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RE: Grease that Ball
I've been towing for over 25 years and have never put grease on the hitch. Of course, I've always had smallish trailers. Maybe the heavier trailers need it? Anyway, i've never seen wear, and if I did, an $8 ball every 10 years is cheap enough to avoid the PITA.
The ball may not be wearing but the inside of the hitch is!
People say there isn't enough movement, think about all the pressure on that ball. Hundreds of pounds of just weight and then W/D presses it down even harder, every time you hit a bump, slight turn...I'd say about the only time there isn't rubbing is when you are sitting still.
That's just the way I see things...I don't care if eveeryone uses grease or not, I will.
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CampinEarls
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05/06/13 02:59pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Keystone Bullet Premier
Hi,
I just bought a 2012 "used" 31BHPR. Going to get it May 17!
It will be stationary most of the time, but I plan to rent a 2500 RAM once a year to go out for a week.
Anyway...
I was wondering what people bought for the exterior carpet. I'm wondering if I should get one that goes from the outdoor kitchen all the way to the front door (25 feet long x 9 feet???), or get 2 individual ones...
Thanks!
When I had my TT set up on a site for 3 months, I had two 9x12 sections of the out door carpet from Lowes/Menards/Home Depot. They were just right to go from the outdoor kitchen to a little past the front door. When we weren't at the TT during the week, I just rolled them up to the TT and pushed them under it a little. For traveling I have the plastic 9x12 ones from WalMart, they are very light and don't hold water like the outdoor carpet does.
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CampinEarls
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05/02/13 08:57am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Knob Noster State Park - Cool CampFire Pics
The title freaked me out at first! Thought the park was on fire or something.
I was stationed at Whiteman for almost 8 years, ate many many lunches in the park.
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CampinEarls
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04/17/13 07:58am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Auto Glass Breaking Tool - Important For Everyone!
My first thought was that it may be helpful if I came across an accident and I could help other people out. Not that it would help me much if I was in an accident bad enough that I would need to use it.
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CampinEarls
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04/14/13 10:51am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: I was a busy boy today......
If you will go ahead and get a powered tongue jack you will not need the tool for the spring bars anymore! Nice work, I love the pegboard idea
How would that work? Back up far enough to get the chains on the hooks with the tongue low then raise it and back up under the cup?
Hook the TT up to the ball then raise it with the jack, truck and TT, once after lifting the truck a little you can just put the bars up with your hands.
By the way- you can do it with your manual crank jack....just takes a lot of cranking!
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CampinEarls
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04/08/13 01:58pm |
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RE: I was a busy boy today......
If you will go ahead and get a powered tongue jack you will not need the tool for the spring bars anymore! Nice work, I love the pegboard idea
How would that work? Back up far enough to get the chains on the hooks with the tongue low then raise it and back up under the cup?
Hook the TT up to the ball then raise it with the jack, truck and TT, once after lifting the truck a little you can just put the bars up with your hands.
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CampinEarls
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04/08/13 01:53pm |
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RE: Look what the UPS man dropped off today!
You can cancel that spare tire cover...you already have one on it! ;-)
We did the same thing right after we got our TT, we had a box or 2 at the door almost everyday for a while.
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CampinEarls
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04/05/13 09:43am |
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RE: dont do this !!
Don't rely on the color! My positive is the Black one!
The negative one should go straight to the frame somewhere close to the battery.
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CampinEarls
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04/04/13 02:26pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Need help after a not so great inspection
I would really liketo see a pic of this as well, I can't imagine a u-bolt sticking down that far!
And someone saying the axel needs replaced because the u-bolt is too long is crazy!
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CampinEarls
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03/28/13 07:22am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: how do I repair a stripped out screw hole in the wall
Lots of drilling and tearing up the walls in this thread.... I use those 3M Contact strips for just about everything, in the TT and at home. I've never had any fail on me and doesn't mess up the walls.
I did try to mount a paper towel holder in the Outdoor Kitchen of my TT with those and I'm guessing the leverage of it sticking out and lookiing back I should have taken the towels off while traveling, but it made the wall paper seperate a little, I removed the strips and smoothed the paper back down, all is good now. I remounted it under the cabinet with the strips and has been there ever since.
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CampinEarls
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03/25/13 09:35am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: They will steal anything
My friend had his travel trailer stolen out of a storage area years ago. So my wife was worried that someone could easily steal ours. Easily? Hensley-Arrow - best anti-theft device on the market.
From page 2 of this thread...
"Same thing happened to me last spring. Stole a Jayco 32BHDS with a Hensley Arrow hitch. I watched the bastard on the video surveillance tape - drove right to it, took a couple of minutes to enter hook up and / or remove the hitch and drove away. He did his homework and avoided most of the cameras so although we could see him and his truck we couldn't I'D him or make out the trucks plates"
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CampinEarls
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03/25/13 08:44am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: What have you done to silence your water pump?
Most of mine's noise was from the pipes vibrating against the side of the compartment and hole that they went through. I put some thin rubber stuff under the pump and wrapped the pipes so they wouldn't rub any thing and it helped a lot. Still kinda noisey but not as bad.
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CampinEarls
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03/22/13 07:38am |
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RE: 2013 poor design
Mine does not have a outside vent, I don't really care, it has a charcoal filter, If it is that crappy outside that I can't cook out there then I probably won't be frying anything inside that I would want the vent on anyway. I've only used the inside stove a couple times to boil water. everything else is done outside.
I do understand that some people stay in their TT a whole lot longer than my short trips though.
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CampinEarls
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03/20/13 02:56pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Best options for Sewer Kit Storage
Sewer storage solution
This, in my opinion, is the best solution.
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CampinEarls
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03/19/13 11:44am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Best Camper EVER -- ManCave MAN Camper!!
I bet the 5 gallon fresh and waste water tanks are old pickle buckets!
So it's a enclosed utility trailer with an AC pretty much.
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CampinEarls
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03/19/13 11:35am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: bumper bbq mounts
I read on there to ask them about custom applications, so maybe they can make one for a road trip.
I have a road trip as well, I have always wanted to build a bumper mount to set a grill on, easy enough to do, just haven't gotten around to doing it yet.
I think it will be perfect with the way my outdoor kitchen is set up.
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CampinEarls
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03/14/13 02:00pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Second door with direct access to washroom
This was one feature we weren't necessarily looking for but ended up with and it turns out be something we really like. Besides the other points brought up by others already, there is another one that I have to admit I really like when we in a more "secluded" campsite--the view from the throne with the door open. We were up in the Apostle Islands last fall and I was sitting in the bathroom looking out over Lake Superior through some trees at our campsite--I'm being funny but also serious! Here's a photo to prove what I mean.
Almost word for word what I was going to post!
We love our bathroom door. Last year the TT sat at a longterm site for 3 months with a great view of the lake from the bathroom door, I always had it open when I was in there.
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CampinEarls
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03/13/13 08:38am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: larger rims and tires
forgive my ignorance...But, why does everyone go from 15" to 16" wheels when you can buy 15" LT tires?
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CampinEarls
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03/06/13 12:14pm |
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RE: getting in the bathroom with slide in .
One other thing to be aware of....
One shouldn't use the slides when they are in. There is NO support under them and they are really just sort of floating/hanging a inch or so above the floor. They are only attached to the slide mechanisim by the outer wall. Putting weight (such as sitting in the dinette) in them in this position will put a huge amount of force on them due to the leverage.
Okay, now ya got me wondering; if that's the case what about all the weight in the slide, storage under the nook etc, not to mention many slides have fridges full of food in them, pantries full of can's etc.
yep my chieftain had the bed mounted in one slide, and the stove, davenport in the other one.
bumpy
What's holding the slide up when it is out? isn't it just the wall?
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CampinEarls
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02/27/13 11:54am |
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RE: getting in the bathroom with slide in .
I have a door in my bathroom that goes to the outside so I don't have a problem at all gettting to the bathroom with the slide in. With the slide in, I can squeeze through on the inside, but it is pretty easy to push the button and open it up for lunch or whatever, it only takes a few seconds.
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CampinEarls
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02/12/13 12:50pm |
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