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This might not work if your trailer is "actively" being used; but for longer term storage, we have done the following with great success. We bought a roll of 15" wide aluminum flashing. Cut a length to go around your tires, standing up on edge. A clamp of some sort or a couple of small bolts...

Learn how to inspect and repack your wheel bearings. Yes, that is grease on the brake shoes. It's not that hard to do, but everything is riding on this job (pun intended). If you're not comfortable doing this job yourself, by all means find someone to do it for you. I (state your name) promise...

We pull a 2013 Gateway 3200 with a 2011 F350 SRW and a Curt Q20. Have nothing but good to say with the Q20. Have pretty much zero chucking over the last 4 years.

Just another opinion here; but the 6.7 has so much torque that it can spin the 3.55 with ease. If you are approaching weight limits, or regular giant mountain climbs the 3.55 is super. Our 2011 SRW pulls our 14k lb 5er with ease. Have not hit a hill yet that slowed it down.

I used a large C-clamp to press the bushings in to the spring eyes. Made a quick & easy job of it without risking hammering on the bushings in any way. Mashing out the old plastic bushings don't really matter at that point.

There is also a CD available from at least some of the COE campgrounds. We asked if there was a list, or a book available and the campground host pulled a CD out from under the counter for us.

Thank you to everyone for the replies; most helpful indeed, and some terrific points made. I did pull the power distribution panel out and found that the shore power cord come up thru the floor directly under the cabinet; it does not take a trip thru the basement. However, that cabinet does abut...

Thank you for the replies. That is mostly the conclusions I have come to as well; that the converter is not part of the picture, and that i need to get to the back of the circuit breaker panel to cram the EMS in there someplace. Our shore power cord enteres the rig in the rear, and not near the...

So, after reading so many posts about campground electrical issues, we decided to add the progressive industries EMS-HW50C. Question I have is; where (electrically) does this need to be wired in? Our rig is a Gateway 3200rs. We do not have the generator prep package, nor do we have any generator...

Suggest you look at King Phillips Campground (Lake George); stayed there a couple of times now, recommended. the "French mountain" sites are pretty out-of-the-way/remote/quiet/dark sites

Coincidence that there are so many reports of "towmax/blomax" victims....? I think not. We are going to a whole new set of 4 Goodyear G614's at $300 each at this point, even though we have only 8k miles on these made-in-china junk. Not pleased with having to replace these junk tires in our...

We ended up just pushing the wall back as far as we felt comfortable without pinching anything. I bought a yard of similar black felt that matched the existing fabric to cover some additional particle board required to push the walls back as far as I did. Picked up a full 6 inches of floor space...

I love my Ford too

This may not be the "easiest" solution, but I physically weigh the tank using a $10 luggage scale from Walmart. Every tanks has a tare weight stamped into the tank. Admitedly, it somewhat inconvienent to remove the tank to weigh it, but if you can do that without disconnecting the hose, its not...

If you do not already own teh F250, and are debating the difference between F250/F350 SRW, consider this, the cost difference between F250/F350 is relatively small. The GCVW's are relatively close, but the payload difference is substanialy between the two. If you haven't purchased yet, then go...

Regardless of all the hype, the one thing which I will atest to is that from my experience Nitrogen filled tires tend to stay at 80 psi without dropping for month after month. "Regular" air always seems to weep out just a little over time, thus necessitating air-ups on a regular basis. Not a...

we pulled a, well, "SOB" travel trailer with a Tacoma prior to purchasing our fiver. Our travel trailer had about the same dry weight and loaded was at about 4700. The Tacoma handled that "ok" on flat roads and didnt sag too much after we added a Helwig add-a-leaf helper spring. But I will...

we pull a Gateway 3200 (similiar gross weights) with a 2011 F350 SRW diesel and no issues. Truck is capable of accelerating up any hill we've encounter over the last 2 years. We've brought it through a cat scale and all weights were under the posted max weights. Good luck and enjoy.

As for your keys not working, we had the same issue with our Gateway. I suspect the cause was sitting idle for several months and some corrosion building up. I used some dry graphite; a little on the key itself, and a little puff in the lock. Work the key around a little to free up the lock...

I consider myself pretty handy. I'll take a look on the weekend. If I can't figure it out, or if something is truly broken, then I'll proceed to our dealer. Luckily our dealer is quite close. I'm pretty much counting on finding at least one thing wrong once we get out this spring. We...

Correct, the bed and the platform and the structure supporting the platform are all crooked from the slide wall, but appear to be all square with each other. I will check more closely how the platform structure is attached to the slide mechanism. The space is somehwat tight but hopefully, it'll...

The bed itself looks to be skewed. The platform itself is square with the underlying box structure. The slide itself is square with the wall; IE, the seals are square with the wall opening and the slide mechanism works well. I do not believe the slide itself has any issue. If anything, the...

Wondering if anyone with a 3200rs can tell me if their bed is the same as ours. I'm not sure if the bed is crooked by design, or if it is just plain badly installed. I can imagine it being crooked in order for more space to walk around the bed. It is solidly attached for sure, and seems to be...

Remember that you're not likely to be drinking anything from the hot water tank. A couple of weeks in between trips is not much of a concern to me, although i do release the pressure after each trip. I am fastidious about doing my best to keep our fresh water tank clean and dis-infected as...

Also have a Q20 here and have had no issues at all. Price point was good and reviews were positive when we purchased ours.

We used the same approach of starting with a low gain setting; then at 20mph manually actuate the trailer brakes. Once you get to a gain setting which locks up the trailer brakes, back off by one click. I'm not an expert on this, but I believe in a panic stop situation, having the trailer...

One minor thing we spotted in our PDI when we picked up our unit late last year, is that the shower track was installed backwards. IE; the drain holes were pointing to the floor side of the shower instead of pointing to the tub side of the shower. I hear this from a number of people, it was...

One word of caution; be sure to wire the disconnect switch in such a way so that the emergency break-away switch still has power even when the cutoff switch is used. Would love to see a pic of your mod.

If you depend on the switchover regulator, you still have to monitor for when the changeover happens; if not, you'll end up with two empty tanks. I'll bet that at least one person hear can attest to that. Bad enough having to run out in the middle of the night and having go outside to...

We've gone to using a $9.00 hand held luggage scale to simply weigh the tank. Iit's a bit inconvienent because you have to remove the tank, but only by a little. Quite accurate once you know how much an empty tank weighs compared to a full tank. The window on the changeover valve only tells...

We are headed to Shennandoah Valley area in Virginia this summer, more specifically we are planning on spending close to two weeks in the Shenandoah National Park area. Wondering if anyone has any suggestions for campgrounds to visit (or to avoid). As well as any of those "don't miss" places...

We pull a Gateway 3200 with a Ford F530 SRW, and no issues. Very nice, very capable. My suspicion is that everyone will say their (fill in your favorite brand here) will out-perform the others. My suggestion is to buy the brand you feel most comfortable with and go camping. I would add that...

Thanks to all for the repsonses to my original query; most appreciated. We took delivery this past Saturday, and everything went well. We end up having almost 7 inches clearance and the 3200 is perhaps 1.5 inches high in the nose. Personal stuff will bring that down a tiny bit more; but...

As a short follow up question; might I ask the other 3200 owners where you figured the "best" location to place the island is that it doesn't push against anything? This is our first Heartland product as well and i agree; it would have been nice if Heartland left just a single sheet that said...

Picked up our Gateway 3200RS on Saturday and we remain quite impressed with the unit and with Heartland. Thanks to another poster here, we checked the shower track on our unit specifically and guess what, the bottom track was installed backwards on ours as well so the water drain holes drained...

We went with the Curt Q20 and love it. Hitches and unhitches flawlessly with our Gateway 3200. Personally, I would say that there isn't a clear winner in this category. i think you'll get different opinions from everyone. Go with a hitch in your price category and move on.

Right, acknowledge all points about keeping the rig level. I was mostly looking for feedback so I have an idea whether to expect the trailer to be nose too high when we take delivery in the next couple of weeks. so, Eddhuy; have you found anything you are disappointed about with the 3200RS?

Thanks for the quick replies; most appreciated. We're going with a Curt Q20. Thinking I'll set the Q20 to the highest setting for now, and try a test to see how much the truck squats under load. Then adjust the hitch down after checking the clearance. Thanks again

Is anyone towing a fiver with a F350 SRW? Taking delivery of our new Heartland Gateway 3200RS in about 3 weeks, and experiancing some anxiety over the height of our truck bed. My unloaded bed height at the tailgat is about 62". The Gateway measures about 60" under the front area, as best I...

After many months of searching for "the floorplan" that we liked, we finally settled on the Gateway 3200RS. With a killer price to boot. Moving up from a 24' travel trailer and looking forward to the new unit. Wanted to just say "HI" to the forum members.