RV Tips & Tricks

Help needed. moving a 5th wheel with badly cracked frame

We have some friends with a 38’ FR Cardinal 5wheel. The frame is cracked above the wheels and has shifted such that the tires rubbed the frame and blue out on the curb side. If anyone knows of someone that can dolly tow it or lowboy tow in the greate...

Calling Buck2520

Hey bud, maybe re-post your experience or issue and heed Dedmistons warning. That way you can still share it.

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New B & W WD trailer hitch

My son is at the SEMA show today and sent me a pic of the new B & W weight distributing hitch. This is very new, B & W must be debuting it at the show. Not a lot of info on it yet, but is appears it might become availably in Dec 22.From what little w...

Mice smell from furnace vents

I have 2004 Jamboree GT (class C) with basement. There were signs of mice so eradicated them; however, upon using my furnace the smell is unbearable. I waited a few minutes to see if it would subside and couldn’t stand it anymore. When I’m done campi...

Strong winds and water heater problems?

Could strong winds cause a overheating problem with the propane water heater?Winds blowing at 20 to 30 mph directly into heater vent this morning. Water got hot enough to vent out pressure valve. Figured out it was venting because I could hear pump c...

Pulled to the left when being passed by Big Rigs

I'm towing 10,000 bumper pull Toy Hauler. I'm under my Gross weight in both the truck and Toy Hauler.. My TW is 1440 pounds including the hitch.My trailer sits level when being towed. But everytime I'm passed by a big rig or a big box truck I get...

Theft at a State park.......

Who in the world would want someone else's SEWER HOSE?Woke up yesterday morning at Chain-O-lakes state park in northern Indiana (park was full) and walked around to the rear of the RV.Bumper plug on the ground and stinky slinky GONE.......I carry a c...

Why'd the diesel shortage thread get doxxed?

Pre-emptive moderating? LOL

Replace instant hot with standard water heater?

I feel like I'm being pushed into a corner where I'll have to purchase an RV with an instant hot water heater, and I don't like it. I already grumbled about it in the Travel Trailer forum.I know this goes against the grain of the typical questions a...

Diesel crisis ahead

Or maybe here already:We just traveled from Livingston to Pensacola and were taken aback by the diesel prices vs gasoline. Over $1.50/gal. Both are outrageously high. As we left Texas we saw a $4.34 price, but once across the Louisiana line they jump...

Macerator question

I'm having to use my travel trailer into the fall and winter while it's tucked in my backyard. I have a cleanout about 50 or 60 feet away.I've always been curious about a macerator kit. When you use one, how do you deal with the remaining water/stu...

renting out your RV? Success stories? Issues?

Through no fault of my own i find myself with THREE campers. A completely restored 1976 GMC motorhome, a hybrid trailer (with an excursion to pull it) and a Sprinter van conversion The van conversion is in progress and I think it will be the one tha...

Back before cellphones

Remember the rows of pay phones campgrounds had near the office? Phone calls when you changed campgrounds and periodically so people back home could get in touch if they had to. It was nothing to be out of touch for days if you were out west.This cam...

Winter Battery Storage

I read somewhere that batteries should not be allowed to freeze. The first time my RV spent the winter here I had a heated place to store them, this time I don't. Temperatures here are frequently near zero.I use two golf cart batteries, will they be ...

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