The camper thread! Pulling, using, equipment, maintenance!
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From: In the field...
I feel about as good as I can (about any transaction that involves my hard-earned currency), I don't pay "bust-out retail".
Our friends found a "NEW" untitled 2018 in Ashland, VA for $2,000 less with the auto leveling system, but our "friends" at Camping World only wanted to give $10,000 on the trade after tacking on their astronomical fees and having to deal with the Amazon of RV's I said, NO.
More Turbo
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From: DFW
I loop it through the reciever hitch chain hole and hook it back to itself. It's a pin with the carabiner I have on there but it is very secure.
Good for you! Nice new Jayco and PP, good luck and safe travels with them.
I don't mean to nit pick or criticize, just my curiosity. Are the add on shackles and additional chains rated the same as the factory safety chains? And where does the break away cable go to, I see it up by the trailer ball then it gets lost by the chains?
I was fortunate in that I was able to slightly rework where my TT seven pin cable mounted and that made it long enough to work without the extension.
Same question here about the add on chain and hardware, I had to search around a little for mine. I know you mentioned that the shot above was during the custom build but that break away cable really shouldn't be clipped to the hook, it needs to be attached to the truck to protect against a receiver failure and the hooks are backwards according to what I was shown by a PSP DOT Trooper, not sure if they would cite an RV for that but would be an issue for a commercial setup, not sure how much it matters with safety latched hooks in reality.......
I see that both of you are using wire bail pins to secure the TT ball latch to the PP/HA hitch, always good to have that latch positively secured but I use a padlock just to make it a little harder for someone else to enjoy my HA.
I'll try and grab a pic of the setup on the new truck, we leave Wednesday for the annual Thanksgiving moto trip.
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Good point, ALL trailer safety chains should always be crossed. I think that both of the above pictured setup have the chains crossed, but with how so many trailers these days have the chains mounted very close together it is sometimes hard to tell if they are crossed and having them crossed isn't as effective at capturing the tongue in a failure event.
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After this weekends trip to the beach I will be winterizing and cleaning everything out.
I don't really want to do this but the 15,000 A/C in the rear that came with the camper just doesn't output. I am sick and tired of Dometic A/C issues so I am going to have the dealer replace it with a Coleman, it ain't cheap!. There is an adapter kit to make the Coleman work with the Dometic thermostat and duct unit. My Dometic 13,500 that was replaced in the spring has a rattling fan, its warranty expires in January. I will put the camper in dealer jail for a couple of months (it may not take that long) to get this fixed. We have a Hunting Island, SC and a Key West trip planned for next summer and I need the A/Cs at 100%. I could do it myself but I have too many other things going on and with them doing it they are responsible if the system fails (again)!
I don't really want to do this but the 15,000 A/C in the rear that came with the camper just doesn't output. I am sick and tired of Dometic A/C issues so I am going to have the dealer replace it with a Coleman, it ain't cheap!. There is an adapter kit to make the Coleman work with the Dometic thermostat and duct unit. My Dometic 13,500 that was replaced in the spring has a rattling fan, its warranty expires in January. I will put the camper in dealer jail for a couple of months (it may not take that long) to get this fixed. We have a Hunting Island, SC and a Key West trip planned for next summer and I need the A/Cs at 100%. I could do it myself but I have too many other things going on and with them doing it they are responsible if the system fails (again)!
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More Turbo
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From: DFW
After this weekends trip to the beach I will be winterizing and cleaning everything out.
I don't really want to do this but the 15,000 A/C in the rear that came with the camper just doesn't output. I am sick and tired of Dometic A/C issues so I am going to have the dealer replace it with a Coleman, it ain't cheap!. There is an adapter kit to make the Coleman work with the Dometic thermostat and duct unit. My Dometic 13,500 that was replaced in the spring has a rattling fan, its warranty expires in January. I will put the camper in dealer jail for a couple of months (it may not take that long) to get this fixed. We have a Hunting Island, SC and a Key West trip planned for next summer and I need the A/Cs at 100%. I could do it myself but I have too many other things going on and with them doing it they are responsible if the system fails (again)!
I don't really want to do this but the 15,000 A/C in the rear that came with the camper just doesn't output. I am sick and tired of Dometic A/C issues so I am going to have the dealer replace it with a Coleman, it ain't cheap!. There is an adapter kit to make the Coleman work with the Dometic thermostat and duct unit. My Dometic 13,500 that was replaced in the spring has a rattling fan, its warranty expires in January. I will put the camper in dealer jail for a couple of months (it may not take that long) to get this fixed. We have a Hunting Island, SC and a Key West trip planned for next summer and I need the A/Cs at 100%. I could do it myself but I have too many other things going on and with them doing it they are responsible if the system fails (again)!
IMO none of the ducted units will cool properly with out it. It feels like I doubled the air volume when I did mine.
I have been looking at the Atwood Air Command units, although owned by Dometic I don't think they have trashed the brand yet.
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Have you done any type off "tent in the vent" mod to the plenum?
IMO none of the ducted units will cool properly with out it. It feels like I doubled the air volume when I did mine.
I have been looking at the Atwood Air Command units, although owned by Dometic I don't think they have trashed the brand yet.
IMO none of the ducted units will cool properly with out it. It feels like I doubled the air volume when I did mine.
I have been looking at the Atwood Air Command units, although owned by Dometic I don't think they have trashed the brand yet.
Dometic should be ashamed of the units they sell, of course they sell a lot of units because of their terrible design. I look at older RVs and their old A/Cs keep cooling where those of us with newer units are replacing them multiple times.
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From: Anderson, SC
Good for you! Nice new Jayco and PP, good luck and safe travels with them.
I don't mean to nit pick or criticize, just my curiosity. Are the add on shackles and additional chains rated the same as the factory safety chains? And where does the break away cable go to, I see it up by the trailer ball then it gets lost by the chains?
I was fortunate in that I was able to slightly rework where my TT seven pin cable mounted and that made it long enough to work without the extension.
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The chain extensions were purchased through ProPride, but I do not know the exact rating in terms of strength, then there are the connectors I had to use in order to attach them to the factory chains, so I am sure something is weaker than factory :-(. Regarding the break away cable, in this pic it is on the hook for the safety chain as it did not have a separate hook from Jayco, but once I got home I installed a hook and clip it to the hitch separately from the safety chains.
Here is a picture that show where the little loop (actually one on each side) is located and my little clip hanging from it.
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Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving from Carolina Beach State Park. Easy drive down to the NC coast yesterday, Ex pulled great as usual..
i tried to inflate the air bags a little more for perfect level but it causes the front to wander more. My Ex likes the tail down about 1 inch.
i tried to inflate the air bags a little more for perfect level but it causes the front to wander more. My Ex likes the tail down about 1 inch.
