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    "Lithium" batteries Lithium iron phosphate LiFePO4 12 volt DC battery

    So, curious as to your experience with the lithium batteries. How are they standing up? Any issues? Anything really stand out as an advantage? thx
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    Setting up hitch for pulling TT ?

    Your first step should be assuring that you are pulling level, nose up or down angles on the trailer will aggravate sway. If your hitch height is set correctly it will make it easier to set sway bars as well, but they do take a little umpf. When we had our last TT we were set up with 3 links...
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    "CURT" Fifth Wheel Hitches ?

    Re: CURT Customer Service... Q20 slider, was the same price so figured it was better to have and not need, than to need and not have. Have never used the slide feature as the pin cover hits my tailgate. I really like the fact that I can leave the hitch in and still close my box cover, the...
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    ordered our 2015 RW 425 RT today, but have hitch questions

    We have the slide hitch, never use it, in fact we can't because of the pin cover. If we try and slide back, the pin cover hits the tailgate when the unit is straight. We have NEVER needed it though, and we take our trailer many places most wouldn't take their trucks.
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    Lesson learned - listen! Don't close off your furnace registers.

    Re: Lesson learned - listen! We have used our RV down to -30, and found the heat needed a little attention, well to be correct, the whole system needed some adjustments. Firstly the cold air return was a dismal set up at best,secondly the area in the stairs (with drawers) had no insulation...
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    Cross Border Warranty ?

    Lucey We purchased our Heartland last April from south of the border, talked with a rep prior to buying and was told that any authorized Heartland service dealer would be able to do the work here in the great white north. He also informed me that it might be a painful process as the dealer...
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    Saying Good-bye

    Well the old boy and girl are home again. Picked up their ashes.
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    Saying Good-bye

    Thank you everyone for the replies, the hardest part is my girls, we lost both our snowshoe siamese (17) and the springer (14) yesterday, gone together, both with abdominal cancer. My daughters do not remember a time that they were not around, and it is tearing them up. We have a pup from a...
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    Saying Good-bye

    Today I played god, I looked into the eyes of my best friend of 14 years, and told him it was time. No more will we chase pheasants in the field, or sit around a campfire, no more will I feel your unconditional love, or just sit and scratch your belly. It tears me up to hold the power of your...
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    Staying in Non-Campgrounds??

    We have done it a few times, we had a list of Walmarts that allowed and those that did not. We always checked with the duty manager, and shopped the stores. We have only had a few bad nights where the local hooligans thought it was fun to race around and around the trailer honking their horn. We...
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    AC and furnace run at the same time???

    We had close to the same issue, but it was the heater that was causing the A/C to come on. The furnace came on and would not shut off, once it got too hot the A/C kicked in. We found that the thermostat wire for the furnace had a short, but there was an extra one in the wire loom so I just...
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    Camping off the Beaten Path

    Hay All, Just curious as to how many people take their Bighorns off the beaten path, by this I mean boondocking away from any organized facilities. We spend almost all but one week random camping in the back woods of the rocky mountains, fifty miles of gravel and unimproved roads one way. No...
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    Help with new Big Horn

    It's a lot like losing your virginity, you can get all kinds of advice and suggestions, but eventually you'll have to develop your own groove and do what works for you. Everyone sees and reacts a little differently, and every rig will have it's little quirks (at least in my personal experience)...
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    2011 Duramax Questions

    I have been told they didn't get a break, but are paying the EPA fine until they get the urea onboard. Could just be speculation, but I was sure that all oil burners were to on urea by 2011 production. On a side note, the cheapest price I've found for the urea was at a Cumins dealer.
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    2011 Duramax Questions

    I can`t see it being an issue. I have shut her down half way through a couple of times with no ill effects, it just started regen again once it reached operating temp.
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