2006 Fleetwood pioneer travel trailer
So I have no owners manual on this!! No experience what so ever in what I'm attempting to do! First thing i would assume is to learn about my camper. Where might I download a free copy of this? Please any info would be helpful, and thanks for your time and expertise. I'm soon to be traveling around.
New to full time Rv life- Nervous, Grateful, Learning
Hey everyone, I’m new here and new to full-time RV life. I’m a single dad traveling with my two sons (9 & 11), homeschooling on the road, and figuring this lifestyle out one lesson at a time. I’ll be honest—I’m excited, but I’m also nervous. This is a leap of faith for us. My goal is simple: give my kids a freer life, more time together, and experiences they’ll remember long after the miles fade. A little about me: I was wrongfully convicted as a teenager, sent to death row at 16, and later exonerated. Because of that, I don’t take freedom or time lightly. This journey feels like reclaiming both—for myself and for my boys. I’m here to learn from those who’ve been doing this longer than me. Budgeting on the road, choosing routes and weather wisely, internet setups, and how to avoid rookie mistakes—I’m open to it all. Literally, I know nothing! lol If you had to give one piece of advice you wish you knew when you started full-timing, what would it be? And if you’ve traveled with kids, what helped you keep things sane and sustainable? Thanks for having us. Looking forward to learning from this community.
Sales Tax
Hello, having a weird edge case situation on paying sales tax on new to me TT. TL;DR Sales tax was charged on a casual sale of used TT from non business living trust to me. Tag office cites non existent laws that all trusts are entities thus all are business/dealers. I plan to appeal to GA DOR and or Tribunal as its ridiculous. I am in GA. Trailer was sold to me by a living trust that for legal sake did not engage in any business nor held the TT for commercial reasons and it was stipulated on the BOS. The tag office has slapped me with a big sales tax(few thousand as its a quality TT) as trust = entity = dealer. Note this isnt TAVT but specifically a sales tax on a trailer. What im struggling with is that you cant just blanket call all trusts a "dealer" and skirt the whole casual sale exemption as for all intents and purposes thats what it was. Georgia law is very clear on its definition of a "dealer/business" and this is not it. I cant find any Georgia law that also blanket cover all "entities or trusts" as dealers. Only thing I see that sales tax only applies if the sale of tangible property was done by an entity engaged in business which this living trust isnt. I wanted to post here to see if people ever tried to appeal similar or exact situation because this situation simply ludicrous. If folks are experienced with GA law ill take specific statutes that either support or take apart my case.
50 amp outlet/surge protector voltage error
First time, I apologize for the long post. I hope I can get some insight, because I am completely lost. I have an outlying shop that I installed a 50 amp outlet to using a 50 amp box with 6/3 copper wire. Testing it with a multimeter I get 120 on each leg and 240 combined, as well as 120 from the main breaker and 50 amp breaker. However, when I plug in my 50 amp surge protector it shows an error of "E2: Voltage over 132V". The weird thing is, when I plug my protector into a 50/30 dog bone with the 15 adapter the surge protector turns on with no issue showing 119V so I dont believe it's the protector. Any suggestions would be appreciated because after checking and changing neutrals and grounds and checking the same things over and over, I have no idea the next step and I really dont want to spend thousands having a company wire something in. TIA. For context I have a new GEARGO RV-04 50 amp surge protector.
12 volt does'nt work
i have a 2022 Forest River Flagstaff 21FBRS travel trailer. In 4 years we never had an issue until now. On our last trip, our 12 volt system stopped working (fridge, slide outs, lights, etc.). I made sure that the the battery disconnect switch was on. I checked circuit breakers. All okay. Once we got to our destination and plugged into shore power, everything worked. When we got back home I had the batteries checked. They were bad, so I bought new batteries. Still no 12 volt working. So I assume the problem is somewhere between the batteries and the the inside of the trailer. By the way, I tried the electric jack using only battery power and it works just fine. But I guess that is because it is directly connected to the batteries. Any suggestions on trouble shooting before I take it back to the dealer (which charges $165 per hour).
