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Water Heater Leak - Bottom Flange Seam
I have a Suburban water heater and near the bottom where the service door is hinged is a metal flange that seems to attach the water heater to the exterior of the trailer. This metal flange has a metal seam that runs the length of the water heater, just below the drain plug. When I drain the water heater or if the water heater weeps any water to the bottom of that flange, it seems to allow water to leak just inside the trailer itself. I've noticed water dripping immediately under the water heater but from the trailer itself. This only happens when water is sitting in this flange area. Any other time, I don't notice any other leaks from the water heater. The simple solution would seem to be to just silicone the heck out of that seam but I doubt it will last or be a long term fix. It really seems like a design flaw and I'm shocked I don't see this as a complaint more often in my searching. Anyone else encounter this and better yet, fix it?2.5KViews0likes6CommentsRe: Renewal Rates - Holy Smokes!!!
time2roll wrote: So drop it if the value is not there for you. Plenty of local tow companies will be glad to help as needed. In 20 years of pulling an RV trailer I have paid once ($80 cash) for a tow. So I take it you don't pay for any kind of RSA service? You will just pay when/if it happens?0Views0likes0CommentsRe: Renewal Rates - Holy Smokes!!!
DownTheAvenue wrote: It does seem odd that the posts critical of Good Sam or Camping World get closed often for "inactivity" when the thread is just days old, and all of the old threads that haven't had a post in years remain open. Exactly my point.0Views0likes0CommentsRenewal Rates - Holy Smokes!!!
I've been a GSRSA member for 7 years and I think I've used it once when my sedan had a blow out and I needed a tow. I've usually renewed at 3 year intervals and I just got my renew early get a discount email. The renewal price was $323.87 (normally $389.85) for 3 years. I pulled up my credit card statement from my last renewal in 2016 and I paid $239.85! WITH the discount, they jacked the price up by 35%!!! That is unreal. This money grab has me reconsidering renewing and I'm curious what other members thoughts are, have you gone to other providers? At these rates, it almost makes more financial sense to self-insure as it were. My dad has had GSRSA for years longer than I have and when he went to use them a couple years ago, his experience was a nightmare. The value proposition just isn't there. I also find it very telling that the admin closes all of the forum posts in here after only a very short time due to "inactivity." Smacks of trying to hide something.1.6KViews0likes14CommentsRe: 5.7 ram 2500 owners, have you done this?
I have a '13 2500 Hemi that I use to tow a 25'er that is probably 8-9K and I don't have any complaints. Like others suggested, you aren't going to win the Olympics on hills with a gasser, but if you make sure to shift down and let the trans and engine work together, don't be in a huge hurry, be courteous and let other drivers pass, it's totally fine.408Views0likes0CommentsRe: Lose half my water during travel
Here is the view under the tank: Here is the fitting on top of the tank. It is just an elbow fitting with a rubber hose, hose clamped to it: Here is the fill port and you can see there is another vent tube at the top left: Notice next to the fill port: Side view of my fresh tank. I believe this is where the fill tube, "other" vent tube and pump tube are all connected. If that second tube next to the fill tube isn't the vent tube next to the fill port, I have no clue what it is:557Views0likes0CommentsRe: Lose half my water during travel
eichacsj wrote: JaxDad wrote: Maybe it's just me, maybe you have a large family, BUT, 3 or 4 days on 50 gallons? Seriously? Extremely easy actually in the type of camping OP describes. We do and empty what is left for the trip home. Exactly. Now that he mentions it, I can think of one time in 3 years with that TT that we actually blew through those 50 gallons and it was more like a 5 day trip in high heat, fishing (frequent hand washing) and bathing. For our usual 3-4 day-ers we would do as you said. Top off the tank, enjoy our camp and then drain what was left (I never bothered to keep track of how much that was - I just knew we'd be fine (I kept a 7 gallon filled water jug in tow for emergency water)).557Views0likes0Comments
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