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Dometic Thermostat mod

First off I want to say thanks to all those here that advised me on this and to make clear this is not my invention just my variation of someone else's idea.The problem we were having was waking up at 3 am with cold air blowing on us because the AC f...

Kinked outside shower hose

The outside shower box, which I would think is kind of standard, on my StarCraft Antiqua has the faucet output hose fitting so close to the top of the box that the hose is bent and kinked so badly that it restricts the water flow. I'm going to buy a ...

mcoley by Explorer
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Loading and unloading TC on the truck

Since we bought our TC 6 months ago, we've been on the road (in Central America) and haven't had the need to take it off.Looking at the four legs of the TC, it doesn't provide much confidence that they will hold the TC! We have manual jacks so it'll ...

Bike Rack / Travel Tray / Sewer Hose Carrier

Here are some pictures of our bike rack / travel tray / sewer hose carrier. We just purchased a new Skyline Koala 26SS travel trailer. We viewed a Forest River travel rack on another RV on the dealer lot. We ordered one for our trailer and had them d...

Rental Truck camper in Seattle area

My wife and I are from the east coast (Annapolis, MD). We have a truck camper here and love it. We're traveling to Seattle next month and are looking for a truck camper rental, or maybe even a classB rental for a week. We would be open to a privat...

Jaseun by Explorer
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Travel Trailer on permanent site

I have my TT at a permenent site. It is currently just sitting on the ground with x-chocks on the tires and the stabilizers on cinder blocks.My question is- is it OK for the tires to just be sitting on the ground/dirt, or should I put pressure treate...

Ram 1500 EcoDiesel sets brisk sales pace

LINK"Ordering for Ram's optional 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V-6 in half-ton pickup trucks started in March and sales seem to be going strong. According to Automotive News, initial orders totaled more than 10,000 units and even today pickups with those engin...

ib516 by Explorer II
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Amerilite Converter and Questions??

Just as a preface this is not my camper but rather it is my BIL's. Last fall his converter went out and wouldn't charge the battery. I helped him trouble shoot the issue and we narrowed it down to the converter. He ordered a new one and replaced it i...

TV antenna performance

We have a bat-wing antenna that came on our '07 StarCraft hybrid. I just bought a new TV. My wife is convinced that we need a new, higher tech antenna to get stations where now we cannot get any. I'm not convinced that they are worth the high price. ...

mcoley by Explorer
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cleaning/keeping dry power awning

Hey guys, I have a question on cleaning and then keeping dry power awning. I have read on this site to use a bleach solution to clean awning. I was wondering if bleach is to harsh a chemical to use on this fabric? Of course I would dilute it, but wo...

Water troubles :(

Hello everyone. I need your help. The other day I decided to flush the waterline in our trailer as the water tasted and smelled off. Not sure if it was the hose or the water lines I filled the water tank with water and some bleach. Then put a mixture...

Newbie here, advice on tow rig?

To preface, sorry for the long first post. I've read about 50 pages of the diesel vs gas thread and it's exhausting, so I thought I'd start my own in hopes of getting some realistic non-biased advice.Need help deciding on which truck would be best fo...

Former 5th wheel owners

Have any of you gone from owning a 5th wheel to owning a pop-up? Our 5th wheel has been sitting in storage way to much and it is getting real hard to justify the cost of keeping it. I am thinking about getting a pop-up for several reasons:Can store a...

Automatic shifting issues with 2001 7.3L F250

Just today it starting staying in (I think) 3rd and reving up rather than moving onto fourth. (Didn't rev like it was in neutral. It was still accelerating but the RPMS were wound way up) If I accelerated really carefully I could get it to shift all...

cannesdo by Explorer
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