Recent content by RonTimmer

I figured that was the reason for the drain placement, but that puts it right underneath my slides and I'm not as agile as I used to be so crawling under there is a pain. Thanks for your advice.

I am looking for some advice on a project I have been considering. I have a 2017 Big Country and the waste water drain pipe exits the underside of the camper near the front of the camper and then runs along the frame for about 10 feet to a location under the slides where it terminates in the...

I think either does a good job at navigating, but I always bring a GPS along because if battery issues. I always seem to run out of battery when I use my cell phone. I have a Magelan GPS that uses AAs so I carry an extra set just in case. If you have or are going to put a power connection on...

I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca training initial entry interrogators, I had just finished giving a group of them a PT test. I immediately contacted my assignments manager to see how quickly they could get me out of the instructor slot I was in and back to the 82nd ABN.

They recently put up a massive wind farm near where I grew up in the Oklahoma Panhandle and the company doing the work told all of the local ranchers that they could not use electric fences under the main transition lines because there was a possibility, under the right conditions, that...

Hi Debster61, I had a Wilderness that I removed the upper bunk from. On that one it was pretty simple, I just removed the plywood that was underneath the mattress (not secured just laid in on top of the frame) which exposed about 8 screws around the frame that held it to the wall. After...

When I had my Wilderness, which is about the same weight and size trailer you have I think, I pulled it initially with a 1500 ram but quickly upgraded to a 2500 Ram with the 6.4L gas motor and 4:10 gears. We stuck with Rams because of the Mega Cab. My kids are bigger and that extra space makes...

I just measured and the inside dimensions of the slide where the sofa is located are: 72.5 inches wide X 63 inches tall X 37 inches deep. You could probably build some small bunks to fit in there, they would be bigger than the ones I had in my Wilderness bunk house. I guess it depends on the...

Bones, Thanks for the input I had pretty much decided on the Aisin and the 4X4 but am still considering the auto level. As for the measurements I will get them for you this weekend but just to let you know the MB designation is a little misleading because there are no bunks. In the middle...

I am getting ready to upgrade from a Ram 2500 to a DRW Ram 3500, I looked at other makes as well but didn't want to give up the space of my Mega Cab. I would like to get some opinions on a couple of items from those of you with more experience pulling fifth wheels. I am upgrading because our...

I currently have a 2015 RAM 2500 with the 6.4 and 410 gears, I love this truck and it has outstanding power. I am getting ready to upgrade to a 3500 but if we had not went to a fifth wheel that was just too heavy for the suspension I would have driven this truck until the wheels fell off. Take...

This has been a great thread for me, I am new to fifth wheels and the information here has really helped educate me. My wife and I have decided that there really is no way we can tow our new fifth wheel, a Big Country 3850 MB, safely with our current truck, a Ram 2500, and so we have started...

From personal experience I wish I had bought the trailer first. My wife and I decided exactly how much trailer we wanted and then bought a truck that would easily pull that weight. After having the truck for a year we decided it was time to actually upgrade from our TT to a 5th wheel and...

I used to have a 1500 Ram the same year model as yours and it did not come with a brake controller. However, it was pre-wired from the factory for one so the install took all of 90 minutes. I went with the MOPAR one from the dealer because I knew it would work with my truck and I towed with it...

When I bought my first Travel Trailer in May of 2012, a Wilderness, I did not get involved with the community so I had no idea of the issues with the Towmax tires I had on my unit. I spend three years driving all over the southwest with this trailer and never had an issue. If I had known I...