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Slideout stabilizers

I took out the factory couch in my tt and put in a Lazy-boy recliner loveseat. This all takes place on my slide out. My concern is that the loveseat is heavier than the factory couch and I'm wondering if it wouldn't be prudent to start using stabiliz...

Air Bags-Ram 1500

My neighbor just installed air bags on his 2015 F150 and swears by them. I know that they will not increase my payload (Ram's payload numbers are low), but he did say that it will help with stability and helping take some wear off my suspension. For ...

cccougar by Explorer
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Dry Camping with EU2000i & Trojans

I'm not completely understanding how these things all go together when dry camping. I am replacing my single 12v battery with two Trojan T-105 6v golf cart batteries. We plan to dry camp with no hook ups for 8 days at a time. I'm switching to the ...

dmullen by Explorer
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2015 GMC Sierra Navagation system

Just took delivery of a 2015 GMC Sierra with Navigation system. In the settings for Routing there is something called ECO profile routing. It has a roof load and a trailer load. Settings are none, small, medium and large. Then select ECO friendly rou...

Toolguy5 by Explorer II
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Freon for old TT AC

Hi. I have an old 70s TT. The ACblows cold, but not ice cold. I'm worried it won't be enough for our June Florida trip. My RV repair guy told me it was going to be tough to find more Freon since it's been outawed. I don't know anything about this. N...

Considering an HTT. Where do I start my research?

(Those that also frequent the PUP forum will notice the cut and paste job I did. Turns out that instead of a PUP, we may be better suited to a HTT, so I'm starting a new thread here.)The wife has admitted that if we could increase the level of comfo...

ToddD by Explorer
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Attaching a motorcycle hitch to a TT

I'm looking at buying either the EVO 2360 or 2460the 2360 has a tongue wgt of 550lbs and 2460 is 750lbsMy dirt bike wgt is 300lbs I was going to weld a carrier to the frame.Would more or less tongue wgt be better for putting MC on the back of the TT.

Storing your "stinky slinky"

What do you all use to hold your dump hose(s) between uses? I've just been keeping it in the original cardboard box, lined with a garbage bag. But I'm wondering if something like a shallow Rubbermaid tote would work nicer. Being a TT, the stora...

bhh by Explorer
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New to me camper

Picked up a '92 Lance Squire 8000 for $3,300 today. Great camper and looks good on the truck. I'm not sure if I need stable loads/bump stops or other upgrades as I'll be pulling a steel trailer with Atv's weighing in at well somewhere around 5,000 lb...

Old tires

If you're the least bit unsure, replace 'em. I was enroute back to Kingsville Texas and one blew apart, replaced it with the spare...and sure enough 60 miles later the other one came apart (pictured here) As ya can see, it's got plenty of tread. T...

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Stabilizer Jacks

OK, we are getting very close to purchasing our first travel trailer in over 20 years. Had a few small to mid-size trailers and 1 pop up, in the past but nothing for quite some time now. Kind of have things narrowed down between a few makes/models (F...

mikemc53 by Explorer II
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TV Mount Question

My new tt has TV hook ups in the front bedroom but there is no mount. I used a stud finder to find the mount location (I think), there was no sticker. I was planning on using a regular household tv mount, the mounting bolts on the mounts I have ins...

dee74 by Explorer
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