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Observations From 28 days on the Road

We just returned prematurely from a planned six week road trip in the Great Southwest. We had transmission problems heading out of Moab Utah and limped home to the White Mountains of Arizona. My lovely and I traveled in a 26' no slide travel trailer ...

Onan generator 4000 - stopped when turn on microwave/AC

Hi there,I am a second owner of a Winnie Minnie 24 feet. The Onan Microquite 4000 generator has about 1500 hrs when I bought it. The generator worked fine a month ago until today. It started and ran smoothly but stopped a minutes after I turned on th...

Whats everyone using for Toad braking

I just saw the Blue Ox Patriot on their website. Anyone using one?What do you have and what do you like/dislike about it?

Refridgerator Poll (sort of)

These questions are only for those who are able to store their RV at their house/property. (Not for those who use storage facility.) Do you keep your refrigerator turned on or off during travel season?If on & you live in warmer summer climate , do y...

Towing with Jayco Grayhawk 27DS

We have on 06 Grayhawk with the ford V10. We tried towing a Chevy Equinox with horrible results. We had a scary amount of sway. We are full timers volunteering in Oregon for summer and Florida for winters. The trip is 3500 miles.

Re-stringing day/night shades with 2 cords and 2 springs

I have checked out a lot of web sites to find out how to restring my day/night shades that have two strings and two springs.. I've seen plenty with one spring and two strings but nothing to match my configuration. I tried taking another shade off a...

Just ordered

four step manual pull down steps from PPL Motorhomes parts dept! Can't wait to get them installed & give my knee a break! Had to find install directions on YouTube to show DH that it is something he can do pretty easily. They were on sale for $196. ...

2014 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport - 4 down

Hello everyone - we have a two part question we hope someone can assist with - We have been towing our 2004 Jeep Wrangler X 2 door Automatic trans for the last several years using a Demco tow bar and base plate with no problems. We just got a 2014 Je...

One wheel and tire are hot

So I just got my TT serviced, and the brakes were apparently fine. I also greased the bearings. I put new tires on too.While towing today (second short trip of the year, I thought that the driver's side tire was ever so slightly wobbling, because I...

Safety chain

Recently, I had my travel trailer come off the hitch. Fortunately, I was not going very fast and the damage was minimal. I thought I had the hitch on correctly, but apparently, I didnt have it seated correctly. When the trailer came unhitched, one of...

Hot Water Tank Noise

Using city water @ 40psi I have a noise coming from the hot water tank that sounds like a motor running. It is a Suburban 10 gal elect & gas model. It makes the same noise regardless weather the water is hot or cold, ie just turning on the hot water ...

Cable TV hookup

We are newbie RV enthusiasts and are almost ready for our first long trip. We need suggestions/guidance on what type/length of cable TV cord we will need to connect to any service that may be provided at parks.

Amarillo, Texas

Hello all. We just passed through Amarillo Texas and were having problems with our refrigerator not cooling on gas while driving. We stopped in at Oasis RV resort and stayed over night, Their maintenance man told us about Rodfathers RV. A body shop f...

Slider for 5th wheel hitch, who uses them?

I am a full blown newbie... But I am a hands on motor head who (feels like) I can drive anything (and just about have)..So now I have my TV, a 3500 Dodge DRW Mega cab (6.5' bed)... Just ordered the rail kit, looking at hitches. In doing my due dili...

Help with towing capacities

DH and I have been camping with large fifth wheels for many years and I have happily left all of the technical stuff related to camping to him. My DH passed away this spring and now I want to continue camping, but in a much smaller capacity. I am l...

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