I pull the two batteries from the 5th wheel once it's put up for the winter. they sit in the garage on a board and are hooked to a maintainer that stays plugged in at all times.one of the deep cycle batteries has started leaking - but I cant tell fro...
Finally got around to winterizing the 5er before our first hard freeze last weekend. I sure hope I did it right. I followed the "blowout" method provided on the heartland forum stickies, then put antifreeze in all the P traps, and poured some down ea...
I've asked this on the heartland forum with no luck, but thought I might ask here to see if anyone else can give me some insight.In the living area of our Heartland Oakmont 390MBL, there is an in-wall light right above the television. there are no vi...
Howdy all,We ran into a new experience this weekend. For the first time, we have set up the Heartland Oakmont on a spot that hasn't been graded close to level. In fact, we've had to extend the landing gear to their full extension in order to level th...
So, I'm digging through all the technical information on our RV and finally made it to the tire info. Our RV has Towmaxx ST tires on it. Yes.. I know... Towmaxx means "replace immediately" in some circles. Anyway.. here's where I'm confused. the tire...
I called B&W directly to find out what they recommend and why. Their Recommendation is to cut the bed rug to ensure the tightest possible fit between the hitch and the bed/turnover ball frame. The idea is that they don't want any flex points that cou...
Like most others here, I use one as well. I do believe that was the first thing I bought for the 5er. Took the trailer back to the dealer so they could properly secure a recliner and left it on. When I went to pick it up, the service guy told me the ...
the batteries are only a year old. they were delivered with the RV. Really, the batteries aren't used that much. Mainly just to run the leveling system during setup and tear down.The batteries are about as cheap as the come. Just enough to qualify as...
Well the liquid failed the baking soda test. I'm not sure why one would boil over and the other not, if thats what happened. I've pulled the maintainer (it's a true maintainer, not a trickle charger) and will replace the one dead battery.really, it l...
I guess we are the exception to the rule. our Heartland Oakmont has been relatively trouble free. We've only really had one issue: the slide in the kitchen caught the linoleum was it was retracting and tore a big gouge in it right at the end of last ...
