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electric jack upgrade

I currently have atwood manual jacks on a 2000 Lance 825. I'm looking to upgrade to electric jacks. Any suggestions? What do I need to modify on the camper to make this work right? Is one yellow top optima enough to work this? Should I expect to have...

question regarding cover. need tips

My trailer has the gutter extensions that came factory and extend out about 2" on all four corners to divert the water off the trailer. BUT I am afraid to use my ADCO cover as I fear the four corners will tear from these gutter extensions. Anyone hav...

jbres by Explorer
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beefing up the bantam weight

Howdy. So we are looking at the KZ Spree Escape E250S on the one hand and the Outdoors RV Black Rock 22 BHS or Creekside 23 BHS on the other. The KZ Spree has a phenomenonly low weight of 3760 (per KZ website) and the Outdoor Rv's are about 1K heavi...

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Need truck guidance - Short bed pickup for slide-in?

I got out of RV'ing about 15 years ago due to financial issues, I had an older Coachman slide-in and my vehicle was a 1996 F350 crew cab with 7.3 diesel. Great rig. Due to circumstances out of my control, I had to sell it all. I am back on my feet, a...

nipster by Explorer
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Firestone Transforce tires

Ok guy's In the old days I never got good service from a Firestone tire. Who's running them and what kind of service and life are you getting? Thanks

any truck......

thinking about a new truck for my lance 915 2006,with what i have learned in the last 8 yrs, i now know what i was lacking in my current truck.If you could change and/or improve from your current truck , what would you do this time?? also what could ...

petoworx by Explorer
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Adding A Couch to Our Lance Camper

We have a 2008 model Lance 1055 (10’ 11”). Our friend has the same model but ordered a couch as opposed to the dinette option. Ours has the dinette option but I decided to do a simple mod. I went down to our local upholstery shop and had them make ex...

Racorman by Explorer
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Best vehicles for towing

We are new to the idea of buying a TT. The vehicle we have now won't safely tow the size we want so we will need to buy another vehicle. We are looking at a TT that has about a 6500lb dry weight. What vehicles should we be looking at to tow that? Are...

SRW or DRW?

Considering tc that weighs roughly 3800 dry. Would a 1 ton single rear axle be okay or do I need to look at double axle only. Please, no truck brand wars. Stick to axles. Thanks.

Location of Ground on 2003 Lance 1161

Hi All:Am having some problems with my battery separator on my Lance TC 1161 2002. Am attempting to run down any grounding issues but am finding it impossible to locate the major ground. I have the factory schematics and they say "located in front co...

hdblair by Explorer
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DVD no video. Fun Finder 266 KIRB

We bought a new Fun Finder 266 KIRB at the end of season last year. We can not get the DVD to show on TV. We got sound in the speakers but no video on screen. Tried everything. Has anyone else had this issue

tire question

Newbie question so please be patient. Recently I purchased my first slide in camper, my Mrs wants to give it a go ? [I am a hotel type guy, but what he heck]We got an older (1988) northstar pop up for my tundra. I am going to install sway bars to tig...

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Reciever Rust

I have a Chevy 2500HD with the 2.5" reciever and 2" reducer sleeve. I left the reducer in over the winter and some rust formed where the bottom of the reducer and the reciever meet. I had to knock the reducer out with a block of wood and a hammer. Wh...

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More suspension help!

We have a 2013 Wolf Creek 850 on a 2005 Chevy 2500HD (no Overloads), with the Duramax with 120,000 miles on it. I still have the original shocks. Truck rides fine with the load but I get about a 3 inch sag in the back from the empty position. I am th...

Rickj91 by Explorer
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