same time, but with summer coming and air conditioner use I wanted to try to understand this more and not blow breakers left and right! I'm not going to overkill this topic but want to learn what appliances use how much amps in my specific Bullet TT and be prepared. Guess I'll start a list of the appliances I use and test for how many amps they use. Happy Camping!

One thing that happened to me this weekend was when I had the A/C on, the outdoor fridge set to 7, the indoor fridge set a little above half way, the hot water heater on electric, a fan plugged in, and outdoor party lights plugged in, my 30 Amps internal C/B tripped. The result of that was a frozen A/C condenser unit, and two fridges turned down to norm level, but man was it hot. After about an hour of defrosting the condenser the A/C worked just fine and we were rocking and rolling again.

I forgot about those stupid faring braces :) It is a massive pain to use my BAL chocks. I will have to fashion my own braces I think that will clear my scissor type chocks better.

Yeah, I'm not too worried about the door side as much as the slide side. Under the slide, the fairing bracket is basically just a bent piece of aluminum that snaps after a few miles in the wind (twice now). Because it is under the slide the brace can't be connected to the frame and essentially is only held in place UP/Down but doesn't stop anything from moving side/side.. I'm not quite done yet but I will send pics when the rain stops and the mod is done.

AMPS! For our model Bullet Premier 28RLPR we have 30 amp and use the Progressive Industries protection. When all things are turned off it shows 3 amps of current usage on the Integrated Information Panel, so what are these 3 amps? I was surprised to read that the converter can take up to 5 of your amps just to operate and keep things running in your TT. This means the most you can try to use at full usage is probably 25 amps? The converter charging the battery is probably part of these 3 amps I see. I also understand the indicator lights for gas detector, microwave lights, entertainment system lights (which I'm not sure are readily turned off) can be as much as 1 amp. This sort of surprised me. Maybe I'm late on trying to figure this all out.

So I guess it's really only 25 amps if I dare to use it all at the same time, but with summer coming and air conditioner use I wanted to try to understand this more and not blow breakers left and right! I'm not going to overkill this topic but want to learn what appliances use how much amps in my specific Bullet TT and be prepared. Guess I'll start a list of the appliances I use and test for how many amps they use. Happy Camping!

SabreCanuck wrote:
2nd broken fairing brace on the slide side (mod pics coming soon) everything else is fantastic and a lot of heads turn at the campsite.!!!!

Happy camping!

I forgot about those stupid faring braces :) It is a massive pain to use my BAL chocks. I will have to fashion my own braces I think that will clear my scissor type chocks better.

garysol wrote:
Maiden voyage is in the bag. 8 hours of towing and I am happy to report no major issues. We are quite happy with our decision to purchase the 31BHPR. That is not to say it was perfect. A couple of gripes.
1. My biggest gripe. We filled the gray tank in one day. 4 showers and a few dishes. We had full a hook up site it was no big deal but we will have to be really careful when we are at a non sewer site.
2. There are a few staples sitting up in the carpeting. Easy fix.
3. I banged my head twice getting into bed. Not much head room there. I would gladly give up a foot of living area for a foot more in the master bed room.
4. The blinds for the kitchen window are set to close to the glass and will not clear the knob that opens and closes the window.

The PROS!
Everything else. It towed exemplary. I loved the outside kitchen. Cooking my early morning breakfast was that much more enjoyable. I am pretty sure that we had the nicest looking TT in the entire park.

Great news Gary.... I have to agree with every single item. On the old trailer it was just me banging my head on the ceiling but DW has hit her head a few times now getting in/out of bed.
We left a hammer loose on the floor for the first couple of weekends for tapping down any of the loose staples I missed in the carpet :):)

Other than the stupid folding table which i just swapped for pedastals and the 2nd broken fairing brace on the slide side (mod pics coming soon) everything else is fantastic and a lot of heads turn at the campsite.!!!!

Happy camping!

garysol wrote:
Maiden voyage is in the bag. 8 hours of towing and I am happy to report no major issues. We are quite happy with our decision to purchase the 31BHPR. That is not to say it was perfect. A couple of gripes.
1. My biggest gripe. We filled the gray tank in one day. 4 showers and a few dishes. We had full a hook up site it was no big deal but we will have to be really careful when we are at a non sewer site.
2. There are a few staples sitting up in the carpeting. Easy fix.
3. I banged my head twice getting into bed. Not much head room there. I would gladly give up a foot of living area for a foot more in the master bed room.
4. The blinds for the kitchen window are set to close to the glass and will not clear the knob that opens and closes the window.

The PROS!
Everything else. It towed exemplary. I loved the outside kitchen. Cooking my early morning breakfast was that much more enjoyable. I am pretty sure that we had the nicest looking TT in the entire park.

lol I have to laugh at #3 as that has happened a few times to us. It works for us, so much better than our popup I'll never complain. We nickname it our cave :)

I also agree that the knobs get in the way. We don't raise our kitchen blinds but do roll them open to look outside. The knob will sit in between the slats so when I roll them open or close it's ok. I have knob issues with most all the other windows. I just don't feel like I can get the shades far enough down as the knob is in the way. It's not just this camper it's the way most are made. Come on engineers fix this slight issue!

I'm sure it was the nicest looking TT there! Glad ya'll had a great trip.