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New (to me) TV

In November, I saw a truck for sale at the Buick/Chevy/GMC dealer in town. It was a RAM. Looked it over, my 2004 3500 Dually was showing her age and had a little over 200,000 on her. SO, I bought the 2012 RAM 5500 (EBY flatbed body). It was set up wi...

Greentow by Explorer
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Intermittent jerky towing of 5th wheel

Bear with me: Bought a 2016 Denali diesel 3500 HD SRW truck then an Open range light 5th wheel. Bought a B&W turnover ball hitch. Pulled camper home, no problem. Ran over bush and into light mud. Turned corner and kicked out the breakaway brake pin....

Ram Block Heater and Cord -Missing

My new 2016 Ram 4x4 Cummins 6.7L's manual says about the Block Heater(I am paraphrasing here) Plugging in the truck is REQUIRED at -20.Then it goes on to say that the cord can be found in the right side of the truck just above the tow hook behind the...

AF811

Can anyone tell me what the rear overhang is on a Arctic Fox 811 short bed? I have searched and I could only find a 996. I have a 6-1/2' bed.

S_Davis by Explorer
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Tire questions

My trailer tires ST205/75R14 say max load at 50 PSI, the trailer sticker says max psi 50. The wheels (Sendel machined aluminum are max 60 PSI). The new Goodyear Endurance trailer tires are max load 65 PSI. What would I do, inflate to 50 and call it g...

CAT Scale weights Truck and camper

Before our trip to Daytona beach I weighed my truck with full tank of diesel, DEF and no tailgate. Then weighed the truck/TC empty with 2 full propane. Loaded up with all gear, supplies, front storage box/cargo carrier which included Honda 2000, 1 ga...

Newbie with questions on Escalade TV

Hello, we are looking to buy our first camper (travel trailer) and got a new(er) TV to pull it. We bought a 2010 Escalade ESV and I would like to know if anyone has one what dry weight camper they are pulling?I know the rated towing weight is 7800lbs...

rk05 by Explorer
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I may have made a BIG mistake today...

Well, Mrs. Killer was big into small, light travel trailers and old Killer was gold...until I took her and the little Killer shopping at the RV store today. Our TV is a brand spanking new f150 5.0, supercab (not the Screw), tow package, 9000 lb. tow ...

Advice on frame damage

Back in January, my wife was rear ended in our 2007 Sierra. It bent the trailer hitch and bumper down a couple inches. I brought it to the local chevy dealer, and they submitted an estimate to repair the truck. We received an insurance check and drop...

Shower question on my 2017 Jayco 34RSBS

HI everyone.I just noticed this morning that the top of the shower doesn't have any caulking sealing it against the wall, preventing water from getting behind the shower wall and the camper.Shouldn't there be caulk up there? We are going to take it...

tjw0099 by Explorer
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Need help finding specific floor plain travel trailer

Hi everyone! We have been looking at buying a TT and have narrowed them down to a specfic floor plain. The type we like have the tv mounted on the long wall of the trailer where you can sit and watch tv without having to rotate your body or head. The...

rk05 by Explorer
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advice on roof maintenance

Just bought a 2011 Sunnybrook Harmony 21FBS. This trailer is sweet and exactly what I was looking for in a first RV (besides my old truck camper). A little background: Trailer bought new in New Mexico in 2011. Driven here to about 7 miles from my...

My interview in Truck Camper Magazine

Truck Camper Magazine started ten years ago. I was one of the first they interviewed, after they found my website with tales of my first year of ramblin'. Other small articles about me followed over the years.For their 10th anniversary, they wanted...

CAFE stds on the chopping block

NYTGood riddance. There is no way that the average fleet mileage would ever come close to those numbers anyway. Hopefully the ethanol scam will be cut at the same time.

agesilaus by Explorer III
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