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Best place to purchase awning fabric

Need to replace the fabric on camper any good sites out there TIA

Honda CRV or Subaru Forrester

I"ve been towing a Honda CRV for 12 years and now am ready for a new dingy. I like the new CRVs but the Subaru Forresters have some appeal too. What are your thoughts?

Trailer tongue weight concerns!!!!!

Hello All! My name is Ernie, and I'm fairly new to the travel trailer world.I have a 2013 Chevrolet 2WD 1500 extended Cab pickup with the 5.3L engine, equipped with the heavy duty cooling package, and a 3.23 rear end ratio.The maximum tow capacity o...

Dish Mounting Options

Ok, looking to set up our DirecTV Slimline dish, it is a 2 inch OD mount. At first, I was looking at tripods, but am afraid of gusty winds, if for some reason, I do not get it secured properly, so I found a non-penetrating roof mount that looks like...

Crosstrek/ready brake

Has anyone had experience installing the Ready Brute Elite braking system on a 2013 Subaru Crosstrek XV. I assume the process would be the same as installation on the Subaru Impreza since the Crosstrek is basically a modified Impreza.I recently purc...

Mobile Home State of the Union.....

Moderators ...if inappropriate please feel free to delete. Found an article with current data and information on that RV 1st cousin the "Mobile Home". Interesting that it was published on the BBC. CharlesMobile Home discussion....

rotten egg smell cold & hot water

On a well & have rotten egg smell on both cold & hot water. Just got back from 2 weeks at a bluegrass festival & no rotten egg smell. We built a barn on the kids place & ran a 150' line from there water softener. They had rotten egg smell on hot w...

A Cautionary Tale for Ford Fusion Owners

This is a cautionary tale about towing a Ford Fusion (2010) and probably applies to any 2010,2011 Ford Escape also.My 2010 Fusion sits in at a Ford dealer 100 miles from home with a toasted transmission. This is the very same car that has 10,000 tro...

Axles

Picked up a new trailer yesterday, Outback 323BH... Great trailer, took it out for a shakedown cruise last night, and everything was great...going to go out again this next weekend....this week though, I will be putting an Equalizer hitch on and pul...

2014 Compass Dinghy

I just purchased a 2014 Compass with a manual transmission. According to the owners manual the transmission must be in neutral and the key in the ACC position. According to the dealership, this vehicle no longer has a locking steering wheel when th...

off season camping

Based in NJ and as the weather gets chillier campgrounds begin to close up for the season, and by the end of Columbus Day almost all around me ant to the north have boarded up for winter hibernation. We would like to do the Boston/Salem area of MA. ...

towing capacity 2001 GMC Yukon XL 8.1 liter engine

this will probably start a fire storm but I need to know some information. I'm looking at buying a 2001 GMC Yukon XL suburban 2500. it has a rear axle of 3.73. And what I can find online towing capacity is around 10,500 pounds. my question is in real...

Poor brakes. TV & Trailer both tested good??

Have new trailer but braking seems rather poor. I have a prodigy P3. Using the manual control I can feel the trailer brakes come on but very little. Setting voltage from 5 to 12 volts makes no difference, brakes feel exactly the same no matter wha...

Correct hitch height

Recently I bought a new 35ft travel trailer. The rv dealer installed a new eaz-lift weight distribution hitch. I have concerns that the hitch was installed incorrectly and I want some opinions. I took some measurements and this is what I've come u...

Keeping the RV after moving to the woods

To the moderation team:Kindly move this thread if the subject doesn't fit here.Was wondering if anyone on here who may have bought a home in a wooded private setting (with say 5 acres or more) used the RV less or perhaps stopped altogether?I realize ...

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