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RE: How much are you willing to ?
2011 F250, what is your GVWR?
I tow a 11,000# 5er with a 2001 Ram 2500 Camper special, it can pull hills at speed and hold speed without the service brakes on the down hill, and I only have a 5.9 Cummins. Only suspension enhancement is Bilstien 5100 shocks.
http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z467/rhagfo/IMG_0466_zpscb5fccde.jpg height=400 width=600
98.5 Dodge about the same weight 5er air bags, exhaust brake trans built and RV275, 4.10 gears but big tires. Bilstiens and works perfect.
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Ed9824v
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05/18/13 07:18am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Sorry for another tire post, but this has different twist.
I have seen the dual and single rating on a lot of tires. mine are LT and maybe thats has something to do with it.
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Ed9824v
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05/17/13 01:03pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Shiny RV with Red Max Pro (pics)
Red MAX Pro and Graphics peeling. Red MAX Pro is damaged by direct sun rays. It has flaked up on my Class C cabover, and on most of the graphic decals that face the south. It is particularly evident on the RED decals; less so on the silver ones.
The damage patterns I have look like it is a heat issue. Red gets warmer than the silver. The only white fiberglass I have showing damage is in the curved portion of the cabover which gets more direct rays than the sides, which get angled rays. Could also be UV, but the locations of the RMP flaking are also the spots most impacted by the intense Florida sun.
I put RMP on the roof of a class A I owned. The summer sun caused almost all of it on the roof to flake off. The sides were not effected.
Florida sun is not the friend of any protective finish I've ever used. RMP holds up better than any other though.
Had the same thing happen on the South facing side of my 5er that is outside all the time. I did a quicky wash and a couple of coats of RMP and look alright not like the original job look like I will have to remove and do that side and add to the good sides.
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Ed9824v
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05/15/13 07:32am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Rats!
been fighting this problem for years in the high desert so. calif. I have sealed all opening and like to put steel wool in larger opening and keep at it till I solve all point of entry. this has been a problem for ever in vehicle and trailer at my house.
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Ed9824v
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05/10/13 01:44pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Sewer Flush ??
My question is since my instructions call for having the black water valve open will the tank build up pressure if the valve is close?????
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Ed9824v
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05/08/13 12:24pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Sewer Flush ??
AND MY INSTRUCTIONS SAY NOT TO TURN HOSE TO THIS FITTING ON UNLESS THE SEWER IS OPEN
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Ed9824v
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05/08/13 09:47am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Fresh water tank leaks
http://youtu.be/z4zGHgqxLEU found this but not sure it works on the white fresh water tanks.
Mine had a large tear in the bottom seam, I found the only guy around that said he could plastic weld the tank, he did and has been good for a year and it is a 112 gallon tank I did add some addition supports on the bottom for longevity\
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Ed9824v
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05/06/13 04:21pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Superglide killed my inner child! Slider or Sidewinder?
for those of you that are SO adamant about the supeglide only needing one type of 'oil'...
you must not be aware that the design of the superglide changed over the years and that what works for one year may not be ideal for the next ?!?
As one poster stated the primary reason superglide recommends wd-40 for the LATEST versions is not lubrication, but the protection from rust so that no binding will occur on the inner slide surfaces...
I just got a new truck and had them swap the superglide to it so today I checked the install and looked over the hitch...
all looks good except for a layer of dust where it sat for a while...
I rinsed it off, wiped it down, and resprayed with wd-40 while looking closely at the rails... they are shiny after a year in the bed...
I will say from day one it's had a bed cover over it, so that may contribute to the shiny side of it :)
the newer one ride on a plastic like block not metal to metal
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Ed9824v
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05/01/13 11:18am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Birds and Trailer Hitch
I have the same problem every time I walk by the pin box a bird comes flying out
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Ed9824v
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04/23/13 07:31am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Anyone using a bedsaver with a (PullRite) SuperGlide?
I just met a fellow with a pullrite that the arem snapped in and he lost the trailer a few blocks away I asked the question in this thread
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26868201/gotomsg/26868241.cfm#26868241
and others seem to thing you are not safe with just the pull arm snapping into place you need to check that the pin holer has rapped around the pin before you are off and driving.
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Ed9824v
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04/17/13 03:17pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Vinyl wraps
For pennies on the dollar you can plasti dip it. That's exactly what I'm gonna do to my truck and trailer. It's cheap, it holds up, it peels right off if you don't like it. For $600 I can get two kits and the spray gun and do both units. Masking is not really required look up the youtube videos on plasti dip my car.
I will be doing our offroad baja bug, and YOU CAN JUST PEEL THE DIP OFF WHEN AND IF YOU NO LONGER WANT IT. they do have a clear as well.
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Ed9824v
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04/16/13 02:41pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: 5'ver hitch install
My boy and I did ours a SG pullrite in my 99 dodge, and was very easy and was one of the 1st. times I did not have to make or mod. that parts that came with the unit. I was even told by pullrite that the air bags I had on the truck would not work with the hitch and bracket but it all went back together just fine. Now a lot of this has to do with a place to work, a good helper for some of the heavy stuff, and all the correct tools and not everyone has this combination available and having someone do it for them is a reasonable alternative.
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Ed9824v
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04/13/13 08:16pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Question On Pullrite superglide hitch.
I see that this is still a great hitch for the short bed truck just need to add the one more check to the hook up and leave procedure and all will be good. Thanks for all the input on the subject.
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Ed9824v
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04/12/13 06:55am |
Fifth-Wheels
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Question On Pullrite superglide hitch.
I have the superglide in my truck and it has performed well. I had this fellow over to purchase a water heater for an RV that I was selling and I as we loaded the heater in the truck I notice the for holes in the bed of the truck and asked if he had a superglide hitch, and as always the case expecting him to say sure do, best investment I have made for my shortbed dodge truck, as my arm was leaning on his smashed up left rear bed of the truck, he says that thing let me down. I took off and got about 6 blocks from the camp site and it came out of the hitch and smashed the back of the truck. I immediately asked do you do the pull test with the legs barely up and the blocks still in place to check for a good hitch up, and says SURE DO!
he then tells me that just because the hitch release arm has snap in place and you do the pull test UNLESS YOU PHYSICALLY GO BEHIND THE TRUCK AND CHECK TO SEE IF THE JAWS HAVE CLOSED ON and around THE PIN YOU ARE NOT SAFE. Has anyone experienced this or have any knowledge of this happening. thanks ED
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Ed9824v
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04/11/13 06:35pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: 5th wheel keys for main door
Might be helpful but a shade off topic HOW DO YOU GET THE LOCK ASSEMBLY OUT. (RECTANGULAR SHAPED ONE) I took out the inside cover with handle the screws long ones opposite the hinge. I could not get the assembly to come out the unless it is held with sealant. ?????
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Ed9824v
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04/05/13 07:27am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Can fresh water tank be overflowed?
Our 2013 Montana 3400rl has an over flow outlet an the offdoor side at the rear about 3 or 4 feet above the ground. When we did our PDI & the techs filled the tank, they just left the water run until it came out the overflow. I saw them do this on several other units also while we were at the dealership. We also have the threaded fittings.
I know this is the case because I had to remove my tank for a leak that I had plastic welded up and we redid all the hoses.
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Ed9824v
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04/01/13 03:03pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: brake problems
Don't laugh but my boy and I call it magic spraydeoxit d5 DEOXIT D5 and have saved literally thousand of dollars on electrical part that magically work again with this spray. not cheap but worth the money. this is a cleaner of contact and keeps them from acting up in the future, are baja bugs to the door switch controls.
sound like you have a poor connection and a cleaning may do it.
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Ed9824v
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04/01/13 03:00pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Awnings
I am talking about a patio awning. Not the awning that protects the top/roof of the slide.
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Ed9824v
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04/01/13 11:59am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Can fresh water tank be overflowed?
MY 5ER has a large filler tube for putting a small hose into and filling till it comes over the top and also has a threaded hose fitting that directly feed the tank and 2 overflow tubes on the top that hang below the trailer if I for get to watch and I use a pressure regualted hose it will rush out the bottom till the expansion of the plastic tank equalizes.
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Ed9824v
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04/01/13 10:10am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Yokohama anyone?
some of the yokos did rate as well as others. need to look at the trailer to see which model I have
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Ed9824v
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03/30/13 08:59am |
Fifth-Wheels
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