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Disappearing TV mounting rack

I have a 2012 Cedar Creek where the tv is mounted on a rack that has a switch to make it go up and down. The tv is now stuck in the open (visible) position and the switch does not now work. Does anybody know of such problem or know of a manual opti...

Customer Service

Recently I purchased a 5th tailgate on craigslist but the seller had lost the keys. Thought, no problem, take the gate to the locksmith. Well that ended up being a waste of time, he was unable to make a key. The tailgate is Stromberg Carlson, 3500 se...

new ram 3500 4x4 tailgate height and fifth wheel clearance

I recently purchased a 2014 RAM 3500 DRW 4x4 which has a tailgate height of 59 1/2 inches measured. The nose of my Montana fiver is about 59 inches high sitting level. What did you do to pull fivers with the new high tailgate height trucks?My hitch...

Sold our 5th wheel

We sold our fifth wheel today so after 8 years we do not own an RV. We had bought a park model with a Florida room this past winter in a Florida campground so with spending a lot of time there not much time for camping. I will become a lurker here bu...

Jayco, Arctic Fox, Grand Design

Ugh... Why oh Why is making a choice so hard. Wife and I went looking today....Jayco seem nice but local dealer doesn't have a lot of inventory but it seems to be missing options I think I want... hydraulic self leveling. Grand Design are cool, the...

Jayco Fifth Wheel 2013

We have had our Jayco for a year now and love our camper. However, we noticed that the inside rear wall had some bubble spots and hard nots in the wall. We carried the camper back to the dealership and it was discovered a roof seal was not properly...

Battery disconnect

I did not want to hijack another thread so I am posing this question here. I just got a new fiver and the disconnect switch only disconnects some things...like the lights. Since I do not want to fry my battery when I am parked at home and hooked to...

Fire, CO, and Propane Safety Inputs sought...

Hi Team,We are getting ready to head off for 10 months in our 5th wheel and would be interested in any Fire, CO, and propane safety tips. Here is what I have done so far: 1) Added BR, LR , and Batt/Propane storage area Fire Alarms. These are wireless...

New Trailer, Crummy Tires Need Advice

We have purchased a new 2014 model year trailer from a private party (they bought it new in Oct). It is a triple axle with 225 75 15 Tow Masters not sure if they are D or E but it doesn't matter because they are not staying on the unit. The axles are...

Andersen Hitch

I decided to get rid of my Companion slider, because I can't use it with my camper. Thinking real hard about going with the Andersen Hitch. I have heard nothing but good stuff about them, so I looking for any issues that people have had. My truck is ...

Starting search

Been a while. We currently have a 2002 31' Mobile Scout. The wife messed up her shoulder and we are trying to get her disability. After/when we get this done, we are looking to upgrade to a new 5er and start traveling some. We are looking at rear liv...

Storm at Gulf Shores AL on April 29.

We have a 2006 Carriage Carri-Lite XTreme 5. While in storage at the Gulf Shores, AL state park, on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 they had 22' of water in a very short time. We received a call from the park at 8:11pm the next day that the storage area wa...

Disconnecting Battery - wow! big spark

Hi all, dh put our fiver in storage for a little while and disconnect the battery. There was big spark signifying quite some power still running in the rig even tho everything was turned off! His thoughts were, wow, if ever we need to dry camp this ...

10" or 12" Lube Disk

I see there are 10 and 12 inch lube plates. Looks like the 10" is more common. My "pin plate" is 13" wide. The hitch plate is 11". Any reason to get the 12"?

5th Wheel Hitch cart

I had seen a while back maybe in Trailer Life or some other publication a plan for a 5th Wheel hitch cart. Very simple construction with castors etc that you could build to just below your tailgate height and easily off-load your hitch when taking it...

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