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If you have metal stems already, you don’t need extensions

You mentioned you were on your "kid's" property, as we are. We are on a well system and the pressure varied sometimes when they and we were using higher flows of water at the same time. If your system has added new customers to the trunk line you are on, then the lines may be reacting to high...

City water, or well?

Ours “burps” when it is time to dump. This is caused by the fluid level being high enough to block the vent pipe opening. This is the indicator that many use to determine their tank is full because the sensors are notoriously wrong. So, with that in mind, you either need to dump, despite what...

Youcan overheat disc brakes also. Slow is the key word and in a low gear

Others have given you good advice. But, I pulled one wheel and took the bearings, inner and outer, and the seal to a local trailer supply place and they matched them. This will insure you have the correct ones. They had prepackaged bearings that had both bearings and a seal but the counter...

Bob, I would suggest putting a heat lamp in the area behind the UDC to keep the plumbing in that area warm. We full-time in our rig and, while we winter in South MS we still get some days below freezing, have a small box made out of foam insulation around our water spigot which has a 40w...

Escapees is another RV site. This RV membership club is geared mostly to full-timers but has recently started devoting programs to younger part-timers. They have establishments in Texas, South Dakota, and Florida. All these sites have mail service, ours is out of the Texas facility. Forum is...

This scenario, starts cool, warms up, and never shuts off, is similar to ours when the problem was freezing up. There is a freeze sensor, ours was located on the cooling fins accessible from inside our rv but some models require you to pull the shroud, that had become displaced. I let the unit...

Invest in a Breaker Bar and short piece of pipe to get additional "umph" if you don't want to invest in a power tool. I use a Ryobi 1/2" impact driver and am able to bust not only my trailer lug nuts, torqued to 120 fp, but also my tow vehicle's lug nuts, torqued to 165 fp. I have never...

I agree with TedS (post #9) that the "bubble" effect when flushing is what most of us call "burping." Since the tank sensors are notorious for being inaccurate, we use this as an indicator we need to dump the black tank. IMHO, since you were getting this bubble whern flushing, I think there is...

Be sure there is some water in the tanks before you use the tank heater. I have heard of cases where the heater damaged a tank when it was dry

Same with us

Where is the leak coming from? Around piston, at in or out hydrolyic hoses attach, etc.

Have you checked to make sure the freeze sensor on this A/C unit has become dislodged? I had a unit start freezing up and it was due to the freeze sensor falling out from its placement in the fins when viewed from the inside. Some units require you to remove the external shroud to see the...

Dave, I have been towing with a F450 for 10 years. First with a 2008, bought used and had an issue with the 6.4 engine it came with. Then bought 2013 with the 6.7 engine and have been relatively problem free. My truck has the long bed and the wider front axel which have allowed me to make...

What does that door go to?

I might be istaken, but isn't the Bathroom at the top of your stairs and next to the BR? I would check the water connection to your toilet. I have seen slow leaks in this connection that soak floors near that area. If it is the cause of your leak, there wouldn't be any signs of water dripping...

I did something very siiliar and have been using it for 5+ years

Take one lug nut to big box/hardware store and use their guide or a bolt from stock to be absolutely sure (bet it is 9/16)

See Cookie's suggestion in previous response. Running washer through cycle would have added water to P-trap and stopped smell if that was the problem. I would wait to start tearing things out to see if smell stays away from just having the trap filled.

You might need to do some exploring in the "belly of the beast." It is not unheard of that the duct tubing has been kinked and/or crushed.

I started this thread and, upon advice from others, replaced my batteries. I replaced my two batteries with 2 from Interstate. They have batteries which are declared to be for RV use. I had no trouble with these batteries since I installed them over a year ago and, depending on their...

Well, this year I decided to go all out on the entering, going daily to their website, and entering by way of all the emails you will get. From everything I observed, they are way beyond just selling magazines. On the online sites they will try to sell you magazines, books, all kinds gimmick...

Thank you for the offer to install, but we are in Indiana for a couple more days then back to the RV in Mississippi where we winter. Also, thank you for all the info and for all you do for all the cub members. That’s the only problem with being so mobile, so many friends in so many places...

Thank you to all who replied. I now understand the difference between the two. I will be looking into buying the Easystart system.

OK, I have seen the threads concerning the EasyStart Soft start device that, I believe, replaces the capacitor on my a/c units lowering the Amps needed to initiate the compressor function, and, in theory, making it possible to run one/both a/c’s on a smaller generator. This device runs about...

When we had our RoadWarrior, ramp weight was rated at 2500#, IIRC

Same with mine, worth a try before any major work.

Look for screws in the center of the cover, they go into the cross beams

I have also gotten on my slides for various reasons and haven’t had any problems. Some things can’t be done while on the roof or on a ladder, so had no other realistic options.

DR, one of my AC’s started making a terrible noise and I thought replacement was in my future. Luckily, we were parked on our daughter’s property so I didn’t have to worry about the neighbors and could take my time investigating. What I eventually found was a section of the copper tubing was...

Sorry if this sounds sarcastic but, are you sure it's not remote controlled and you just don't have the remote. I was under the impression that all the FPs were remote controlled on the newer rigs...ours is a 15 and is, and out 11 RW was also. Just saying, sure would answer the question for...

We are currently at Texan RV Ranch and have been for the last 5 weeks. Nice place, seems to be very pet friendly (have seen multiple dogs in one RV, very large dogs, etc,) but if you are looking for an extended stay with a monthly rate, you might look somewhere else. They apparently only allow...

Mine is connected to the running lights and I control it by turning on the parking lights of my TV, Your question about where to place it is answered by "it depends." Mine is a wireless camera and I wanted the antenna to be as high as possible so receiver in truck would be able to pick up the...

When you can get on the roof, pull caps over vent tubes and see if there is a large gap etween pipe and roof. We had a odor similar to yours and I found we had a significant gap between pipe and roof. I stuffed some plastic grocery bags in this gap, replace vent caps and recaulked...no more odor.

Not sure if your rig has both a/c's tied into a common duct system like ours but, if it is, and you are able to get by with only one a/c running (not like us here in Texas with the high heat) but when we are in that situation, we leave the Bedroom unit cranking and turn off the living room...

Jeff, you are correct, to some extent. I inspect brake assemblies and wheel components annually but that doesn't guarantee problem free. We are full-timers so we are in our rig most of the time. I carry some spare parts, mostly those that, if one should fail, I can get to a safe parking area...

What a great suggestion Bill. While I have never needed the spares I carry, I can see how this would be very helpful. I hadn't thought of the need to grease the bearing, but I really carried these so, in case of break down, roadside tech wouldn't have to go seeking the correct part. I do...

DR, we had an awning that didn't "automatically" dump and caused one of the arms to be destroyed while we were visiting our good friends, Mike and Donna Tinklin, in Canada, I removed some of the damaged portions of the arm and needed a way to secure the rolled up awning to the coach. Like you...