Recent content by colorocky

Keep water out of rolled awning Lots of wind here in eastern CO, so I get rain/snow forced into rolled awning when stored for the season. Recent issue of a magazine suggested using lower portion of 2 litre soda bottle. Slit one side so bottle can be spread apart, and drill hole in bottom to...

Has anyone installed a quick disconnect to disable batteries while rig is in storage? I have a 26RKS and it a pain (literally, to the fingers) to remove battery case strap to undo battery cable and then replace it when we're ready to go on the road. I could remove the fuse for radio, propane...

I think we found our 25RKS slide operation problem, as posted on "Ask the Factory". Our slide runs off the batteries only, no connection to the converter, hence no fuse (even though one fuse was labeled S/O). The fuse on the exterior chassis, behind the batteries, with red covers, had loose...

Slide operation problem resolved?? Our dealer was no help as they couldn't figure out the problem the first time around! They were unable to get any assistance from the engineer at the factory, either, this second time the problem occurred. We found that the fuse at the front exterior of...

We have a NT 26RKS. The motor for the slide is mounted over the sofa, with a black and a white wire going into the ceiling. Where is this connecting to the battery for its power? We have problems opening and closing the slide and have had it to the dealer with no luck. Battery is fully...

I will send you the fuse information as soon as I can get to our 26RKS. We also found that the labels were incorrect, and that in testing them if the switches were not in the "on" position you could not tell if there actually was a circuit being protected! Not sure if all of these rigs were...

My problem was there was no response to the switch at all - completely dead. We inspected the switch but all wires were tight. When we got home, after travelling over 300 miles, the slide was still dead (so much for the theory of the tow vehicle charging the batteries). When we took the rig...

We recently returned from a 2-week trip in our 26RKS. All went well until our next-to-last day on the road. Drove 7 hours, parked for the night with power hookup. The next morning we were unable to retract the slide and went through the heartburn of cranking in the slide by hand - who designed...

Finally got the window repaired and you were right, Forrest. No warranty repair, but was able to remove broken slider and have replacement plexiglass installed. Cost was $50, versus over $300 and several weeks for full window replacement. With the screen in place, the slight tint difference...

Half-Time Oven Now that we've had an opportunity to try out the oven, I love it! Several other members of our RV club have similar ovens but hadn't figured out how to use them. Now they are fans, too. I do use the "drying" mode after microwaving, which eliminates the moisture condensation...

Thanks for the advice Thanks for all your good advice. We hesitate to make any repairs while under warranty for fear this might void the warranty? Will wait a reasonable time to hear from Heartland before we do anything, perhaps get a clarification from them if we have repair done by a...

Has anyone else experienced this? This was our third outing in our new rig. Travelling from one campground to another, stopped on the way for groceries and supplies. We discovered the slide window in our 26RKS had broken. Fortunately, if one can call it that, it was the sliding portion so...

We are proud new owners of a North Trail 26RKS. Our dealer in Johnson's Corner, CO, did a great job during walk through, and yes, we did finally find the slideout motor in case we need to manually retract the slide (over the slideout). Thanks to a previous post, we looked for the covered...

We pick up our new 26RKS tomorrow, and I have seen many posts on other sites about problems with the Half-time mw/convec oven. I'm not sure these posts are referencing the model we have in our North Trails, but has anyone had problems? It would be nice to know what questions to ask during our...

Added some stuff--how do you connect DirecTV box? Notice from your photos that you appear to have a DirecTV receiver box. How do you connect to the TV? We've heard that if you turn off the amplifier the satellite signal will pass through to the receiver. Also know of folks that have added a...