So, can a hitch receiver "Wear Out?" If so, how do you tell? What do you look for?I've been towing for 12 years with the same receiver on our '99 E350. All of that time has been with biggish, longish, heavyish trailers. Our latest rig is a 34'9" Rock...
Thanks everyone for your responses. I contacted Torklift and they don't offer anything for the big Ford van. Curt and Drawtight both offer class IV hitch receivers and one, the Draw-tight, appears to weigh significantly more then the Curt. The Draw-t...
Thanks for recommending my checklist. Since I wrote that version, I have used it, with modifications, to purchase a new 34' Bunkhouse TT in 2005 and now we are using it to evaluate used TTs for the next, "post kids" phase of our RV life. Trailers hav...
Sorry Seattle Lion, it's not a Quality Assurance problem to fix. Finding the problems after the event has taken place is not the way to fix the problem. Your bad crimp issue is a classic case of a simple tool failure that caused a huge problem for th...
I wish I knew what RV quality was. It’s an elusive thing and it changes often. Its factory dependent, shift dependent and time of year dependent. There are materials, appliances, technology, production methods, engineering, supervision, training, sch...
I believe the after start/shutdown/start failure delay is to allow the "head pressure" to bleed off in the compressor and give the motor an easier time of starting. It will happen no matter how the unit is powered: shore power or generator.
