Metal stress surprises
Our TT is great for getting us backwards and forwards from Ontario to Arizona. However it does have a fault: The angle iron bars which hold up the black and grey tanks (two bars per tank) were poorly ...
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DutchmenSport wrote:
Never travel with tanks filled! This is exactly why I always travel empty. I'd rather travel empty than face a challenging repair that might not work.
I never travel with the fresh water tanks empty.
Everywhere we go, there are no water hookups. The few I've tried, their water was terrible, yellow from rust or sulfur. When that dries up on the bottom of the tank, after you thought the tanks were drained, you end up with yellowish brown sledge. Now you need to take the fittings out of the tanks and clean the suction hole, and the flush the hoses connected to it. Did it to many times after refilling at campgrounds. Now I test the water before I fill the tanks. If dirty, we just use the campground showers for the rest of the trip.
If my trailer would of had the thermal package, it would had been a terrible time taking the bottom cover of the camper off so that I can access the tanks, to clean out the suction hole, fittings, and hoses.
IMO, it's better to take it to the dealer and let them repair or re-enforce the tanks. They've done it before and know how. If it's ungodly expensive, then I'd just do it myself.
