Recent content by bighorn3370

I would look at the tires. They may look good, but a belt may be starting to go. When I lost the tread on my tire, everything looked good but had the burning rubber smell. Overheated or over used brakes have a much different smell than rubber.

I think the biggest thing is the weight of the AC. Lifting it up will your hardest thing. With a front one, you can lower the front jacks all the down. That should help with the height.

Re: ATF: Sundance - installing a hard wired surge protector I would pull out the breaker box and see if you have room behind it. Or when the cable comes into the RV there may be room behind or under a cabinet.

On my BH, I had a wire run behind my breakers that was not installed. Heartland had red tape over the end. When I asked about it, they said it was a fireplace. I never looked for the other end. So I would think if you pulled out your breaker box the other end my be back there.

I keep it plugged in, slides out, fridge on in the summer. For winter slides in, unplugged, fridge is off. I have been doing it for eight years. It has worked for me.

You should be fine with your 50 amp. You my have tripped a resettable breaker. Also may have blown a fuse. To help you find any of these, we would need to know which Heartland product you have.

Re: Just hooked up to our new BH 2875FB Very nice. Hope all goes well. I do like the look of the newer bighorns.

That is not right. I think on soft ground you will have a problem.

JohnD, your slide outs are not as deep on your new fifth wheel. That is why you can extend them out. You have two of them that need to come into the fifth wheel at opposite sides of each other. Ernie

Glad it all worked out.

That's a very good point. Add one more thing to the PDI list. I do have to wonder if Heartland puts batteries in. They do not supply the main house battery. Just my two cents. Ernie

A long story short, I bet your 5th wheel is fine. With my SOB I backed in to the king pin and put a hole in the bed of the truck; The 5th wheel did not move at all. I was not moving fast at all. The metal on the truck is a lot thinner than on the king pin.

Very nice. Have fun with the mods. :)

What type of brake controller are you using? I very seldom have to adjust mine when I am towing. When I first started towing my BH, I had a mid-grade controller. The controller work great with TT or a lighter 5th wheel. About four years ago, I upgraded to a Prodigy brake controller. What a big...

I see a lot of problems with this. Just like about ten years a go when GM had four wheel steer.