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The CEO/Navigator and I have traded in the Big Horn and Mongo for a motorhome. We had some great trips and many great memories in that rig. We are sad to see it go. I am going to miss this forum more than the Big Horn. I spent a lot of hours on here, learned a whole lot and got great advice...

A couple months ago the screws that fasten the pneumatic strut to the port side storage bin door came loose. I bought some slightly larger screws to refasten the bracket and had not used the door since. When I opened it today at least half of the screws had pulled loose. I think the inside of...

When I operate the landing gear on my 2007 Big Horn 3055RL I hear a clicking noise. The source seems to be on the port side below the motor that drives the landing gear. A bolt and nut that connects the shaft below the motor is hitting the bottom of the motor as the shaft rotates. This has...

We will be camping in Colorado in late August this year. One of the state parks I chose was Rifle Gap State Park. But, the more I read about the park the less I am sure I want to stay there. The web site talks about it being a great place for power boaters, water skiers and jet skiers. I...

I have a 2007 Bighorn 3055RL which has two batteries and a shut off switch for those batteries. I recharge the batteries by connecting the fifth wheel to shore power as opposed to connecting a charger directly to the batteries. Will those batteries recharge if I have the switch "off" or must...

This afternoon I started getting my 2007 Big Horn 3055RL ready for a trip next week. Yes, here on the central coast of California we can camp year around, but it was a brisk 73 degrees or so. I noticed a large bubble-like protrusion in the material that encloses the underbelly. This huge sag...

The caulking like material along the top of my plastic wheel flairs is cracked. I say caulking like because it might be caulking tape, which I have heard about, but never seen and I say flairs (flares?) because I don't know what else to call them. To repair this must I remove the caulk/tape or...

We are planning a trip to Colorado in about late August and September, 2010. One of the places we plan to stay is Golden Gate Canyon State Park near Golden, Colorado. I have an "Official Map to Colorado Scenery and Adventure" and it shows the route into this state park to be very winding...

I have a 2007 Big Horn 3055RL. On the "latch" side, as opposed to the hinged side, of the glass shower door there is a narrow, black rubber-like seal running from the top to the bottom near the edge of the door. The CEO found a half inch or so piece of that strip on the floor. The strip had...

I bought a Husky 1.5 gallon air compressor model 41214. The first time I used it was to add about four pounds of air to get my Big Horn's Michelin tires up to 80 pounds. The instructions directed that I set the compressor at its max of 135 PSI. I did that but could not get any air into the...

We have a replacement day/night shade which I would like to try to install in my 2007 Bighorn 3055RL. I did a search in an attempt to learn how this should be done. First I plugged in "valance and day/night shades." The first page of the results started with these two entries, "check u bolt...

I think I really want a second air conditioner in the bedroom. And with Christmas coming I could certainly ask for one. During hot summer outings it is barely liveable in the kitchen/living/dining room areas. But walk up into the bedroom it is actually chilly. So it doesn't seem to make...

We discovered this event while visiting Sequoia National Park about three years ago. We like music, but were not necessarily jazz fans. However, we enjoyed this so much we attended again this past April and will go again in the future. I think the official title is JazzAffair and is presented...

We have an 07 Big Horn 3055RL with a leaky kitchen faucet. The RV plumber has failed twice in his efforts to repair it and suggested I get a new one. I would like to replace it with the same kind, but cannot find a brand on it at all. Does anyone know what brand it is? We went to Home Depot...

I just noticed a small amount of transmission fluid on the battery case beneath the slide reservoir, but I can't see an obvious leak. It might become readily apparent during operation of the slides. The reservoir is just less than half full. The owners manual said I could check the level by...

I have Goodyear Wrangler RT/S LT245/75R16 (Load Rated E) tires on my 2007 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Diesel. The tires are one year old and have 23,000 miles on them. When I left home to go to Sacramento, CA, I noticed a vibration and visited a Chevy dealer in Sacramento to get the wheel balance...

The plastic vent dome has disintegrated on one side. Can I just replace the crank up vent or do I also have to replace the 12 volt fan and motor? Looking at it from inside it looks like the vent an fan are all one unit. And when I say I, what I mean is Camping World.

The Conair ez press steam iron we bought at Target does not work well at all because, per my CEO, "it does not get hot enough." Does anyone know of a steam travel iron that works as well as household iron?

I have read the owners manual and ran a search on our forum, but can't find an answer. Does the Surbaban furnace not have a filter? I replace the filter in my non-mobile home furnace annually and would like to do the same in my Big Horn.

The original plastic seat on our SeaLand toilet was getting annoyingly creaky and squeaky. I replaced it with a Bemis brand enameled wood seat I got at Home Depot. Very nice and very quiet.

Just before Christmas the wife and I saw an Electrolux Ergorapido vacuum cleaner on sale at Costco. The kids got it for us. Fairly small, light, rechargeable, and works great. We store it under the bed when we are on the road and it sits behind the living room chairs charging when we are in...

About two years ago I bought a water pressure regulator/gauge (not the adjustable one) from Camping World. A few months ago I dropped it on cement and it quit working. I bought another from Camping World and it just quit working, and, no, I didn't drop it this time. Anyone have any...

We are staying in the Cal Expo RV Park in Sacramento, CA. There is no cable and we were only getting the three main channels using the antenna; two good pictures and one extremely snowy. We saw an advertisement suggesting we might get better reception using the digital converter box now rather...

On my last big trip I relied on the "kindness" of others, AAA Roadside Assistance, to change a tire on my Bighorn 3055RL. But, what if I had been out of cell phone range? Oh the pain of changing it myself! Nevertheless I think I should prepare. What kind and size jack will I need?

The outlet is not putting out any juice. All the others seem to be working fine. The GFI plug is working properly and the circuit breaker has not tripped. I guess it could be the fuse, but I don't know what a bad fuse would look like. I ran a search on the forum, but did not find any...

I am not the sharpest tool in the shed so I have to ask. The portal shows there are X amount of new posts, 29, for example, a few minutes ago. But when I click on new posts I find only 19. Where are the other ten? The amount of new posts listed seldom, if ever, matches those actually shown...

The wife and I are planning to take the Big Horn to New England to see the fall colors in late September, early October of this year. We sure would like some advice from those of you who live in New England or have made a similar trip. We have gotten a lot of information from different web...

I have a hand size scrape perhaps a 1/32" or less deep on the outside of my bedroom slide, probably caused by the attack of a crazed tree branch. I checked my local auto parts store, but nothing jumped out at me, unlike the tree branch, as being suitable for this repair. Does anyone know of a...

We recently had to have one of the sliding mirrored closet doors replaced. This weekend was the first time we had the Big Horn out since the replacement. My wife quickly noticed that one of the doors was larger (about 27") than the other (the inside door, about 23") and the "seam" was no...

We like our bedroom dark when we sleep. When we go in the bathroom or down the stairs we don't want to wake each other turning on all kinds of lights. We didn't want a full time night light. We found a great solution with Ecopa Nicera model SL603 battery powered motion sensing lights. They...

I wanted to express my thanks and appreciation to Jim Beletti and the Heartland Factory warranty rep. I had been in need of a porch light lens cover, and at Jim's suggestion I phoned Heartland direct. A new lens arrived the night before we left on vacation. The warranty rep went out of his...

I am already retired, but work part time. Next year my wife and I will retire. We are thinking about a trip to see the fall colors of New England. Are there any web sites describing the best routes, the preferred areas and the best time of the year. We are thinking about spending at least a...

Would anyone know where I might be able to find an oval amber lens cover for the porch light on my Big Horn? I have found rectangular/square ones, but no ovals. My dealer says they can have it for me in two weeks or so, but we are leaving next Saturday.

Our recent camping trip was the first time we had a chance to use the air conditioner since we bought the new Big Horn. A large amount of air blew out immediately beneath the a/c, but very little came out of the ducts/vents in the rest of the trailer. During our walk through I seem to recall...

I did a site search and sure enough others have had the same problem. The water pressure is so low the kitchen sprayer only dribbles. I will get a pressure guage, but what is the highest factory recommended pressure?

THANK YOU for your suggestions and comments about a generator and the radio. It seems that it does have a combination DVD/CD/radio unit. We just haven't been able to figure out how to get them to work. We picked up our new Bighorn 3055RL on Friday and we have it parked at our local Elks so we...

We are scheduled to pick up our new Bighorn 3055RL at the dealer tomorrow. I really wanted a generator installed, but it seems generator prep had to be done at the factory ie I would have had to order a unit rather than buy off the lot as I did. The other thing we were surprised about was the...