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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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Well the old boy and girl are home again. Picked up their ashes.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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.

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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In our unit, I popped the bottom shelf up, it was only held down with a few narrow crown staples. Sealed the holes and remounted the shelf (1/8" wood) with my narrow crown stapler( I'm sure a few finish nails would work). There was a mile of space around those pipes.

I found that while loading the basement I set something heavy on the catch, this caused the latch to not seat properly, and bingo it popped open. I just gave the loop a little tweak upwards and all was good again. You might want to check this possibility out.

Is it just me? I cannot locate the keyless entry pad on their website. all kinds of systems there, just can't find the one that's on the outside of my Bighorn. I have changed the battery, and still nothing, guess it is time to get on the phone, maybe we'll actually use it when I get it...

I know the feeling, the little woman broke one of ours the first time she opened the closet. Bought some spares, and now we are REALLY careful unlatching them. Polished aluminum or stainless steel would be nice and durable, might have to take one over to a machine shop and see if its possible.

Well we have had our unit for a couple months, been able to get oin the truckut a couple times (don't even get me started on the crap weather this year). but even being brand new we have done a few modifications. The first thing i did was remount the water pump, it was screwed done on the...

Silly question, did you check your fuses in the truck? Could have blown a couple when you shorted out the wires Bill

Great looking job, especially considering you are by yourself. Makes for a long day doing purlins by yourself, set the purlin, climb the ladder and get it in place, move to the other side, rinse,lather, repeat, tires me out thinking about it.

I never thought about doing it as a one man show, that would make things a bit challenging, I ran a couple six man crews and we could do one of these in four days, lined and insulated. So I gotta admire your determination. Without some help, those purlins are going to be a real PIA, wish I was...

Well aside from the motorcoaches, I doubt there is the numbers to warrant a monopoly in Canada, because if my choices were Taylor Coach, or the wheeled eggs I would go back to a tent. I guess I should have stated No significant manufacturers left.

I am curious, are you lining the building? I have a little experience with these buildings, and when the girts are hung with the interior leg up, they collect alot of dust, as well as giving the birds a better roosting spot if the doors are left open. Sorry I missed the updates on the building...

There are NO Canadian manufacturers left, so I see no point in trying to protect them. As far as the dealers go, I'm sure they are not, short of shipping and import fees, paying anymore than their US counter parts, just being greedy. I also can not see ANY manufacturer changing just the north...

thanks Dave, right on top of things as always, I appreciate your help. Bill

Well not quite, but the blade flops around, I can still get water, but would like to know if there is a shop drawing for this unit. I would like to "tighten" things up but would prefer to not go in blind. Thanks Bill

Riding in the trailer??? REALLY?

In the mountains for the long week end, mice running around the front storage bin like crazy. After all the sealing they seam to be contained there. I did fill the holes between the front storage and the basement, as well as sealing the stairs off ( this area was wide open to the water heater)...

Old posts, but a new problem for us. In ten years our Tahoe we never experienced any issues with mice. Less than a month in, and we have found them in our BH, gets the little woman a little bit excited. Trying to eliminate all possible points of entry. So here's my list of possible culprits: -...

I for one like to support the local guy, but I'm not going to bend over for him. The service we received from our local dealer has been far from stellar in the past, and I'm sure wouldn't get much better. I can live with a little hassle, especially when the price difference ( hear this now ) was...

I was wondering if there was a way to get MSRP on factory options. Funny as it sounds, we like our BH so much we will most likely look to buy another unit. We would like to know what the cost increase of each option would be so we could decide how much we really NEED it. We are thinking about...

See what happens when the Playstation network goes down................. JK It's not the end, but a good start.

You'll need to decide what you need from it first, what you plan to run off it and where. You might want to find the quietest model possible if you plan on staying in campgrounds, but if you are going to do some truly random camping this is not as big of concern. Weight is another major issue to...

We use to own a 2001 f350 powerstroke, it got 12, uphill, downhill, empty, or pulling 18,000 #'s, not sure how yours is, but ours never changed in the 70000 k's we had it. Our '03 Duramax pulled 22 - 25 empty, and 15-17 tugging. Our '11 so far is no where as good.

We purchased south of the border, and have been assured that the local dealer will do the warrantybwork as required. We might not be first on their list to get things done, but we saved so much over the locals price, we will deal with it. On our last RV we purchased the extended warranty, but...

http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.ph It's a little older now, but the link shows a pretty extensive test of airfilters, after this came out I pulled the K&N off my truck. Bill

We had been dealing with Tony Z there, but someone else pulled the trigger on the trailer first, we ended up buying from Wagner's. It was way easier than importing my quad, really no tougher than bringing home booze. If you have questions shoot me a message. Bill