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I know I haven't posted in awhile, been busy and just haven't had much to say. I am glad the rally is back on track and am in process of working out the details with the wife. Anyway early june sounds good to us, hope we can make it. Rick & Sandi TIN CAN TOURISTS)

I am using the trail-aire pinbox that came with my Golden Gate and I love it. It really takes the chucking out of the ride. I will still get some movement every once in a while but for the most part it does a great job. Rick & Sandi (TIN CAN TOURISTS)

Hey jim I read your post about what you store in the storage area and was wondering if you had tried using an adapter, where you can run your gas grill from your RV tanks. I have one and it works like a charm. Saves a little on weight and storage. Rick & Sandi (TIN CAN TOURISTS)

Hey Dusty I just traded in an F-250(2000). I bought it used and it came with a jake brake,air bags, and 20k reese hitch. The jake brake worked great. Iwould of kept the truck but I felt my Golden Gate was just a little bit too much for it. Inow have a Chevy (the beast) 3500, dulley, 6.6...

Hey Chuck nice rig. The only advice I have is to get a 50 amp line or 30 (I ran a 50). In the mean time make sure you have an heavy-duty or extra heavy duty extension to run from house outlet 15 amp. If not check your extension cord to make sure it is not overheating. Running things without the...

Be Careful :o For a little bit more money go ahead and run the fifty amp line. That is what the trailer is made for. True you can run one of the Ac's plus some of the other stuff keeping in mind how many amps you are pulling. Also just because it works on 30 amp doesn't mean you aren't...

:D Just pulled in the driveway about 45 min's ago after watching our grandsons team win their first two games this week. If they win two or three more they will be in the final game for the title. We had to come back early due to work.(Don't ya just hate it when work interfers with whats really...

Well fellow travelers my wife and I are heading to Auburn Al. for the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series for the 11-12 age bracket. Our grandson is playing on the team representing the state of fla. We are very proud. Anyway we finally picked up our coach from the dealers today and are really...

Rickeveritt :D Which dealer are you refering to? Holiday on Wheels in Panama City or the one in Ga. How soon were you planning on buying. The reason I ask this is my wife and I are going out of town until the 11th or 12th. We will be leaving tommorow (sun). I would be happy to enlighten you...

:p Like everyone else I was wondering what happened to the rally. Would love to go and meet some of the folks that post on the forum. My wife and I are open to go just about anywhere except to the westcoast.(until we retire that is)Anyway it still sounds like a great idea to have one. Rick &...

:D Well need to talk to better half and get the ok, but June of 06 gives us plenty of time to plan. Sounds like a good time. Rick & Sandi (TIN CAN TOURISTS)

:) Sounds good to me, hope it is somewhere in between Fla and Ill. Rick & Sandi (TIN CAN TOURISTS)

Bummed :mad: Man I was upset when I returned from camping this past weekend to find out that the forum was offline. I learned a whole lot about Heartland RV's on this website and continue to use it as an informational tool not to mention the great posts and jawing with other Heartland owners...

Good Trip :D Well my wife and I finally pulled into our house at about 9:30AM this morning. The trip went well and the coach did great. I really love the trailaire hitch, It made for a very smooth ride. Anyone who has pulled a 5er without one can tell you about the jerking backwards and fowards...

:D Its The weekend at last. After a rough week at work following the arrival and departure of Dennis the menace my wife and I finally get to take our Golden Gate out for the weekend. I will be towing it only an hour or so away from the house but should still get an idea how she will do on a...

:mad: Well have found another thing that needs to be fixed . Seems the staples that the factory used to secure the carpet to the slide had come loose or weren't totally secured. Noticed today while in the master bedroom closet that the carpet on that side was pulled and ripped about 1 inch long...

:D AMEN to that. Checked roof and did once around inspection this morning before work and everything looked good. We are really looking forward to next weekend and getting away for a couple of days. The kids and grandkids have a ball tourn down south so it will be myself and the wife, which...

:D Dennis has moved through the area and has been downgraded to a cat 1 storm. This time around becaues of the storm surge we have had a lot of flooding in the general area, so far I have not heard of any serious injury, just the usual tree limbs down and some roof damage. We have not heard...

Chris and Debbie thanks for the concern. It has taken a little jog back to to the east which is not good for us. Winds are picking up, and it was just reported that 24' waves are just off the beach in Panama City and moving into the area. We live aprox 1 1/2 miles off the beach but still is a...

:( Tom Thanks, I guess I was a little premature in saying it was only going to be a 2 or 3 when it hit. Dennis is comming in west of us with sustained winds of 145. Here locally in Panama City should see winds in the 70+ range. Its really going to rip up the beach with 10+ ft waves on top of 6...

:o Have got everything tied,bagged,loaded and ready to go if need be. Sure am glad to see alot of his punch was taken out blowing up Cuba. Sorry for them down there but happy Dennis won't be comming to town as a cat 4 or 5. After storm blows through the wife and I are going for our first camping...

Cracked Cheryl you are soooooooooooooooooooooo! right about that. Not too sure what is going on with Dennis yet. The projected path has it comming in just west of us which means we will catch the brunt of it. Last year Ivan took my chimney and part of my roof. Oh well :rolleyes: the price we...

smashed bug goop ;) Ya'll might want to try and use automatic dishwashing detergent mixed in with the bleach and soap, I have used it on my old trailer that had metal siding and it seemed to work really well. Even down here where we have real bugs to deal with, In Sept we get what is called...

:rolleyes: I guess I didn't do as good an inspection as I thought I had. While playing with my new toy today after work, I was going over everything, hooked up water hose to make sure all water connections, valves, water pump was functioning correctly with no leaks, I was in the w/c playing with...

Rules Yea had to learn the hard way. Its really important when you haven't been to a campsite before.Hey Jim thanks for the link and have a safe and relaxing trip. Rick & Sandi (TIN CAN TOURISTS)

Awning Jim my stomach was in a knot while I was reading your post about your misadventure, I am glad everything is back to normal on your rig. I learned the hard way last year in our old rig the three golden rules of RV'ing. 1 IN BEFORE DARK! 2 IN BEFORE DARk! 3 IN BEFORE DARK. WE (I guess I...

Glenn thanks for info.That is basically the way I went. I used 60amp breaker at house power running to single 50amp box using 6 gauge for the two hots and neutral, and 8 gauge for the ground. Rick & Sandi (TIN CAN TOURISTS)

Yes that is what I ment. I know how to wire the box that the coach plugs into,And I also know that the coach is probably wired as such, Just wanted to eyeball it, before I put the juice to her. Rick & Sandi (TIN CAN TOURISTS)

Hello all, I am in the process of running a 50amp line for the coach and haven't been able to find a wiring diag for the pinout of the plug comming off the cable from coach to house power.I checked owners manule and couldn't find it. If anyone has any idea where I could find it I would...

Jim that is pretty cool.Hope they were built on a Tuesday,Wednesday or Thursday and not on Monday or Friday. Just kidding so far we love our Golden Gate and look forward to many many years of service from it. Rick & Sandi (TIN CAN TOURISTS)

Jim looks like I will be taking an idea from you concerning sewer hose. The sewer hose compartment will only store a 6' hose. Learned the hard way one year while at a park in Alabama that we needed a 20' hose to reach sewer hookup. Not a big deal but seeing as we had paid for full hookup it was...

Yeaaaaa! Picked up our Golden Gate this morning, Man this thing is huge.No problems at the dealership with the walkthru, everything went like a charm.Now we are in the process of reloading the coach.Anyway we will be checking out all the toys this weekend before we do a local shakedown camping...

Tom don't get me wrong I want the dealer to go over everything with a fine tooth comb. I had given him a list of minor things I wanted adjusted and tightened.Guess I'm being like a little kid.I know I'm driving the wife crazy worrying about it, but she well be parked in her new home shortly...

One More Day Well it looks like dealer will be keeping our Golden Gate one more day.There was a leak with one of the hoses for one of the slides.Salesman says it has put them behind,kinda bummed but rather have it fixed now instead of later.Anyway I guess I won't say I have it until I have...

Paradise Yes this a beautiful area. My wife(Sandi) is from here while I am from Miami.I have lived here for about 18 yrs. Panama City used to be a quiet little town,Boy has that changed, there was a time when the beach would shut down during the winter months,that is no longer the case. Now it...

Holiday weekends We are from Panama City Beach Fl. The panhandle area,between Penscacola and Tallahassee. So when the holidays hit, even the WallyWorld parking lots are full.We really wern't looking to get anew 5er just yet ,but we both just went gaga over the landmark and everything just fell...

Thankyou Cheryl and Tom, Thanks for the information. Couldn't get a campsite locally because of the fourth, Everything is booked untill the following weekend. Oh Well I guess we will camp in the driveway this weekend. Rick & Sandi(TIN CAN TOURIST)

Was wondering if the sn of the coach is the last three or four numbers of the vin? If three my golden gate is #374, If four it is 9374? Thanks in advance to anyone who can tell me.Darn I wish it was Thursday already. Rick & Sandi (TIN CAN TOURIST)

I dropped off our old Dutchman,signed paperwork,took pictures did walk around,under,inside and roof inspection.Took notes and gave them to my sales rep to have these items repaired before we take delivery.We won't be able to get coach until Thursday, along with my items I want taken care of the...

New Rig Thanks fellow landmark owners.Looks like we will be taking it out next weekend for a shakedown trip.I do want to give Holiday on Wheels a plug as they have been great during the whole process.Will probably pick up coach Monday or tuesday and go through the walk thru then.I am totally...