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Hi Rod and all, The folks that told Bob and Sue about the rally were Jan and I. We are staying at Fairchild AFB ourselves right now as we returned "home" to get our annual medical stuff done and reconnect with friends. It has stretched out a bit longer than the two weeks in early July that we...

I fixed a similar problem in a friend's North Trail. In the trailers I've seen, including my BH 3010RE and my friend's NT, DC wiring is connected with wire nuts instead of crimped connections. In my friend's case, a wire had "escaped" from a wire nut, shutting off everything downstream. I found...

Roy, I'm guessing that those two little pieces of plastic in the letter were the replacement lenses. If you need the manual for the Smart Light, it is here: "http://manuals.heartlandowners.org/manuals/Electrical/Lighting/Heartland/Smart%20Light-SL1000%20Instruction.pdf". Good luck! Tom

I have the same problem in my 20 month-old Bighorn. Thanks to your post, I'll be calling StarLights on Monday! Thanks! Tom

If I'm not too late: we have a 2013 BH 3010RE, use regular King sheets on the bed and they fit just fine. This surprised me, too, and quite happily, as I was expecting the usual RV sizing for the bed. In our case, a king bed was mandatory since we both thrash around and my wife uses a CPAP...

Ah, our Bighorn 3010 has a central water control station and the fresh fills using the same line that is also the suction line got the pump. It doesn't have a dedicated fill line with it's own vent/overflow. The vents come off the left and right top edges of the tank so they are more easily...

I believe that the biggest concern is the weight and the tire loading. The fresh tanks are generally over the axles, or nearly so. That means pretty much all the 600 or so pounds is going to be on the suspension and tires. If you know that you are still within the tire weight limits, and to a...

What a great rally! Jan and I enjoyed our first ever get-together like this last year, but this year was even better! Rod and Kelly did a superb job planning and carrying out all the logistics and little details needed to make something like this go from "pretty darn good" to "Great." Rod chose...

Naturally! The usual doubling, of course, but it can't be counted for retirement. Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Just for that we'll make you the chapter leader! Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Doug & Doris (Grampfish) are in D34 Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2

I see that the NWS is forecasting cooler weather starting Friday: mid- to upper-eighties instead of 100's. Darn, I was SO looking forward to testing the limits on our A/C and 'fridge! See y'all soon! Tom

Well come, Norm and Bev! Tom

Hi Rod, We have a 10' x 10' canopy-tent for a show booth that we will toss in the back of the truck. It ain't huge, but it will provide some help. Looking forward to this! Tom

Darn! We were looking forward to meeting you and having two 3010REs parked together! Hope all is well.

Nicely done, Silver! I would love to have done something like that when we bought the rig, but a lot of things would have had to be different for us to have done that, not the least of which was the $$. It kinda irks me that there is so much empty space inside the outer shell of the box that...

Welcome Gavinses! A 2014, huh? Gracious, now our 2013 is an "older" rig! Sigh. Tom Hargreaves

You should be all right as long as you take the weight off the landing gear. When you do the pull test with the wheels locked with either the chocks or manually-applied trailer brakes, the trailer can still move an inch or two due to the slack in the suspension. With a couple of thousand pounds...

Welcome y'all! This is a pretty cool chapter, we're looking forward to meeting you at the rally!

Rod, I don't know where we are going to be next Summer as we are hoping to start out on our full-timing adventure in October this year. I am sure we will make an effort to be in the NW around any time of the rally if possible. If that is the case, either place you mentioned would be great, with...

We just finished our reservations, we are there from 25 July to depart 1 August in site 32. And they are running out of sites! Darn, I forgot to ask about whether they could call Canada or not, sorry, Ptkd! Tom

I just called and left a message with Marylee requesting space for arriving 25 July and departing 1 August. Haven't heard back yet. Tom

Ptkd: If she's using the county government phone to make calls (she probably is), she may not be able to call Canada because county policy or phone system prevents it. Maybe if you sent her an email and/or left your email address, she could get hold of you that way. I just called and left a...

Sorry, Rod, guess I wasn't clear. That addy is, indeed, the park site map. I posted it because I had trouble finding it from the main park page. Tom

We will be coming over, too, probably make reservations tomorrow. By the way, the address for the park map is: http://www.co.chelan.wa.us/wrp/data/site_map.pdf. Rod, your persistence paid off! Tom

Re: 2013 Rally Discussion PtK: I don't think it has quite made it to the forum yet, it might have to be vetted? But one of the places to look is under"Events" near the very top of the page. BUT, as of a few minutes ago, the date was listed but the rest of the information wasn't available yet. I...

Be careful out there!

Rod: We would pick Wenatchee River County Park over almost any other place in Washington in a heartbeat! We stayed there for 5 days last May and loved it. We pulled in without a reservation and they bent over backwards to get us into a spot, and almost all of them were VERY nice, albeit back-ins...

While Alderwood is a pretty nice "RV motel," Jan and I would probably drive from home to participate as we only live about 30 minutes away. And, just for the record, we would prefer a more open, park-like setting as being more conducive to spontaneous get-togethers, but ultimately, we'll go...

Hi all, Thank you Rod for undertaking this effort. I am going to again suggest Maryhill State Park on the Columbia. They have 51 full-service sites and from the availability map, it looks like they have some sites relatively close together that might be available in the date range mid-July to...

Say it ain't so, Steve! But. Stuff happens. I hope everything works out for the best! See ya on the road! Tom and Jan

Sigh, I wish we were. That job fell through when Oceanview was supposed to be in the process of being sold. THAT fell through, but we had already changed our plans and chose to stay in Spokane this Winter (ugh!). We are storing the 5er in Troutdale, though, and intend doing a week or two on the...

Hi Dick, Welcome to Heartland, and to The Big Search (for just the right trailer). Just a couple of general comments. With slides, my wife and I have found that it is imperative that we be able to get to the bathroom with the slide(s) in . . . sometimes you, ahem, just can't wait. In addition...

Re: 2013 Rally Discussion Or Lake Wenatchee State Park (http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Lake%20Wenatchee&subject=camping). Big, close to Leavenworth.

Re: 2013 Rally Discussion How about Maryhill State Park (http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Maryhill) in the Columbia Gorge across the river from Biggs Junction. Nice big park, and you can spend a whole afternoon in the Maryhill Museum. Then there are always the attractions of...

I second Tina's thoughts. Many thanks to Prunella's people, Steve and Analyn, for the tremendous effort required to put this rally together. We haven't been to a rally of any kind in our previous six years of RVing, but this was a great intro and a great way to meet new friends! Thanks to all! Tom

We don't have them on our current, new Bighorn 3010, but did on our previous Komfort. I liked having the cover, despite having some sag in an older installation. I want to get at least one put on for our kitchen slide to shade/cool the refer area and keep debris off (such as autumn leaves while...

I have and had similar problems with my former bumper-drag 27' and with my spanking new Bighorn. I sorta resolved the problem with the former with flex hose and anti-rattling insulation, and am working on the new one. When we picked up our Bighorn, we camped at the dealer overnight then...