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While looking at the Heartland website at floor plans I saw the new RW 387 floor plan. As an owner of a 2011 RW 305, I am always looking at new floor plans for possible upgrade. I am especially interested in a dual axel toy hauler with the smaller garages with only 2 slides( both of which should...

As always, we are in Martinsville, VA for the race. Not been a good trip so far. We had an air bag failure within the Trailer Saver BD-3 hitch sometime during our trip. Then we woke up to 2-3 inches of snow with more forecasted along with cold temperatures all week long. Still better then...

Yesterday, while working on my sons Buick, I had a reason to stop into my local Auto Zone parts store. After checking out and while walking to the door, I noticed a clearance tag on a shelf holding boxes of 2.5 gallons of Shell Rotella DEF. Normally marked at $16.97 there were being cleared out...

We arrived today at our camping spot for the Richmond race weekend only to discover a broken screen door handle. SO after setting up it was off to McGeorge's RV center only to find out that it is now a camping world store. I asked the parts counter what happened and was told that the owner...

Might sound like a strange question but... There is a Speedway near me that sells DEF at the pumps for around 2.69 a gallon. At least I believe that is what it was the last time I was in that area. Anyway, they sell it much cheaper than the 2.5 gallon jugs you can buy in stores usually on sale...

Just returned from my first camping trip in Elk County. We found a free camp ground on PA State Forest Land called Hicks Run. Clean as can be, only 15 sites in total, no hook ups but it is free to PA residents. It sits about 4 miles back on a gravel road of of PA 555 about 20 minutes to the Elk...

On Monday, Dennis started to do the hydraulic disc brakes install on my road warrior. There was a small issue that Ron made sure that he took care of. Dennis did a professional job, cleaned up after himself, and provided some good conversation. I felt that the whole experience was first class...

In January we purchased a new 2017 3500 Laramie long box dually with Aisin tranny and 4.10 gearing. Yesterday was the first time I was able to use it to tow my trailer and we are all set up outside the paperclip known as Martinsville Speedway enjoying 75 degree sunny weather. This truck worked...

Stopped at Costco to get dog food and a few other items and say that they were selling 4 Igloo coolers. One of which was a 70 quart root-molded extreme cooler. I checked out because the price was only $199.00. The walls did not seem as thick as the ones I own, it would compare to an ORCA...

Stopped into my local tractor supply yesterday for a few items. The had all fireplace accessories and portable heaters 30% off. This included many Mr. Heater items. These heaters use the small propane bottles and are an excellent choice to have as an emergency backup to furnace issues. Owners of...

SO for the past 2 weeks I have been trying to get to the bottom of this issue. My new 2017 Ram has a factory installed TPMS with the sensors mounted inside the ties and attached to the valve stem. The first MOD I ever made was installing the TST 507 TPMS for my old Ram and 5th wheel. It has...

I am close to finalizing the purchase of a used 90 gallon tank combo currently being used to gravity feed a truck. I plan on running the line from the lower tank bung with a manual shut off valve to the underside of the bed. From there I will have an electronic valve, filter, pump then going t...

For the last 5 years we have been using the TST unit to monitor the truck and trailer tires. Now with a new truck that has the TPMS built in, is there any reason to use the TST system? The only positive I can think of is that the TST system also monitors temperature as well as pressure. Second...

So I just wanted to gauge everyone's experience with taking care of our new vehicles, regardless if it is our tow vehicles or just a car used for daily transportation. I just bought a new tow vehicle and I have never used rustproofing services but I am considering it on my new towing beast, a...

Our new 3500 Ram 3500 Laramie Dually long box with high output cummins & asian transmission. 4.10 gearing, automatic rear air suspension, fifth wheel prep, tonneau cover rear back up camera with the cargo camera as well. This thing has so many options and toys that I am still trying to figure...

Back in March I installed a Magnum Industries 2500 watt inverter/charger along with a trimetric monitor. Everything is working great without issues. This was a great mod that I wished I did earlier. After our first trip this year to make sure everything was working properly, I purchased about...

This past trip, I had a few sensors showing low battery and one sensor not reading at all. I had the o-rings and stuff in the trailer so I decided to replace all the batteries. I had two sensors off the tow vehicle that had the screw heads strip out on me. I just emailed TST to see if I can by...

The planning of this mod started during our last camping trip last year. During the fall Martinsville race my 2 6 volt batteries would not hold a charge overnight forcing me to start my generator by jumping it with my truck. I decided that for our needs a small inverter was needed. We boondock...

I am in the middle of installing an 2500 watt inverter and upgraded battery bank. I have the 4 six volt crown 260 batteries in place but had to cut away some of the bracketing for the hydraulic system to make the boxes fit. I also know that I will have to take these batteries back out each...

I have been looking at new Rams for a while now and I have a question about the air bag suspension/auto leveling system that is being offered. I use a trailer saver BD-3 fifth wheel hitch that uses air bags to dampen the bounces between the truck bed and the trailer. There are a number of posts...

I have for a while thought about upgrading to a medium duty truck with something like a classy chassis fifth wheel towing bed. Over the weekend I found a 2011 Ram 5500 Laramie 4x4 Quad Cab dually that I thought was a decent deal. 50000 miles for 38k with the HD auto tranny. There is no bed or...

Looking to upgrade the charging aspects of my soon to be new battery bank. I have 6 year old 6 volt batteries that are toasted. I believe this is from being recharged during the season from the supplied charger. Also figured that I would add the inverter portion to power the TV and other smaller...

After returning from last weeks race, we went to the storage area to unhook the trailer. I noticed one of the two shock absorbers laying on the bed of the truck. The mounting pin of the upper head had broken free. I called hensley and they stated that the piece just needed to be welded back in...

The rocker switch in my control center for the interior ceiling lights must be going bad. The last few times we used it it didn't work the first time to turn the lights on. I searched the forum but did not find anything. Anybody else have a similar issue?

Yesterday we went to the trailer to clean it out and drain all the water since our next trip is weeks away. I know that if we leave water in the hot water tank for that long it will have that awful smell to it. We have done this drainage so many times and I never realized it before but on the...

While at a private property campground near the Richmond International Raceway, I have seen 5 Road Warrior trailers so far. It is normal for me to see Big Horns and Cyclones but I have only ever seen 1 other road warrior at races before. Maybe our brand is really starting to pick up. For the...

Are all bed platform frames made the same way across the entire product line? The reason for this questions is that I was prepping for an upcoming trip. I plopped myself down on the bed and heard the sound of cracking wood. Off came the mattress and the 1/2 inch press board that the mattress...

I was in Costco the other day to purchase a few items and saw a display of Generac xl2000 inverter style generators. Styled like the honda 2000 series inverter that so many have. I looked at the box and found the numbers to be similar to the Honda and other similar units. They had them for an...

I'm still a working stiff and that means that the National Rally & pre rally is a vacation for my family. In lieu of beaches and amusement parks I need some ideas to keep everyone happy. There is not a ton of tourist attractions real close to the rally site. For those that have been there before...

My wife found this park on the web and we now have plans to go there before or after the September Richmond Race since it is only two hours away from there. Found some reviews and most were positive. Curious if anyone has stayed there and if there are some sites better than others. We have the...

I am trying to plan my 2015 vacation time from work and I am looking for recommendations for our first trip to the Smokey Mountain National Park area. The timing will be right after the Goshen rally or prior to the Richmond fall race which is scheduled for 9/12. I enjoy the parks that are pet...

Went for a quick motorcycle run during my lunch break at work today. I passed by a new Cyclone 2 axel unit. I didn't catch the model number but I did notice that the ladder was mounted to the side of the unit but that it sat flush to the side. It either folded up or collapsed inward to the...

I've seen a new Road Warrior set up in a small mobile home park behind the Pittsburgh Mills Mall and was just wondering if the owner is an active member on this forum. If so I am less than 10 minutes away.

Just wondering if anyone on this forum cooks with The Big Easy from Charbroil? If so what have you cooked in it and how have they turned out? For those that do not know, The Big Easy is a device that runs on propane and is called an infra-red cooking device. It is sold as an oiless turkey fryer...

I purchased a full set of these off a member who downsized over the winter. I installed them two weeks ago and used them for the Martinsville race. We still had some movement in the trailer. I noticed that one other person when setting up would level their trailer and tighten down their...

Yesterday I picked up our new wheels and tires from the freight depot. Got home at 4:30 and by 6:00 I had everything put away and was washing up. that included properly snugging up each lug nut to 120 foot pounds and adjusting the TPMS to the new PSI levels. Going to run them at 110 PSI. I used...

We finally were able to get the cover off of our road warrior last night and discovered something. The skylight over the shower has three cracks in it. Two are located from the screw locations and stop before the bubble portion of the skylight. The third starts at the corner screw hole and runs...

I finally talked a friend of mine into spending his money on a set of 6 volt batteries for his Jayco travel trailer. He doesn't have much to spend but he left his 12 volt battery on his unit and it froze on him so he has to spend something anyway. I noticed that cost go has a 6 volt golf cart...

My 2006 Dodge Ram Mega cab 2500 has started to show surface rust through both quarter panels above the rear tires. I know from experience that once I start knocking of paint, the rusted area is going to be so much bigger than what is showing through now. I have often thought about putting a...

I am looking at a used Dodge 3500 dually with a flat bed or gooseneck bed on it. How easy is it to modify this truckbed to apply rails for my trailer saver BD3 hitch? I do not want to use a gooseneck adapter as I know there are concerns about frame flex and I also do not want to give up the...