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Nervous about pulling my TT

I just purchased a 28' TT. Wife and I are beyond excited. It is lightweight and fits our needs. I had it checked out and it's ready to go with new tires. Hitch with weight distribution and sway, good brake controller all installed and ready. Dealer s...

Help!!

My dh is camping right now. He had his RV hooked up to shore power for the last few days. But now it seems that the batteries are drained according to the battery level gauge (plus the water pump dims the lights when it goes on). Is that normal? Is t...

black tank mistake, not adding water after draining?

Never had this issue before, went to pick up my TT and smelled something odd inside. When I got home I opened the toilet lid and oh boy...there it was. The toilet smelled horrible, black tank was the obvious culprit.I store my travel trailer on an as...

Site setup& septic system

Hi my GF and I are thinking of getting an RV and traveling for her week on work shift(DE) hopefully a year round RV park, and my parent's land her off week (MD)My parent's land has well and a septic tank/drain field and I was wondering what would be...

buying an rv; am i missing something

we want to start rving (some camping close to home and maybe one big trip each year where we'd travel a longer distance) and have a limited budget. we have two young children, a family of four. we have $8,000 max to spend. i've debated whether to ...

OMG!! How to keep Dinette cushions up????

Besides Velcro? Because that's never worked for me. Had pop up, HTT, C, now TT. Unless there's a certain special Velcro that someone wants to recommend, I'm looking for other solutions. Just annoys the HECK out of me!

Water pump keeps coming on...

Hooked up to RV Park water but my water pump comes on occasionally. I have to keep turning it off. Has anybody ever had this problem?

Tips on buying new

For those of you contemplating buying a new travel trailer from a long distance dealer, say in the very north of Indiana where most are manufactured, allow me to give you some tips that I learnt the hard way from experience.#1 Do not plan your purcha...

Cable TV

Not that we want Cable tv all the time, but with grandkids sometimes it is a blessing. We have not tried the hookup yet to see if it works, of course not all campgrounds have this option. In our driveway, I can get one channel via air. My questio...

What am I doing wrong with my TT

Hey everyone! I need your help. I brought my TT home from storage and am getting it ready to go out for a few week. My driveway has a little slope and so I am usually quite careful to chock the tires tightly with a rubber mallet to make sure it does ...

Draining My Fresh Tanks?

Another newbie question: Im in the process of sanitizing my tanks and lines. I let the bleach sit in the tank for the recommended time, now I'm trying to drain the tanks.I have two lines under the 5th wheel--a red and blue one toward the center and...

A reminder to check your tire pressures

Posted in Beginning RVing, but a reminder to the veterans as well.A cheap gauge and a tire shop just cost me $500 in trailer tires.I had new tires put on our fifth wheel before a trip. Tire guy says he set them to 50psi (where they should be). 250 mi...

Number 1 Question new rvers have?

Hi,I'm just curious what the Number 1 question most new rver's have is. If you can think of a list of up to 5 questions, please list them. I will be making an infographic on rving that answers the top questions people new to rving have. I will post a...

Strange pairings at the camp ground on father's day weekend.

My family of four (two boys 7 and 9) were camping over father's day weekend at Brown County in Indiana. Brown County is probably the best known state park after the Dunes in IN, so there's always a crowd. We were up in the front area that's more like...

newbie with new Thor Four Winds Class C- questions?

Just bought a 2015 Thor Four Winds 31W.... out for our maiden voyage, which just happened to be a 3 week 3,000 mile trek. (not optimal but it was that or stick with the pop-up and we were too excited to wait).I have a couple of questions....BG- it ha...

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