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Re: Brought the 5er home from storage.
Life is good if that is all that you found. When it finally is warm, be sure to get on the roof again to see if any of the dicor sealant pulled away from the roof penetrations. Re the plastic trim, it was probably dropped during install with a hairline crack you did not or could not see. That area around that small crack did not shrink uniformly and it enlarged slowly with each freeze/thaw cycle.161Views0likes0CommentsRe: Air bags improved ride while not towing?
Kahona, When loaded, you want to air up towards unloaded level profile, so as to keep the headlights out of the trees but not to the point that you take the factory springs, particularly the over-rides out of the equation. Depending upon the trailer pin weight or bumper weight, you might see unloaded pressures increase by 15 to 25 psi. For example unloaded i run 5 psi, prepare to load 5er i raise it up to 25-30. When 5er is loaded it becomes 45-50 psi. Just like tire pressures, with heat from activity this may go up another 5 psi or so, and in early morning cold it may be down 10 psi or so. Too much air and you ride like a concrete mixer, not enough and your rear end sags and you bottom out hard against the axle stops a lot. That teeth-jarring bottoming our is much rougher than riding empty on bad shocks. kohana wrote: For those posting towing airbag psi is that before or after hooking up?2.3KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Air bags improved ride while not towing?
Hmaiaga, Air bags do little or nothing for "teeth jarring," unless you are talking about a 1990's vintage, that is 100% shocks. Bilstein's will fix that. Unless you are lifted, the best ride will come from their hd 4600 (yellow with blue boots), not the 5100 silver steel ones. hmalaga wrote: I have a 2009 2500 HD Duramax.... I'm thinking about installing air bags and am wondering if while not towing do they improve the ride of the truck. You know less jarring....smoother ride etc ??????2.3KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Using Truck Stops
Allworth, You do not need a line of credit. Join their rv rewards club for free. You then swipe that card at the pump first, then your visa, and you are authorized to pump without going into the office to pay- and you get the cash price less 3 cents per gallon, not the higher credit card price Allworth wrote: If FJ would give me a decent line of credit I would use them. $1,000 doesn't go far at 9.5mpg. They want authority to auto-pull it out of my checking account. No way in He**!! I'll just use my Good Sam Visa with the $17,500 credit line. (And pay it with an e-payment every month after I review the charges.)332Views0likes0CommentsRe: Freshwater tank spewing at me
Barney, You need to make sure the vent is not plugged as others advise. However, if you are putting water into the tank too fast, that little vent hole cannot keep up, and it needs to vent out along side of the hose that you are using to fill the tank. Those pre-made fillers are nice if not as flimsy as some suggest, but cutting off the end of an old fresh water hose works just as well. Insert the cut off end into the filler neck and connect the other to your shore water hose. I cut off 8 inches of the old hose, but you can do with more or less as you desire. I do not use or have a cutoff valve; i just fold over the hose and walk back to the shore cutoff with it in hand.225Views0likes0CommentsRe: Rand McNally RV GPS
In preferences, you can set a preference for fastest route or shortest route. The only way to find out how much longer it will take to get there via the shortest route is to compare (i.e., do not use the "quick route" function as this only calculates and displays the preference you have set up. After gps calculates both routes, you can select either fastest or shortest. That does not impact the preference you have set. Unfortunately, the logic is flawed in the calculation of times for shortest routes. It will often route you through city streets with lots of traffic and traffic lights rather than routing you via a 65 mph bypass that is just 4 miles longer. A map and step by step routing is essential, and you can't do that effectively when driving. My preference is now faster-this keeps me on bypasses, but unfortunately almost always on interstates. Usually the evening before travel I look at the planned fastest route, note the travel time, and, if i don't like the route, I force a stopover (via) at a town a little more than half way down the road i think i want to go on instead. Recalculate route with via. Using fastest route again. Hopefully this will show total fastest time taking that scenic route through the via, but sometimes it sends me down the highway then back to the via, even though there are no low bridges or weight restrictions on the road to the via. revump wrote: We have the 7710. Sometimes, it gives you the shortest route that takes you through some unusual places. It has settings that come keep you from doing that.477Views0likes0CommentsRe: Need Quick Answer to Battery Question! HELP!
Mr. Ed, Yes one battery is fine. Yes, all you need do is disconnect one terminal from the defective battery. Is it possible that the hot one was low on water in one or more cells while your good one had better coverage? Just like running a battery dead, dead, dead, you can get away with re filling with distilled water a cooked battery once, maybe twice, but then forget it. It will let you down in a pinch. As posted, this one remaining battery alone is probably better energy and cost ($) effective than two unmatched in a set. Next best is toss both and buy one new one, very best may be to buy two new, but that depends on what you have (big slides and big foot energy drawers) and what you do or don't do (boondock, long storage periods). A single larger 12 volt one, or two big six volt true deep cycle batteries in series may be your best bet.365Views0likes0CommentsRe: Average pin weight?
2Hams, Your point about the extra mattress (and pin) weight is right on. It reduces the "tail wagging the dog" affect from too heavy of a tail versus pin. If your setup travels well on (1) down hill curves and (2) mild zigging and zagging between lanes, don't worry about it. If either is white knuckle experience, moving a little weight forward will help, sometimes a lot. Within reason, I think it would be safer to slightly overload the tow vehicle than have too heavy of a tail that can toss a tow vehicle around pretty easily in an emergency situation.255Views0likes0CommentsRe: What is normal tire temperatures on a trailer tire
Similar question as original poster so no new thread: My tv G rated tires increases from 70 to 80 psi or so after a long run at 90 degree ambient. Temps rise 5 to 10 degrees above ambient. Sunny side a bit higher in both, but not a lot as long as i am rolling. All of the above is without breaking for hours. On the other hand, all my H rated 5er tires increases from 95 to 120 psi, or so after a long run after a long run at 90 degree ambient. Temps rise 20-25 degrees above ambient 90 degrees. Sunny side a bit higher in both, but not a lot as long as i am rolling. All of the above is without breaking for hours. After a slow coast to a stop, hubs on 5er are not hot. All tires are inflated to proper mfg recommended cold psi for next higher load than heaviest load on tire per axle, plus 5 psi for good measure. Seems like the H rated get hotter and have more temp increase. I would have thought it would be the other way around. I would think the H's are built to take it, but wondering if this is a common observation of tv versus 5er changes en route.1.6KViews0likes0Comments
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