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I've been using the GMC version of your target truck since 2003 towing a 37' Jayco. Last year I bought the 2007 new body style GMC diesel and this January started towing a new Landmark 39' fiver. No problems whatsoever even with the larger Landmark. We are in the Cumberlands of Tennessee with...

TWO SHOWS THAT ARE MUST SEES: Acrobats of China at the New Shanghai Circus just around the corner from KOA: utterly beautiful performances and a great mixed bag from silk trapeze to illusion. This show is just around the corner from the KOA and plenty of parking. SIX: Six brothers do what...

Thanks Greg. You are right about starting the day cool; it does help. Today's weather was identical with yesterday. We started with a cool rig from the night before and the temperature climbed to 81 degrees instead of 84 as it did yesterday. Still too hot for my comfort, but okay for some. Out...

Got in yesterday from Tennessee via Conway, AR, route. The drive up 65 was the best part--lots of beautiful small towns and the road was fine. HT, I've got my camera panoramic head with me if you care to see it. We're in spot 149, name is on the hitch, y'all stop by, y'heah! --Rick &...

Thanks Ricky. I just got a hard shock today--first day at the Branson rally and my first hot day of camping in direct sunlight since I bought the camper. With outside air temperature at 88 degrees and sunlight from the back end of the camper, I could not get more than a four degree difference...

You are right Ricky. Only 3% more current draw for 11% more a/c cooling. Darn good swap out. I see why you bought the larger unit. Does it direct the air across to the walls of the bedroom instead of straight onto the bed? I can't figure out what I'm looking at in the literature. I will have to...

Thanks Bill. At 95 degrees, I wouldn't get below 83 in my present condition, and probably not that good without shade. I'm a bit puzzled why I can't, given the reflective, double-pane windows and high R-value surfaces. My previous SOB rig, two feet shorter, would hold 12 degrees delta with only...

Well, I am now thoroughly confused on this. Jayc, we have had 92 degree weather here is Cookeville, TN, the past few days and I have kept the A/C running to see what it can do. With double-pane windows and all the good insulation of the Landmark, the Duo-Therm 15,000 will only hold a 12...

Jeff, if this is the low-profile unit and will drop on the front of my Landmark Cape Cod without rewiring controls and such, I'd be interested. From what I understand, the wiring is already in place over the bedroom vent. I know the circuit breaker is ready to go and my a/c controller has zone 1...

The accident: Jayne got her middle toe pretty well crunched by the decorative Corian stove cover in our 2008 Landmark Cape Cod. There is a peculiarity in the design that is not immediately obvious, so let me advise you to read this and watch out in working around the stove when the decorative...

Jburks: An excellent wax is Meguiar's Flagship Premium Marine Wax in liquid form. For years, I had used one brand or another of paste wax, convinced that it was 'harder' or somehow longer-lasting. A friend who waxes his 80 ft, 2-deck houseboat each year suggested I try Meguiar's in the liquid...

Heartland magazine ads (or lack thereof) Magazine ads are staggeringly expensive and the advertiser may have to commit for several issues. I have a manufacturing company making aerospace products and 15 years ago there was no real way to get the word out except through technical journals. A...

Yeow! I didn't expect this. I guess I'll camp outside and drive the distance for a few days. Thanks everybody for your responses. I wanted to be really sure before I became a Chicago commuter.

Okay, all you Chicagoans, I need to attend a trade show next week at McCormick and would like to haul up instead of flying this time. My wife and I want to spend a little time (and money) seeing the sites. Are there any secret campgrounds nearer to Chicago than what I see in the major...

I put four Ultra-Glide rectangular furniture movers on the cross rails of each chair (the ultra-leather recliners) positioned toward the outside near the steel ring using the double-sided tape that comes with them. They still take a bit of pushing, but my wife and I can both move them around...

Underbed detailed photos The divider where the hinge attaches is used to stiffen the bed laterally. I suspect the Bighorn is not much different from the Landmark in bed construction. If you would like to see what it looks like in various stages of disassembly, I posted ten photos in the thread...

Generator prep Steve, in January of this year I looked first at a Landmark that had generator prep and then bought one that did not, but had my generator moved over from the camper I traded in. The difference I found was that the prepped unit already had an Onan starter switch/hour meter panel...

Also flea collars Joe and Vicki Kieva, who have the column RV Insight in Highways magazine, addressed this in a seminar at the Rally in Perry two weeks ago. They reported that flea collars are also a strong deterrant (or maybe they just kill the little critters) for wasps, mud daubers and...

Shear Horror ! John: After reading your thread on mountain directory east and west, I thought I'd mention a book I use for a different problem: Low clearances. Low clearances are defined as structures lower than the statutory height of 14'0". You might also define them as "shear horror" as they...

I've used the eastern version for several years; it has made traveling a lot easier. When we headed west last year, I bought the west version and saw things like "OMG Pass." Reading the descriptions of some of these grades sounds like they were made to be logging flumes. Both these books are a...

I stumbled into this beautiful campground located only about thirty miles from my house when I was doing a shakedown on the new Landmark. It is in the process of being resurrected from an old Thousand Trails membership resort, but it is now a private campground open to the public. They have a 25...

RVs FOR LESS I have to agree with Kathleen. Butch and Karen at RVs for Less are top-notch! We first found the Landmark we wanted at a dealer in Florida, but could not get anywhere on price or arrangements (wanted the generator moved to the Landmark). That night, while camping near the Florida...

Great looking work! Marv, that looks great! I didn't think of using that location. They look perfect in that spot and that is an ideal location for these short-tailed appliances. Really SLICK!!! --Rick

Nice save! Too bad you had to do it, but nice work! One thing I found in modifying my bed (see the thread King to Queen Too: A bed conversion in the Modifications Forum) is that the screws attaching the sideboards to the slide went in at too steep an angle in some places causing them to...

In our 2008 Cape Cod, the two overhead receptacles are okay for some things, but the height to the bottom of the cabinet is too long for some things. If I plug in my toaster, it looks like a possom hanging by the tail. A can opener is out of the question. I fished a wire from the overhead...

Heartland at the Rally in Perry, Georgia What a Rally! About 4000 rigs on 628 acres--talk about urban sprawl! A quarter of a billion dollars parked just south of a band of tornado warnings. But no problem--we sent them on to Atlanta. Like Camelot, the rain never fell till after sundown. A...

clearing the vent hose 5erwonk is correct about clearing the vent hose unless it has a kink that keeps it closed. I found two problems in my Landmark--a kinked vent hose and the hose between the front and rear tanks looped down and filled with water. Both require dropping a portion of the...

HT: We live on a mountain in the country so the dogs run free. They have a warm barn with hay to bed into, a gravity-fed feeder with 50 lbs of dry food, a watering bucket with a constant drip flow and a granddaughter in college to watch them and her own two huskies. Makes for easy travel. I...

Thanks Jim; I should have put in a link. Larry, I installed mine myself because it didn't really seem like that big a deal. It is. It's a real pain in the joints. I'd rather wrestle a bull than do it again. GREAT HITCH, but get someone else to install it.

With the king mattress, it was quite an effort for the first few inches to lift the deck, but with the queen and bedding, it is a very good balance. Still heavy enough to keep it down traveling, but half the effort to lift it. I can't complain about the price. At $359, it was a bargain, and...

My wife and I are heading down from Cookeville, Tennessee. Haven't been to a Good Sam rally; just a bit nervous about the size of the thing.

I took off my Hijacker Autoslide and put on a B&W when I got the Landmark. Creeper and Retired are spot-on about the B&W: Silent! No chucking, positively latched, 200 lb lighter than the Autoslide. If you think you will need to go 90°, get the slider. But if you plan your parking right and take...

Jeff & Cindy, that's the best news I've heard in a while! We have ERS and the two incidents we've had over five years have convinced me it's a good service, prompt and worthwhile. But the endless paper--and written as if we were ten-year-olds! Who writes that stuff and has the audacity to talk...

Three-legged dog Our dogs stay home (we pay them to watch the house while we camp). But I thought I'd toss this in on our oldest. We've been running (more walking these days) for years.

Jim, I am in your debt for the help you have given me in getting my new Landmark landworthy. I am delighted for you and for all Heartland owners. And I am REALLY impressed with Heartland management now! I know the kind of pressure they are under with such rapid growth, but clearly they are...

About 18-19 in town, 19-20 highway, 10.1 in our Tennessee mountains, 11.2 on Georgia's and Florida's flatlands. I'm running my GMC 2007 (new body style) stock with 6-speed Allison. Towing 2008 Landmark Cape Cod with generator, full propane, 12 gallons gasoline in gen tank, ~30 gallons of water...

This is the final installation to a thread I started a few days ago titled King to Queen Too: a Bed Conversion in the Modifications (General) Forum. In those two posts I showed how I converted a king size bed to queen in my 2008 Landmark Cape Cod. Here I want to show the conclusion to that...

Thanks Ray, I appreciate the kind words. I work on it because I can, because I have a pretty good workshop next to it and because my dad taught me as a kid not to be afraid to take anything apart. My son and grandkids are the same way. I really didn't expect to find several issues at this level...

Thanks Luckyhat. I see what your saying. Guess I'm going to have to go out and buy another level. Dang! I'm going to go overweight with the little stuff!

Why not just mount it on the vertical front wall under the upper deck near the landing gear control switch? It all rocks and rolls together. If you are level, it doesn't matter whether you can see it from the cab or not, and if you are not level, you have to get out and place some blocks. I...