I live in Kansas and am dreaming of taking our 5er out to Colorado. The 5er is 35' and I drive a 3/4 ton, 6.0L Gasser. I just scaled the rig (~17K lbs) and I'm almost exactly at my truck GVWR fully loaded, though I'm still 500 lb under my GCWR and Re...
What do most folks here do when mounting something to their camper walls? Toilet paper holder, towel bar, pictures, etc? I feel like the screws supplied with most of these things would just go right through the wall. I don't actually even know what t...
I just purchased a Jump-n-Carry 1700A 12V starter. The main use case is to jump start my truck if needed, but I also plan to use it to power my DC air compressor for my trailer tires since the cord isn't long enough if I plug it into my truck. It the...
I have a Chevy 2500 gasser with a 26-gal tank and get about 7 mpg towing my 35' 5er. As you can imagine, having to refuel every 150 miles is quite tedious, especially because I don't have a lot of experience backing a 5er in tight gas station lots an...
I wanted to thank everyone at rv.net for all of the great information. I just picked up my first trailer yesterday and it went more smoothly than I could have hoped. Besides going to a few dealers, looking at mfr websites and reading trailer life, I ...
I tried rivets, but they just pulled right through the thin wall, I think they are really intended for sheet metal. I finally found the smallest toggle bolt I could and it works great! http://a.co/h0EzL2R At least in my bottom of the line RV there is...
From my experience looking for a used truck, there are not many available. I believe that when one gets a good truck, you hold on to it until it's not worth anything or dies. We buy them to work for us, not to show off!
My only caution is to think hard about your payload if you are thinking about going to a 5er. I have a puny 26 gal tank and would love a large in-bed tank, but I'm already at my weight limits and just carry a 5gal jerry can. If I didn't have a 5er it...
Just curious, but how do you sell a rig that's had water leak issues? Does anyone have this experience? Is your resale value shot? If it has been repaired, does anyone believe you?
Half of one of my vents is covered by the slide. When I've run the furnace in the winter, the vents get extremely hot, too hot to touch. I'd be nervous about it and have not run the furnace with the slides in. Even if the vent was closed (which mine ...
