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    Hydraulic Slides

    Do you mean the slide seal flippers? They help flip the seals so they are in the right position as the slide goes in or out.
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    Slide Topper Fabric Pulled Out after 4.5 years - Warranty Replacement on the Way

    My three slide toppers are all rotting, which seems a bit premature as the trailer is only in its fifth year. Anyway, I'm wondering if changing the awning fabric is a DIY job. Any insights appreciated!
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    Fiberglass Cracking

    Check with member Dan50 here. He has a 2018 Big Country, same problem in the same location. He's at the rally in Elkhart right now, and apparently it will be looked at there.
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    New to us Tow vehicle

    I've been reading that GM is going to try to go back to creating more differences between the GMC truck and the Chevy truck. I guess time will tell. Here in Canada, GMC outsells Chevy, opposite to the US.
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    Transporting Bicycles

    We just prop them up - usually leaning against the wall and throw a blanket on to protect them.
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    Transporting Bicycles

    We put my wife's bike (road or mountain, depending on the trip) in the main basement, standing up, front wheel off. My bike (road or mountain) goes in the front basement, again with the front wheel off. I like this way of transporting them because they stay safe and clean and out of the way.
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    Input from y'all

    One thing to remember, pickup trucks run out of payload before anything else, so this is an issue with the bigger 5th wheels. Look at overall towing capacity later as this is a marketing number for the most part. This is exactly the reason we ended up going to a dually. Once we got our...
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    Levelup going Bonkers!

    I had something similar occur last year. I reinitialized the system several times to teach it "no, dummy, THIS is level". But to no avail. I did the full power-down, disconnect, etc., which also didn't work. Then I called Lippert and buddy said right off "oh, your hydraulic fluid is just...
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    Input from y'all

    Back in February we switched from a 1-ton SRW to a dually. We live in a city of about 1M people and I take the dually downtown now and again. It's doable. As stated, if your mirrors fit then your hips will fit (but watch you don't cut the turn too much). In parking lots I tend to park midway...
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    LCI theater seat lost power

    I went through this process today. One of the chairs either didn't work or was intermittent. It turns out the connector to the motor just under the footrest was not tight, and the two connectors at the controller were not tight. The chairs were clamped to the floor, held by a single screw in...
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    Onstar wifi

    We have it in ours, thought we'd give 'er a go. We bought the 20 GB/one year plan that cost $200. Our main reason is that roaming fees are way too high in the US now so what we do now is put our phones on airplane mode at the border and use the truck's wifi instead of cell service. Works...
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    What’s the best truck to pull a BIGHORN?

    We have a Bighorn 3585RL with a 3100 pound pin weight. We used to tow it with a 6.7L Ford Super Duty SRW short-bed truck, but the truck was over its payload by 300 or 400 pounds. None of the new SRW Super Duty trucks have the payload we need (well, maybe a base model single cab) and due to the...
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    Sailun tires excessive wear on inside and outside of all 4 tires!

    I'll add that the Sailuns on our 2015 Bighorn are wearing faster on all outside edges on all four tires, however there is no sign of that "melting" showing in some of the OP's pictures. We run at 110 PSI all the time, the tires have about 37,000 kms on them. We are well under trailer load...
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    Issue with Spare Tire Carrier on BigHorn

    We had the same problem a couple of years ago. That silly knob had to be cut off and drilled out. I replaced it with a linch pin. Same problem with the hardware holding the spare tire to the rack, so that hardware was replaced with stainless parts and given a healthy does of anti-seize. The...
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    FWIW....new Fords

    Having just switched from a 2011 Ford F-350 to a 2018 GMC Denali 3500, that DEF tank on the GM seemed to be a bit of a head scratcher for sure. What we did is instead of getting the default "flat" running boards, we ordered the 4" tubular version. Not only are they more rare, they do a good job...
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