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Marshall A4 Propane connector
I have a 1999 Fleetwood Wilderness 26GL which as dual 30# propane tanks with the automatic switch-over regulator. One of the connectors (pigtails) leaks from underneath the Type 1 knob). It is a "Marshall Gas Controls, A-4 Flexible Hose Connector for LP Gas" It's the older, green Type 1 connector. The other end, which connects to the regulator, has a male threaded fitting which looks to be about 3/8". Does anyone know where I can buy a pair of these. All of the ones that I find on-line have a flared fitting. Or, do I need to replace the whole deal(regulator and both connector hoses)?5.5KViews0likes4CommentsRe: Diesels...Ford vs GMC vs Dodge
I love the way a tread morphs when such a topic is posed. Starts as brand comparison, based on inexperience, then goes to American vs. off-shore companies, then to individual citizenship-all interesting but here is where I am (and perhaps the spirit in which this thread was started). I am brand new to RVing and not a gear head. My dear wife and I just bought our first trailer (1999 Wilderness-max wt 8300 lbs) this past labor day and pulled it from Arkansas to The Black Hills and back with my 1999 Yukon (see, I told you I was new-LOL). Now I'm looking for a more suitable TV but don't have a lot of money-maybe $15K. Therefore, I'm looking at a older truck. I've decided that I want a diesel, crew cab with a full bed. I've seen several in my price range and they include the 99 to 02 7.3 Power Stroke, or a 6.0 cheap enough to allow another $4k to have the studs, egr and other bulletroof upgrades made, or an 2000 to 05 Duraxax. I haven't considered Dodge because, although the Cummings ais a good engine, what hear from Dodge owners of that era being that the ride is quite hard (maybe I'm being misguided on that point). The main thing that this truck will be used for is pulling the RV for recreational use on a couple of long trips and many local trips per year. Reasonable comfort is an issue for my DW. With all of that said, I was lookin to see on this thread is what owners of trucks in this age category may have to offer as to their pros and cons to help me narrow the field. Any help?390Views0likes0CommentsRe: Turbo small displacement - displacement on demand- a winner?
Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote: No win for the average consumers, unless you think $52,000 for a pick up is a win. Most consumers can't afford one of those trucks. Don I agree. I certainly can't afford one. I am in the market for a 3/4 ton tow vehicle for my new-to-me 26' wilderness. I am looking at either a pre-6.0 power stroke, or a 6.0 at a low enough price that I can put $4k into having it bullet-proofed. Or maybe a Duramax. Either way a 10-year old truck. I'm glad that the manufacturers are hammering this out but it won't do me any good for years to come. Maybe by then, one of them will come out with a Cummings engine, with an Allison transmission, in a f-250 frame. LOL297Views0likes0CommentsRe: Sloped wall for a bead headboard
wannavolunteerFT wrote: I bought a big body pillow... it fits in wedge area and then I pile more pillows on top to watch TV.. don't know about you, but I don't store much in cabinets over center of bed... too hard to get too and too much tongue weight.. can you stuff pillows up there overnight? Our cabinets over the bed are dead empty. That is a great idea. Thanks for that tip.940Views0likes0CommentsRe: Sloped wall for a bead headboard
dspencer wrote: We have a Gray Wolf 26BH with the same thing minus the window and we set in bed and watch TV and we just prop up a couple of pillows and it works great. I've tried using just a pillow and it's not enough. Perhaps more pillows, including the throw pillows from the sofa. Ill try that tonight. wmoses, I like the idea of the armchair pillow that you suggest. I have already learned about the "pillows thrown on the floor, at the end of the bed" hazard (LOL). That makes a strong argument for night lights. Thanks, all, (well mostly all), for the suggestions. I guess this is a minor annoyance for which I will find an acceptable solution. Sometimes I read about the most engenious solutions on this forum. I was just wondering if maybe someone had cast a magic bullet as a solution to this one. Thanks again.938Views0likes0CommentsRe: Arkansas Fall Colors
littlemo wrote: This area of Arkansas is beautiful year round but I think Fall is the best. Dryfly 01 you are fortunate to be near there for easy weekend trips. Wandering Dawgs. Can't take credit for photos but the takers are awesome photographers! Personally I love the campgrounds at Blanchard Springs Caverns but they don't have hookups. The CG is so pleasantly located along Sylamore Creek and lots of places to walk and fish and see the caves and the waterfalls. Buffalo Point has hookups.Tyler Bend also has hookups until November. Lots more places in the area without hookups. I'm familiar with all of those from my pre-RV days. We are really loving this RV thing. As I write this, we are at a private park, Sylamore Creek Camp. We set up here last Wednesday and I've been working from here and taking a few days off. We wanted hook-up for this trip. I had oral surgery yesterday in Harrison, and decided to stay here to recuperate instead of lying on the couch at the stick house, watching TV. This is right at the concfluance of the White River and Crooked Creek, 200 yards up Hwy 14, towards the town of Fifty-Six. Once I get a bit more comfortable with dry camping, we' ll unleash this thing and camp anywhere we can. You're right. We are very fortunate to be here. There is so much, so close. I need "close" for now, since I'm towing with a 1/2 ton Yukon, and this this weighs almost as much, dry, as the capacity of my TV.. I'm looking for a 3/4 ton diesel so we can go where we want. Until then, this does not suck at all. Maybe we'll cross paths. I hope we do. And, wanderingdawgs is right, the photos are beautiful.267Views0likes0CommentsRe: Anyone make a mistake buying first MH ?
We didn't make a mistake in what we bought, just a bit impulsive in the way we did it. We were tent campers, through and through, for decades. We have never owned a camper but were thinking it might be something we should consider, since the ground seems a bit harder now that were 62 and 64. "maybe, if the right deal comes along", we said. We had a last minute trip planned to tent in the Black Hills over this past Labor Day. We were leaving on Wednesday at around noon. On Tuesday, the day before, we saw a 26' TT and liked everything about it - including the price. It was a1999 Fleetwood Wilderness GL 26H and clean as a whistle. So we bought it. We have a 1999 Yukon, that I really like, to tow it with. Since the TT came with a weight distribution hitch and a stabilizer bar, I figured we were good to go. All I needed was a brake controller and 7-pin connection. Those we're installed on Wednesday AM. We left the Arkansas Ozarks at 5 PM Wednesday afternoon. I had no experience pulling a rig like this, so the first few semi's that blew by me on the left side, and sucked me into the left lane, garnered a pucker-factor for this driver. After a couple of hundred miles, though, Iwas getting used to things. We only made it till 10:00 PM that first night, so we pulled into a Pilot truck stop and climbed into the TT for our first night. No frills, just laid on the bed, slept for a few hours and ack on the road at 5:30 AM. When we stopped for the night on that second day, we pulled into "On Ur Wa RV Park" at Exit 112, on I-29, in Onawa IA. We were exited to set up and actually use the TT as a camp for the first time, ever. Everlything went rather smoothly, but we couldn't figure out how to get the refrigeratr or water heater to work. The owners of the RV park were wonderful and tried everything they knew to help. (coincidently, that is where, and why we joined Good Sam Club). Finally we conceded to having a technician check it out. There was one just an hour up the road in the same direction we that were headed. Turns out, the gas flow valve for the fridge was turned off. No big deal. The water heater needed a new circuit board. $250 for a new one, or, he had a used one for $100. We chose option 2. He could have ally socked to us, but only charged $100 or the circuit board and an hour labor. Not too bad. Back on the road and finally made it to the Black Hill at midnight. This was my first time across the SD prairie. That place redefines the concept of "cross-wind". But, we made it-almost. 30 miles from our destination (Horse Thief Campground in Hill City, SD) we stopped for a final fuel and pee stop. Walking back to the RV I see a flat tire. Couldn't find a jack or a lug wrench (SUV wrench wouldn't fit). No problem- I've been a AAA-Plus member since 1992. Upon calling them, I learned the difference between AAA-Plus ans AAA-Plus/ RV. She said that the driver would call me with a quote. "Oh Boy, this is gonna hurt", I though. Well, he called and quoted me $75." C'mon in", I said. "I don't have a lot of choices". While I was waiting for my conscierge tire changer, I decided to take the spare off the back of the TT and save a few minutes of time. The spare seemed OK but a little low on air. The gas station had an air hose right beside the gas pump, so I pulled it out to top off the tire with air, except when I put that air chuck on the valve stem, the stem broke clean off. "Oh S__t" said I. When the tow truck driver got there, he, of course had no spare valve, but he did say that he wouldn't change me for the call, since he didn't do anything to help me.. He pointed out the Holiday Inn Express across the street and told me of a tire shop a mile away. "They're open til noon, tomorrow (Saturday)." he said. "And there's an RV shop right across the street from them", he added. He was a really nice guy and probably recognized the "deer in the headlights" look on my face. By noon the next day, I had a new tire mounted, a fixed flat on the spare, a jack and a 4-way lug wrench that fit our TT lugs. By 1:00 we were leveling the camper in one of our Great Nations most beautiful places -The Black Hills of South Dakota, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park and so many other wonderful places. The rest of the trip was awesome, beautiful, fun, and worth all of the agrivation of the outbound trip.. We made it home in one piece and fell in love with the RV life. Oh ya, the mistake? Don't buy a TT with GVWR of 8300 (UVA of 6470) and tow it with. 1/2 ton SUV with max tow capacity of 6500. And if you do, don't take it on a 2200-mile trip without knowing the first thing about towing a TT. They say "Ignorance is bliss" so we didn't know that we should be freaking out the entire time. Now I'm scouting for a 3/4-Ton Diesel tow vehicle hopefully a 2004 Duramax, crew cab, pick up. With that, we can maybe, upgrade to a fifth-wheel and have a vehicle that can handle it. Until I find one, it's local trips to RV parks within 50 miles. Fortunately for us, the are many in the Ozarks where we live. I'm sitting in one right now as I type this, while recovering from oral surgery, yesterday. It's the Sylamore Creek Camp, at the concfluance of Sylamore Creek and the White River, near Mountain View, AR. It sure beats lying on the couch at the stick house, watching Fox News while buzzing on pain meds. In retrospect, we should have done this a few times first (sans pain meds), but, we're nothing if not adventurous, aren't we?352Views0likes0CommentsSloped wall for a bead headboard
I have a wilderness GL 26H, which has the queen bed head against the front wall of the TT. There is a window with 1" blinds in the same wall and a fiberglass rock guard on the outside of that same window. I like to sit up and read before going to sleep and am leaning against the blinds as well as leaning against a wall that slopes inward. With the rock guard down, I can raise the blinds and solve that part Of the problem, but the sloping wall is a real pain in the neck-literally. These front walls are rather common and I'm wondering if anyone else has found a practical solution to this issue.5KViews0likes13CommentsRe: Hanging items on an RV Door
If you really want to drill holes in the door, then 5/32" x 3/4" Molly Bolts are what you want, but I agree with the others and would go for the over-the-door route. Also, no room on the wall anywhere? I'm sure you would have already done that if there was, but thought I'd mention it..721Views0likes0Comments
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