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I kept our grey tank valves open for a while until we started getting a sewer gas stink from the camp ground drain up into the kitchen. Then I started closing all of the valves and just opening them when we dumped the tanks. I always keep the grey tank valves closed until the black tank has...

My wife always says that I never read the instructions. I finally read the owners manual last night and it says to shift into 4-LOW I should have stopped-shifted into neutral with my foot on the brake and then switched into 4-LOW, it sometimes takes up to 15 seconds to engage. I have...

I just use a block of wood under the spring clamps. After the spring clamps get smashed into the wood I have a bigger area of the axle that is being supported. If you keep your wood and jack directly under the spring clamps then it will be as stable as any bracket you can make. If you use a...

I had an experience today where I switched the F350 into 4 wheel low. The light came on saying 4x4 so I thought it was in 4 wheel low. I found out later that there is another light that comes on that says LOW RANGE and if this light isn't on then it really isn't in 4 wheel low. Once it is in 4...

We were spending the weekend at a rv resort near the south end of lake Kissimmee Fl. and we were parked next to the canal. The first time I went outside in the evening I let about 30 mosquitoes in. They were big black mosquitoes and when my son got there, later, he grabbed a can of the mosquito...

We found a 91 Bass tracker with trailer and 50 HP Merc. about 30 miles from where we live. It looks like a pretty sound boat and didn't cost us much so we will be able to set it up the way we want with the kind of lounge seats she wants and it has a bunch of swivel fishing chairs on it. Thank...

Sounds great Dave we will catch them if you will clean them and Jon will cook them. Tom

That sounds like a great boat but she is interested in a pontoon boat right now. I hope you sell your boat to somebody who really enjoys a nice boat like that. Thanks Tom

I pull with a diesel so I am not afraid of a big explosion from filling the truck. On the other hand if I saw a big puddle of gas on the way to the pump I would probably shut my propane off and turn it back on later especially if the weather is hot. In the winter we tow with the furnace turned...

Mary and I started looking for boats after we got home from Fl. this spring. We finally found a very good old 16' Starcraft Vee bottom with a 25 HP mercury motor and a fixer upper trailer. She has been fishing with me about six times since we got it and has been a good sport about it. She wants...

Mary and I will make reservations tomorrow. We might bring our fishing poles and look around for a good place to fish while we are there and stay a few days after. Can't wait to see everybody. We will figure on being there Wednesday. Tom

Keep your head steady when you swing and golf with people who are really good at watching where your ball lands. I found balls the cheapest at some of the pawn shops in the area where we stayed this winter. If you play best ball like we did you don't always have to make the best shot but you...

With the awning being electric it takes very little time to run it out or in. If I need to stand outside and have a smoke in the rain and it is very windy I will only run ours out a little so the wind can't get under it as bad and then I run it back in as soon as I go back inside.

I guess your right Bill. I think it was the receptacles that went out instead of the 12v lights. The reason I didn't remember it well was because I was using plug in lights at the time it tripped. I just thought somebody might want to know how these circuit breakers need to be reset if they have...

I have a couple of these lights that light up the area in front of the tv so that my battery operated motion detecting camera can take better pictures. Although the camera does have infrared it doesn't take that good of a picture from above the cabinets where it is mounted without additional light.

I had every light on the front GFCI go out once and that included the power in the side compartments. It was a breaker in the breaker panel that had tripped. I found out that the breaker wouldn't reset until it was switched ALL THE WAY to the off position first and then back on otherwise it...

Hi. Thanks for the replies about the soft cast brake drums. I will start pulling drums off soon to inspect the brakes and pack the bearings. If the drums show too much wear I will shop around for new ones. Thanks again for the advice. Tom

The new brake shoes on the bighorn were not very thick- maybe 3/16"- but what I did notice was that the drum was made out of a very soft material, maybe cast iron, and they looked like they were wearing quicker than the shoes were. I am wondering if we can get better drums when they need...

Yes Don, That applies to residents only. It cost $44 if I remember right for our nonresident fresh water license. But they are good from date of purchase until the same date next year. At least Fl. does give residents more breaks on a lot of things than many other states. Il. license for...

Thanks for moving my thread to the proper place. The reason I would like a national license is because we travel through so many states where I would like to stop and wet a line and although many states do give their OWN seniors a discount on fishing licenses. Many states charge out of state...

I would like to see a National Fishing License. Where every senior citizen 65 years and older could fish anywhere in this country by buying one license. We have paid our share of taxes and if we are anywhere away from our home state we are spending money there too. Some states have laws where...

Re: ATF: Cyclone - No Electricity We like using the 30 amp most of the time too. But you do have to play--"Green Acres" -- That is you can only have one appliance or air conditioner on at a time that draws a lot of amperage. You have to shut the air conditioner off long enough to use the...

I did get to see the little car loaded back up on the back of the truck. He had a portable winch that was mounted on a post that stuck up over the top of the truck frame about 3 feet. He attached this winch and post to one side of the truck frame and dropped a ramp down on the other side. He...

Hope you have as good luck with your G614s as we have had. We have had ours for 2 years now and probably have 5-6 thousand miles on them. I carry an inferred thermometer and shoot the tires and hubs and the G614s actually run cooler than the original tires and at sometimes a few miles higher...

Sounds like you have found the problem. I am surprised that the radio blows the down line fuse-in the fuse panel- instead of the inline fuse. Most inline fuses are rated for less amperage especially on radios. I wonder what would happen if something else that is fuse protected were plugged in to...

Thanks for the safety lesson Bill. I worked on mine while it was still attached to the hitch on the truck. I had enough clearance to lift the leg- UP and OUT- without doing any extra jacking. I lifted the leg assembly and leaned it towards the center of the compartment to get enough clearance...

Venture has 2 drawings in owners manuals that show the breakdown of parts for the electric landing gear. One shows the complete landing gear and has components numbered from 1-11 and the other shows the internal parts inside the landing leg numbered from 819-04 to 1020-03. I will detail how...

I have heard that you can pull the drip tray out and run new tubing through from the inside. I pulled the fridge out on the Bighorn and ran the 1/2 clear plastic-- rubbery looking-- tubing. I had done this on my former old pull trailer also. When I ran the new tube out the vent I drilled a hole...

I would like to see the Butch's system and how it bolts on to the hitch plate. Maybe somebody will have one at a rally this year. The Blue Ox I have now gives me some peace of mind after hearing about the rigs that have been dropped on the truck beds. I haven't dropped the rig yet but I did set...

Very good advice. It always worries me when I can't see where she is running around back there. I will tell her-- Just like it says on the back of the big rigs-- if you can't see my mirrors, then I can't see you. They used to call us swampers when we spotted for heavy equiptment. I remember...

We made it home Okay this afternoon and I should be able to fix the landing gear a lot easier here. I want to thank those of you that I talked to and those who replied to my questions on the forum. I want to try the set off of Duane's Cyclone to see if I can use them on the Bighorn that way I...

Thanks for the information, Jim, about the Venture rebuild kit. I think we will do like Dave said and go on home and order a new leg. I will read more about the problem of running them up too far and see if I can rig up some kind of warning or indicator to keep this from happening again.

I removed the landing leg with the motor assembly on it today. The lower pinion gear no longer makes contact with the drive gear. It looks like the bracket that holds the pinion gear has slipped down and away from the drive gear on one side. On the other side it is still sticking through the U...

I had a problem with the wire being loose on the middle spade connector on the switch. This caused the switch to work about half the time. I thought I would mention that because I thought I had a fuse problem at times too until I found the loose connection.

When you use the 303 on the decals do you use it on the whole side of the fifth wheel or do you wax in between the decals somehow? I have heard that 303 is the best thing for decals too, but I haven't figured out how to wax the rest of the Bighorn without waxing them too.

Sounds like that tab got flexed too many times and a new one should have been used. Mine has the castle nuts and cotter keys and I install new cotter keys every time I pull a hub. That is just part of what I do every year. I get to inspect the brakes for wear when I service the bearings too...

The temperature in our fridge only went up one time when we were traveling to a rally in 90+ weather. I only had it set at mid temperature. I usually run it on number three but if it doesn't cool enough I will go to number 4 or 5 until it cools down. There is a gizzmo that clamps onto the...

I jack mine like Duane does his. I just use the jack from the truck though because I don't like carrying extra weight like jacks and planks around. I used to jack our old travel trailer by the frame and it would put so much torque on the frame that you couldn't open the outside door while it was...

The Bighorn had the lift cylinders from the factory. I had to cut some clearance in the paneling under the mattress so that the paneling would clear the lift cylinders when I raised it from the bottom. I propped the paneling up and ran the slide in and out to see how much room I had for storage...