The camper thread! Pulling, using, equipment, maintenance!
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Great looking family! We are towing our trailer from San Antonio to Yellowstone in August. Enjoy your trip.
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From: Media PA
I posted in the EX forum a couple days ago but haven't gotten too much response. Pulled our 35'tt to gettysburg. I came across highway 30 which was the wrong way to go. It was two big mountains at 3-1/2 mile up hill climbs. Temperatures ran good and I never saw any smoke or anything. We have been here for a couple of days now and the EX feels different. It's hard to explain but it feels like a little vibration. Motor is running good and it is shifting fine. I was able to get plug out of rear diff and fluid started running out so level is good however I have not changed the fluid so don't know the condition. I have no engine lights or any other signs of anything going on. I know I warped my rotors because of the steep downhill drops and applying the brakes hard. I notice the difference in the EX at 25mph and 40 mph. Could it be universal joint? It doesn't seem loose.
I have no idea about what may be causing your current vibrations but in the future you can control your downhill speeds more effectively by manually downshifting the trans and using the brakes less. Are your trailer brakes all working and is the trailer brake controller properly setup? I ask because I have towed our trailers (9,500 and 11,000lbs) over 30,000 miles all over the Eastern US without ever having the slightest braking issues. Also if you find that you have overused your brakes and gotten them very hot try not to sit still with the hot brakes applied, either try to keep slowly rolling instead of stopping totally or use park and keep your foot off the brake pedal while you are stopped. Very hot overworked braked pads can transfer some material into the hot rotor if the brakes are held on at a stop. That transferred material can lead to the warped/pulsing feel when using the brakes afterwards.
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a week and a half we leave and I have two weeks of work to do to get ready yet and a week of "real" work that needs to get done for I leave first.
Little bit stressed out.
Little bit stressed out.
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We had a blowout on the TT during our last trip out. There was hardly a shoulder to get of on. Please remember that when someone is onside of the road to try to get over or slow down. It is really unnerving when an automobile flys by and the TT rocks.
Also think about how and with what tools you will get the tire off the carrier and installed. I had to do it with a 3/8 ratchet because my tire tools were under so much crap in the compartment I didn't have room to take it all out. If your TT has the spare mounted under it. Be sure you know where the tool is to lower it and the air pressure in the tire is correct.
Also think about how and with what tools you will get the tire off the carrier and installed. I had to do it with a 3/8 ratchet because my tire tools were under so much crap in the compartment I didn't have room to take it all out. If your TT has the spare mounted under it. Be sure you know where the tool is to lower it and the air pressure in the tire is correct.
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We had a blowout on the TT during our last trip out. There was hardly a shoulder to get of on. Please remember that when someone is onside of the road to try to get over or slow down. It is really unnerving when an automobile flys by and the TT rocks.
Also think about how and with what tools you will get the tire off the carrier and installed. I had to do it with a 3/8 ratchet because my tire tools were under so much crap in the compartment I didn't have room to take it all out. If your TT has the spare mounted under it. Be sure you know where the tool is to lower it and the air pressure in the tire is correct.
Also think about how and with what tools you will get the tire off the carrier and installed. I had to do it with a 3/8 ratchet because my tire tools were under so much crap in the compartment I didn't have room to take it all out. If your TT has the spare mounted under it. Be sure you know where the tool is to lower it and the air pressure in the tire is correct.
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It's a double axle. It was the first blowout I ever had I performed road service for several years and did t think it was no big deal until I got out there again working on my own stuff with my family nearby. Lessons learned thou
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Even if you screw up a wheel, it's worth the safety.
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Thanks for the advice Oilfield. Just saw this story in the news...
http://patch.com/california/fountain...-405-freeway-0
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Originally Posted by az_r2d1
Even if you screw up a wheel, it's worth the safety.
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Hooking up and loading the camper tonight for a weekend trip to Jordan Lake State Park. Funny thing is it is the closest State Park to our house (25 miles away) but we have never stayed there. With all of these lake trips I need to find a boat the Durango can comfortably tow.
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