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trailer towing insurance

If my truck breaks down I have AAA + with 100 miles towing. But they will not tow my trailer.Is there a company that offers trailer towing insurance? If yes which would be the best?paul

pbbrgr by Explorer
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New to Full-Time Living

My husband and I were full-time RV'rs for 5 years. Loved the life style and had many good times. Unfortunately, my husband passed away 3 months ago. So now I am living full-time in my 5th wheel, but in a Mobile Home Community. I am very new to ha...

Bucket List trip

We live near in Cleveland Ohio and we are discussing doing a trip to Yellowstone next year. Its a heck of a long trip out there. Any suggestions or ideas for other "bucket list" trips that are big rig 5th wheel friendly that we should consider? We ar...

garysol by Explorer
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Brake Controller Setting Help

I realize this has been done to death, but I've searched and either can't find what I'm looking for, or I really don't want to go through a hundred or so pages of results.I finally got a chance to try and set up my brake controller as I was leaving t...

Fresh Water Tank Sensor

My fresh water tank sensors have always worked fine but this weekend it read empty even though I had filled it before leaving home. I hooked up the hose and it took very little water to fill the tank. Today I took the cover off the command center, ...

donpop by Explorer
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Transfer switch burned - Again

I had a failure of the original IOTA 50 amp transfer switch in March 2012. Jayco replaced it with a Progressive Dynamics PD52 since IOTA was no longer making transfer switches. Well this morning the PD52 burned. This was the hottest day of the summer...

TIRE TIME!

Time to replace the 4 tires on out fiver as they ar 6 years old...We have the Goodyear Marathon G614 tires LT235/85R16 "G" and have had no problems with them...The place I go for tires is mainly a commercial truck tire place and I told them what I to...

Tire pressure question

On my dodge dually drw door placard it says max cold psi 65 on rear. That's what I tow at. However tires are rated 80psi. Should I use 80 or 65? After a recent long trip had a blowout,not while towing.

New Fifth Wheel

We are looking at a new Heartland Sundance XLT 285TS. I have anew Ram 2500 with a 6.4. What do you all think?

f1bob by Explorer
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I started the hunt all over again, I must be nuts

One year ago this month DW and I set out to find the perfect RV after not traveling with one for many years. We have owned a couple but got very little use out of them due to different work schedules. So, now being retired we settled on a 32 ft. fift...

Truck rental

Doe's any one know of a place in so. cal that rents trucks with a 5th wheel hitch?

gearbox by Explorer
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BakFlip best place to buy?

Anyone have some suggestions for where to buy and get the best price? I paid $775 shipped last year for an F1 version. So far online I'm seeing $928 but trying to do better for a 2nd truck.

Losing items in the truck bed

Is it just me? When I had a TT behind, I never lost anything out of the bed of the truck except maybe an empty bag or something real light. With the fiver, I have lost bike helmets (thankfully I saw it fly out and I recovered it but I also lost a p...

Campinfan by Explorer III
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What is really deductible?

I've seen a few posts that say the interest on an rv loan is deductible like a home mortgage. Is this true? I'll double-check with our accountant as she may already have us covered, but I am curious as to your experiences. Is the RV a primary or seco...

tomthyme by Explorer
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