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We put the cushions in large plastic leaf bags and set them in the back of our truck at night. We used a Queen size Areo Bed (inflateable matress with built in electric pump) instead of the cushions and it worked great. Putting the sheets on the matress was a little difficult because the...

I had a 181 up until a month ago that I traded in on a larger travel trailer. We also noticed that the furnace was very loud on our 181 and started using a small electric ceramic heater during cold weather. Not only was it much quieter, it used the campgrounds electricity instead of our...

Thanks for the info all!

Just wondering if it is safe from the standpoint of not damaging my roof if I walk on it when cleaning. So far I just reach across with a sponge on the end of a long extension pole but I could do a much better job if I could stand up there.

Yes I saw the Dome Awning on EBay AFTER I bought mine from Heartland which was part of the deal on the MPG camper. I really like my Dome Awning but if I had it to do over again I would have bought it off of Ebay. Based on the advertising on the Heartland website I was expecting something that...

I think you'll be happy with the decision to get a vehicle with more tow capacity, I know I was. I do miss my Santa Fe though, it's a great little car and gets good gas mileage when not towing. The F150 Eco Boost gets good gas milage when not towing too and now I have more space for carrying cargo.

Hi 2gocamp, We initially started towing our MPG 183 with a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe which had A 3.5 V6 engine with a towing capacity of 3500 lbs. It got the job done but on long trips down hilly interstate highways the Santa Fe just seemed under too much of a strain and that was with keeping my...

Re: Useless Compartment Locks Papa Mike, I'm really glad you brought this issue up because it's really caused me a lot of frustration too on my 2011 MPG 183. Like several others mentioned here, I have to push on the door very hard and turn at the same time in order to get them open. I have...

I must have missed it too and I looked on the ADCO site and site for Camping World. I ended up just ordering an ADCO 20' cover for a regular travel trailer. There is a lot of excess cover hanging kff the back but it seems to work very well.

I was towing my MPG 183 with a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe with a towing capacity of 3500 lbs. I had tow brakes, sway bar and a weight distribution hitch. No problems on short hauls to local campgrounds but when we started taking longer trips down the interstate though the hills of Arkansas it just...

I towed my MPG 183 with a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe for several months after first purchasing my camper. The vehicle didn't have a tow package but it did come with a 275 hp V6 engine and I added a load leveler trailer hitch, sway bar and trailer brake. On short trips, the Santa Fe towed my MPG...

Has anyone that has actually used their propane furnace noticed that there is no Off swtich? The first time I used the furnace in my 181 I noticed that it's fuse was not in the socket in the fuse panel. Instead the fuse was taped to the inside of the fuse panel door. I installed the fuse and...

How about the pyramid shaped stablizer jacks that you would just place underneath each front corner then screw the jack post up tight to the bottom of the camper frame? I know I remember seeing a picture of an MPG camper with this type of jack under the front and I was thinking of getting a...

Thanks for the info! That explains why my furnace is running when the Heater switch is turned off on the monitor panel. We are currently out on our first trip where we needed to run the furnace and dicovered the fuse had been removed and taped to the inside of the fuse panel. Apparently this is...

Well now I think I need some clairification about this. My MPG 183 has a monitor panel alright and there are 3 switches along the bottom. one is labled test and provides a readout of the tanks and battery level. One is labeled Pump which is switched on when not connect to city water and one is...

I found the cover you mentioned for the RPOD on Northern Tool's website, here's the direct link:http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200466693_200466693 It appears to be too short to cover the MPG though at 190 inches (15.8 ft). That's too bad, I was all excited about getting a...

I started out towing my MPG 183 with a Hyundai Santa Fe equipped with a 276hp 3.5 L V6 which has a towing capacity of 3500 lbs. It towed the trailer fine at 55-60 mph and gas mileage between 11 and 13 mpg but I didn't feel comfortable with the strain the engine and trasmission was under going...

I bought a bag of paper clamps from Office Depot and used them to clip the sides of the screen appron to the sides of the dome awning. There are still a few small gaps here and there but as you said, there really is no perfect fit. We just returned from a trip to the Gulf Coast and this kept...

Yes there are instructions with the dome awning however they were written for a pop-up camper and are very sparse. The instructions do show the snap posts attached to the side of a pop-up camper by drilling holes and securing them with a screw. I ended up using JB Weld to attach the snap...

Just returned from a week long camping trip to the Gulf coast in our MPG 183 and the following ideas regarding design changes occured to us: Electrical outlets are needed in the front of the 183 model above the table. A quieter air-conditioning unit and an additional lower fan speed would be...

I glued the snaps on the side because that was where the pictures in the very sparse set of instructions that came with the dome awning showed them mounted. Of course the picture was of a pop up camper. I suppose locating the snaps on each end of the camper would work just as well though.

Here are the pictures you asked for showing the locationa (circled in red) of where I glued the snap posts for the dome awning on the side of my MPG camper using JB Weld. Note in the close up shot where the glue ran slightly because I didn't mix the glue thick enough. Fortunatley the dark gray...

Thanks Marc! These are great picures and clearly shows what I need to try this. One question; how did you attach the sides of the screen to each side of the awning ?

I will upload pictures as soon as I get a chance to get over to where my MPG is stored and take some. You'll have to slide the top of the dome awning into the channel that runs across the top of the MPG camper and used a marker to mark the position on the side of the trailer of eachof the...

So where did you get the C Channel and how did you fasten it to the bottom or frame of your camper?

I used 12 ceramic block magnets that I purchased at Lowes for $2.73 per pair (item #185097) to hold the top of the screen skirt up against that bottom edge of the camper frame. I still haven't found a good solution for attaching the sides of the skirt to the lower side of the dome awning and...

I agree, this dome awning is a great idea in concept but fitting it to the MPG camper so that bugs can be kept out wasn't completly thought out. I ended up using JB Weld to attach the snap studs to the side of my MPG. Now I can just snap on the sides of the awning during set up as was...

My dome awning arrived a couple of weeks ago but there has been some confusion with my dealer about getting it installed. The awning is the same as the one described by MPG185-GA and likewise I discovered that it will take some "creative engineering" on my part to seal secure the edges of the...

I purchased the dome awning that is shown on the Heartland website for the MPG RV however there has been some confusion about getting it installed by my dealer and some apparent difference of opinion at Heartland about if this awning should be installed on my MPG camper at all. I called the...

I just bought an MPG 183 today and asked the dealer to throw in the screen room (dome awaning). He agreed to half the cost with me. I found a pretty good picture of the screen room installed at...