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Re: Fulltimers....what's your favorite 5er?
There are so many options in the used market, hard to narrow down to any one brand. We also went the used rout due to budget and settled on a Cardinal. The best thing to do is visit several lots and check out what you like. I had a nice Jayco picked out on the web but when we went to see it, the DW wanted the cardinal parked next to it. I will add, many of the bigger dealers have almost zero pride in their used inventory and instead choose to detail, clean and repair them after the sale. We could not find anything decent at the many giant lots, and ended up buying from a small dealer that only carried about 20 - 15 rigs for sale. But they were all immaculate and ready to use (Buyers RV Mart, Riverside Ca.) Good Luck349Views0likes0CommentsRe: Kiwis visiting USA
get the app: truckerpath for your smart phone/tablet when you get here, it will prove to be most helpful to you with truck stops, rest areas, and all things related to travel on the road throughout the USA. You can pre order a campground directory from 'Campingworld.com' now and peruse it at your leisure before you arrive and start you travels.159Views0likes0CommentsRe: Nasty Bearing Failure
I have no idea what type of bearings were on the fiver before the incident. But will be more pro-active in the future with routine maintenance on them. We were up at the Canadian border for the summer to escape the heat of the high desert here in So. Cal, but the summer up there this year was the warmest on record. We still had a great time, Camping in the fiver is always a great time no matter where we go.269Views0likes0CommentsRe: Nasty Bearing Failure
Tires are 10 ply (E) rated, yes that tire was stressed and I will replace them all soon. As to when the Axles were serviced last, never by me, had the rig about a year. They have never been too hot to keep my hand on, but they will be an item I pay much closer attention to in the future. A note on road side assistance with a fifth wheel: expect some push back from towing companies if the rig needs to be trailered or put on dollies in Washington State. Recent bridge incidents on the I5 have tightened up the height restrictions for towing. In fact, 3 companies would not help me, they just pushed me off to another company. The USAA rep finally found a shop that was able to help.101Views0likes0CommentsNasty Bearing Failure
After a 2 month stay at the Canadian border with the fifth wheel (2006 Cardinal TSL33) we headed home on the 14th of August. A stop at a rest area 45 minutes in to the journey was uneventful. Everything was good on the Fiver during a walk around. Resumed the trip and headed down the I5 toward southern California. 10 minutes down the road a van puled beside us and got my attention, a glance in the mirror was horrific. Fire and smoke was streaming from the driver side rear axle. pulled over immediately in heavy traffic in Bellingham Wa. Jumped out and grabbed the gallon of water from the bed of the truck, the center hub cover was gone and was shooting fire from the hole. I jammed the open bottle in the hole and squeezed in a bunch of water which doused the fire but smoke was billowing out from under the rig and the alarm was screaming inside the trailer. Added some more water and got the fire out and situation under control. The bearing had disintegrated and destroyed the axle, hub, brakes and spindle. I put a jack under and the wheel and hub (still attached to wheel) just fell away from rig after I removed just 1 lug nut. Called for road side assistance (USAA, 4 hours to get some help). Mechanic chained up the axle and I limped the rig 3 miles to a shop. (Motor Weld). 3 days later and $1300 (new Axle, brakes, 1 hub, and new bearings all wheels) back on the road to Cali. the rest of the trip was uneventful. Another 10 seconds and we probably would have lost the wheel, had a rig on fire and who know what else.7.8KViews0likes34Comments
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