Recent content by jbs80122

It was great for us and our needs at the time, when we were full timing while our house was being built, but our needs are different now, and we're selling to get something smaller. It's a stock 3870FB with added Coffered ceilings, the powered cord reel, and the MORyde pin box. The coach is...

Our 2018 3870FB has the power reel. Every now and then, it's a little draggy when pulling the cord out, but pressing the release side of the switch frees it up shortly. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

You should be fine with a heated water hose, we survived Colorado's bomb cyclone, the entire trailer was encased in ice, and we did fine. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

I guess that haven't fired the plumber who works on these. Based on that and some other very shoddy plumbing connections I found on our rig, it seems either incompetence, drugs or malicious intent. Maybe all three. Either way, it speaks poorly of Heartland's quality control. Sent from my...

I'll bet you have a 3850FB, like mine. I had the exact same problem with the black tank rinse system. Never did get it working well, even after it was "fixed" under warranty. I learned over time that you need to make sure your tanks are very full before draining them. We can go for almost a week...

I posted earlier about a tripped breaker that cut the power to the slideouts. That problem seems to have corrected itself after I secured the wiring under the slideout. However, the fridge and the outlet under the overhead cabinet top the right of the microwave still don't have power. Does...

I wasn't clear enough. The power to all other outlets is restored, including the outlet right next to the outlet that had the short. For some reason, heartland installed two outlets right next to each other. The loveseat was plugged in to one of then. It's more plugged in to the other one, and...

After driving on some truly awful roads in Minneapolis, we arrived at our CG and found we had no power in our slideouts, none to the refrigerator. The only slideout ac appliance that works is the microwave. DC power not affected. CB 15 is tripped and will not reset. Inspecting the wiring in the...

Yep, that's the gate valve I have on order, arriving tomorrow. I'll try this approach before I try the water hose method. - - - Updated - - - Since the gate valves never closed properly, I'm sure the slow leak is pulling the solids against the gate valve. The frustrating thing is that I had...

I have the snake, but couldn't figure out how to: a- ensure that the snake goes to the proper gate valve, and b- if it worked, how to withdraw the snake and put on the drain line without getting covered in sewage, since the snake wouldn't go through the opening for the water line. I have to...

A crappy situation indeed. Although we've been RVing for over 20 years, I've never had this level of difficulty before. The clogged tank isn't quite full, though we've been using it several days.

The black water gate valves on my BH have never closed properly, even after servicing. One of the tanks is completely clogged now, as I think as the water seeps past the gate valve, it carries solid matter with it that creates the clog. And of course, when I remove the drain cap I get a nice...

Hi all, We're going to be moving into our 2018 Bighorn after the packers get all our household items shipped off this weekend. We currently plan to put our frozen items from the chest freezer in our house into the freezer in the BH. We have the standard refrigerator which has worked great in...

Yep. I made that mistake. Once. It's funny how clever I thought I was right up until the time to clean the tanks came. One trick I learned is that before you leave on your next trip, immediately before you hit the road, dump a 20 lb bag of ice cubes down the toilet with a little water. The...

Thanks for the tips. Makes sense. Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk