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RE: Looking for it all
Fictional dry weight is redundant ;) ! This trailer will be 4000 pounds in a minute.
It's also worth about $2000 to maybe $2400 in good clean condition.
Don't sweat the frontal area. Ford has no limits on it, just a notation that after a certain frontage you'll experience dismal fuel use.
-- Chuck
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06/18/13 04:52pm |
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RE: Looking for it all
Overkill always works! You don't need a Peterbilt but I strongly recommend 2000 pounds more towing capacity than the trailer weighs loaded. Call it the One Ton Rule. This accounts for small items like people and cargo in the truck as well as a reserve for long grades, high altitudes, and high summer temperatures. Buy the HD Tow option, it's about $350 on a new truck/SUV.
Towing a hybrid really falls into the full size V8 SUV and pickup category.
-- Chuck
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06/18/13 05:01am |
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RE: Looking for it all
I towed my 3500 pound popup with my 5500 pound-rated V6 Explorer. It was fine. The 5000 pound Roo 23SS, on the other hand (has dual axles and a slide out) was too much for her despite being "in spec." Your Flex won't tow a Roo 23SS very long.
The 9000 pound rated Expedition shows in the photo below...
-- Chuck
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06/17/13 05:06pm |
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RE: Shamrock front bunk question
It's standard. My '06 Roo 23SS (same trailer as yours) has this reinforcement strip. It keeps the door from bowing out when you put weight on it. Note it runs between the cable stays.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZYuGxcmNtNk/Ub9yJyJSbfI/AAAAAAAAAOo/si89v3Nd5Rw/w506-h675-o/IMG_0172.JPG
I've never pulled any of the screws so I can't comment on what it's screwed to internally on mine.
-- Chuck
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06/17/13 05:01pm |
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RE: 01 Aerolite cub c-190 wall studs
There may not be any "studs" unless this is a "stick and tin" trailer.
Sidewalls are commonly one piece foam cored laminates with a frame only around the perimeter and around places like doors and windows. This laminate is very strong and very light.
-- Chuck
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06/16/13 07:53am |
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RE: New Rockwood Roo 23SS ... slide won't open
A self resetting breaker will work but is the solution for what appears to be an extremely rare problem. We're into our 9th season with our '06 Roo 23SS and have never blown the slide fuse. Only blown fuse was for the range hood/light and that just once.
I give our slide some help opening and closing. The latest trailers have the slide switch on the giant switch panel I assume? Our switch is located above the dinette and I can push the slide out at the same time to help the motor. Once out I push out around the perimeter of the slide to be sure the seals all make contact and hit the switch again. Sometimes moves a fraction of an inch after that. The slide seems to run a little off-square sometimes so I help it come in too.
If the fuse blows or the breaker won't reset there's a hand crank that will move the slide in either direction -- don't lose it.
-- Chuck
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06/16/13 07:46am |
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RE: New Rockwood Roo 23SS ... slide won't open
I agree it's probably a fuse. But I don't recall one right at the motor in my 23SS (but it's several years old now). There is one under the trailer in that vicinity as Footsoldier notes.
Does all the 12v work? RVW ran a 23SS slide out for me just by hooking up a 12v battery to a new trailer. The amperage draw may require the battery be installed and the battery switch ON.
-- Chuck
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Chuck_S
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06/15/13 05:24am |
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RE: Tire damage from cement driveway
Told by whom?
-- Chuck
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06/14/13 05:09am |
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RE: Considering an HTT upgrade
Roo pricy? Where ya pricing them? RVWholesalers sells hundreds of them at low prices.
-- Chuck
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06/13/13 04:33am |
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RE: What's our next camper?
I always recommend a priority list -- you can't get everything. The Roo 23IKSS has introduced an item that did not previously need consideration in a hybrid but which is similar to my #1 item for a popup: Top down -- slide(s) in -- refrigerator access. The IKSS requires the curb (starboard) slide to be out to just to pack/unpack the refrigerator. Or get to the bathroom! :) Or get to the storage spaces toward the back of the trailer.
Just where these appear on your priority list is up to you.
But the over-riding #1 item for 5 people (including two girls and a boy) should be three (3) regular beds (not the couch or dinette). This requirement makes a very short list. And the IKSS ain't on it!
-- Chuck
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06/10/13 05:06am |
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RE: What's our next camper?
I'm not a fan of the Roo 23IKSS. The 23IKSS interior is useless unless one or more slides are out. This is a problem for us as we use the refrigerator and bathroom on the road all the time. No dirty gas station toilets for us! I can't see sliding one out while I'm refueling.
Two slides = double the maintenance and trouble potential.
Front slide limits under canopy room as well.
-- Chuck
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Chuck_S
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06/09/13 06:59pm |
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RE: What's our next camper?
I don't see any reason to replace your Roo 21SS with either of these models. Of the three I prefer the one I bought: Roo 23SS.
We have a Roo 23SS and (like the 21SS and 23IKSS) it only has two beds. Massive amount of galley counter space only exceeded by the 23ikss center island. We have the standard booth dinette like you have (current model has a U-dinette).
We do NOT like the lack of access in the IKSS on the road. Can't get to the bathroom etc. 'cuz the slides block all access. The 23SS bathroom, refrigerator, galley, etc. can all be used with the slide in.
I really think you need a 3 bed model for the foreseeable future and that third bed precludes a large galley or slide. Just so much you can do in this size box.
http://www.rvwholesalers.com/design/Rockwood_Roo/Rockwood_Roo/233S.gif
-- Chuck
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Chuck_S
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06/08/13 06:31am |
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RE: What's our next camper?
Roo 233s has there beds. Slide out is not as big, but you get a third bed so no one is subjected to sleeping on the dinette or sofa.
You can't get it all. Bed space will trump the slide size and "food prep."
Ages for your kids? Genders? Boys will usually welcome sleeping in their own tent and leave the camper for everyone else.
-- Chuck
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Chuck_S
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06/07/13 04:12pm |
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RE: 2000 Cub Electrical problems?
I'm not sure which of your duplicate threads to reply to...
Common "rookie mistake" is hooking the battery up backwards. Campers use house DC wiring colors not vehicle (they're not self propelled). The White wire is ground (negative). The Red or Black wire is positive. Easy to confirm, just find the wire bolted to the trailer frame, that's the ground wire and should to the Negative pole of the battery. There should be a decal on the frame showing how to connect.
Fuses (often more than one) will blow if hooked up backwards.
-- Chuck
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Chuck_S
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06/06/13 05:24pm |
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RE: shopping research, alternatives to SC 227CKS
Take the short drive tomorrow and see for yourself.
There are 19 (nineteen) Roo 23SS campers in stock this morning at RVWholesalers. This time of year there will be 2014 titled models on the lot.
So called "warranty work" on campers is rarely necessary and when done is performed by a minimum wage "mechanic" at the dealer. You can usually fix everything yourself with hand tools. Things like cabinet doors will need to be adjusted, etc.
Price the local shop and RVW. The price difference is usually astounding and not worth the premium (for no value added) in my sole experience with a hybrid. There's a Roo dealer here in Cleveland. I drove 3 hours to RVWholesalers and pocketed the $4000 savings. Trailer has needed no "warranty" work.
-- Chuck
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05/31/13 05:24am |
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RE: shopping research, alternatives to SC 227CKS
Clarkston MI to Lakeview OH is just an easy 3 hour drive down US23 and I75. And I'll bet RVWholesalers price is $4000 lower than the the dealer your want to have a "relationship" with. Can't imagine why or what "relationship" you want to have.
Service? The local Jayco dealer services my Roo and has for years. They're happy to take my money and I'll just bet they suspect I didn't buy the camper there. ;)
Warranty? The factory warrants the trailer, not the dealer. And they only warrant the body and maybe the frame. Everything else is warranted by the maker of the product.
-- Chuck
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05/30/13 04:08pm |
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RE: shopping research, alternatives to SC 227CKS
The Roo 21DK is under 5000 pounds -- fully loaded with 1200 pounds of "stuff.". Meets your spec with weight to spare. Only seating, though, is the dinette. No sofa. The Roo 23SS is under 6000 pounds fully loaded with 1800 pounds of "stuff." You can certainly keep it lighter than that!
Ideal tongue weight is 10% - 15%. Here's my Roo 23SS:
http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p533/chuck_f_s/Roo%2023SS/2701501980046203164evvoKT_fs.jpg width=640
-- Chuck
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Chuck_S
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05/30/13 05:32am |
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RE: Power King Towmax tires for hybrid travel trailer
I've been running Chinese ST tires for at least 3 seasons. Not sure where the "China Bomb" nonsense comes from. Of course I run them at posted sidewall pressure.
-- Chuck
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Chuck_S
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05/28/13 05:11pm |
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RE: Full tank of Propane=How many days of usage?
The furnace burns one (1) pound of propane per hour of flame time and is the major user of gas. Avoid furnace use if possible as you only get 20 hours of heat out of a propane cylinder.
If camping without electric, though, propane is the least of your worries as the furnace will suck the lil' Group 24 battery dry in about 12 hours of flame time. :)
Dual tanks with an automatic changeover valve are standard equipment on hybrids the past 8 or 10 years. A second tank is inexpensive.
-- Chuck
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Chuck_S
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05/24/13 05:21am |
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RE: New to RVs
After the deep breaths get a good brake controller so you can stop this critter!
Tekonsha Prodigy P2 or P3. Nothing less. Since the dealer sold you a too-heavy trailer I expect he'll push his "best selling" cheap time-delay brake controller on you too. Don't take it.
You'll need a weight distribution hitch (WDH) too. Search here.
-- Chuck
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05/15/13 06:07pm |
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