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Thanks to all for your info. Since we had completed all the steps (except taking off the safety brake cable from the hitch handle) to drive away from the 5th wheel, when I drove a couple of feet my wife yelled that something had come off the rv. As a result, the pin was only out for a couple...

When I unhooked the seven pin hitch connection the other day, it really started to rain and got distracted. Drove off and pulled out the emergency brake pin from the hitch unit. It seemed fine and I replaced it and it looks like before. I am wondering if just replacing it in its socket is...

I have a coast to coast deluxe membership with the dues paid until 2014 with a $99 per year fee that needs to be paid to home park (not prepaid) The membership originally cost $1500 plus annual dues to coast to coast and the home park. We have purchased a lot in an rv park and tend not to...

Have been considering staying several months to a year in an RV park and moving the RV only perhaps a month or two each year to another static location and then back again for another lengthly stay at the RV park. Wondering if there are any "rules of thumb" or recommendations from the factory...

Jack stands for long term parking is there any "rule of thumb" on when to put trailer up on jack stands for longer term parking? - 3 months, 6 months, 1 year or more? also, is the best way to support the trailer in order to continue to use the trailer is with heavy duty jack stands in front of...

Thanks Jim, that makes sense. When we go down again to ga later in the fall, we will try that.

We have recently starting staying at an rv park in northern ga that is rather remote. We were getting a few channels with our on-board antenna (2008 big horn 3055 rl) but we started keeping in an rv port and reception is hindered by the steel partial enclosure. We think that getting an...

will probably store in north georgia mountain area. was also wondering what kind of rodent repeller and how it works mentioned by first respondant? dehumidifier sounds like a good idea but how would you keep it drained?

We have decided to store our bighorn in the south during the seasons when we are not traveling rather than tow it up and down the east coast with the price of diesel and the wear & tear on both us and the unit. The storage place has both a cover and electric available. Our questions are: would...

Thanks for the information. Once we make it down to Florida, we will have hook-ups or at least electrical hook-ups most of the rest of our trip south until we start back and then it will be the same daily runs back up the coast. Hope all have a great holiday season.

We are going to be traveling down the east coast soon, dry camping in the evenings each day for about a week. I was wondering how much the batteries will be charged from running 5 to 7 hours each day and if they will charge sufficiently to run most of the things we would be using in the...

Just got a 3055 at end of Aug. with the Trail Air Hitch with a Superglide and I was told none of the special quick capture plates will fit the Trail Air so the Dealer used the universal capture plate. They drilled and tapped some of the holes for the provided screws and drilled through and...

Thanks for all the suggestions and encouragement. Vangoes, how far past the drive have you found best for setting up the back of the trailer before starting to back into the driveway? I have noticed already in the little I have backed it that the trailer does not start to turn very quickly...

Not sure of the best place to ask this question! My daughter wants us to stay in her driveway when we go down to GA this winter for a visit. We are not sure we could get the Bighorn (3055 RL being pulled by Dodge truck) into the drive without going into the neighbors yard across the street...

Thanks for the thread and to Forrest for the additional solution consideration.

about 4 months ago (mid to late July, I think) there was a post where someone had put in a water manifold in their utility compartment. I have tried several searches and have not been able to find it again - I guess I'm not using the right combination of words. Does anyone remember what thread...

Pat, would like to have the number to order the updated monitor. I have one that is almost 5 years old and obviously would need to be upgraded to get the third stage. Thanks.

Thanks Smokey, I see what you did now and the pictures show that very well. I think that is a very good idea and am considering doing that as well. Saves taking tv down every time you move and storing it on the bed.

SmokeyBare, did you do anything extra to the back of the bedroom tv enclosure area to attach the swing arm? or did you just screw the plate to the back of the tv cubby which is I guess the side wall of the rv and attach the tv to the other end?

I e-mailed Goodyear about the 614's and was told that my rims with are 16 x 6J with 3750 max load & 110 pressure max stamped on them (alum. 8 lug rims from Heartland) were too small for the 614's as the 614's require a minimum width of 6.5". Had found a really good price for the the 614's on...

On the units with the 6000 lb axles, is there any benifit to having the "G" rated tires (extra margin of safety, better ride, longer lasting or such?) rather than the Michelins "E" xps rib? There has been so much discussion about the tires and wondered if "more capacity" is actually better or...

I have decided to go ahead and temporaryly winterize before our first real trip in Jan. to the south. Just want to double check my procedures. There are two low water points on the door side of my big horn 3055 - cold and hot water lines I think - drain those. On the off door side there is...

It seems to me that I saw in an earlier thread on this subject that someone posted exactly how they put in the toggle switch to gets the two fan speeds with the Hunter thermostat but I was unable to find it in the search function. Anyone remember where it was as I was interested in how that...

Thanks for all the replys. I checked for the humming at the wheels when DW applied brakes - good - humming there. Checked by applying the manual button and the amps went to 12 - 13. Checked with Hensley today and they confirmed that you have to be moving for the regular brakes to show the...

When I picked up the unit I pulled it back home very carefully and did not notice anything regarding the brakes (had never pulled 5th wheel before). I did not really have any problem stopping but did not have to do any unusual maneuvers. I had a Hensley Tru control brake controller installed...

Did you find out if Tredit is the rep for the Unicorn express tires and if so were they helpful to you in taking care of the defective tire?

I used a 2" piece of a plastic cut off a license plate advertising a dealer name that came on my truck to make the "v" and covered it with the alum. tape and it works very well so far. Probably doubled air flow in bedroom.

Does anyone know just how far the outer front jacks can be adjusted (Inches up) with the electric motor and how much adjustment there is on the inner legs with the snap pins before they would fall out? Also, any rule of thumb of a "not to exceed x inches up" guideline to not get too far up?

We also picked up a 3055 recently and the tv pivots out to face the recliners. I would say the hinge is on the wrong side.

We picked up our new 3055 less than a month ago as well and really like the floor plan. Have been busy checking out all the little things in prep for a major trip south this winter. Welcome to the Heartland family and have lots of good travels.

We are very interested in this subject as well. We are planning to go south to visit family for Jan, Feb and Mar this winter but will be in Maine until then. We have been trying to decide how much winterization to do in the meantime. Should we try to keep the unit ready to travel by keeping...

chopper, is there a particular reason to make two 2' sections to put one under each tire and inflate separately rather than one 4' - 5' section to put both tires at one time and inflate all at once? On first blush, this seems like the easiest solution to side to side leveling with something...

Thanks for the replys. Yes, it is the one on the felt covered wall right next to the vac. unit. There were a bunch of wires and a 4" flex tube going by to somewhere else inside the hole when I removed the register. I guess it is nothing to be concerned about.

Picked up a new 3055 RL a couple of weeks ago and while going through air duct cleaning today took off the register in the front storage bay and found that there was no duct work coming to the register from the furnace. Did it just get left off and should have been there? If so, I need to...

I took off all of the heat & air conditioner registers today to clean them out if needed and check to make sure all were open and not blocked in any way. Most were pretty good - a few upturned pieces of alum. tape which I put down and a few places to add additional alum. duct tape and a little...

Was looking around ulnit yesterday evening while doing a few "maintainance" projects trying to get unit ready for a real shakedown trip and looked inside the air return grill beneath the refrig. Is there supposed to be any type of filter behing the grill to filter return air before going to the...

You mention the "device" is about 24" long - Is that enough to get both tires on it before adding air to lift one side to level? I guess I am also assuming that that is how it would work (which may not be the case - please correct me if I don't understand) This looks like a great idea but I...

The water pressure seems a little weak in our new 3055 rl and have been considering a pump upgrade. Has anyone done this? I think I saw where the landmarks come with a sureflo extreme 5.7 as standard?? I was looking at camping world and they have 2 sureflo extremes - 4.0 and 5.7 and they...

When we ordered our 3055 in early July, we had wanted to order the 7000 lb. axles & G tires as well but were told by C. Brady that they would not consider that and the dealer was also told that Heartland would not upgrade the axles & tires. You are lucky that your dealer seems to have a better "in"

2004.5 dodge diesel w/ 3.73 - one trip from dealer to home - 200 miles - 3055 rl not really loaded - 13.0 mpg for the trip.