I purchased an 06 Grand Canyon and offer the following suggestions or comments:
The pull-out divider in the bedroom needs the snap strip that holds it in place moved to approx. 2 feet off the floor. This would stop the divider from getting off track at the bottom and getting caught between the wall and bedroom slide-out. I learned this the hard way with my previous 5th wheel. A simple fix is to connect a few of the wire stays you get when purchasing a new water hose, slide the stay between the divider frame and the wall, secure the ends and the problem is sloved.
I had a problem with 2 recessed lights not working properly. What happens is the connectors you slide the bulb into actually over time will bends the 2 wire prongs and causes a poor connection. Fix is to straighten the prongs or replace the blub. Due the cost of the bulb, I would repair and keep going.
I pull the 06 GC with an 02 F350, long bed, 7.3 PS. I resently damaged the ABS Ford standard rail cap, left side, that came with the truck. I was making a sharp left turn and the extreme rear edge of the box that is turned outward caught the edge of the rail cap. The Trailair hitch is to long. I have never had this problem with my previous 5th wheel. I should be able to made a sharp turn without damging my truck. Any suggestions.
Shower stall leaked. Sloved it in less than 5 minutes using clear silicon caulking.
Ice maker leaked water into the ice bin each time it filled up with water. Fixed in seconds, the installer did not mount the front of the ice maker frame in the refrigerator slot in refrigerator side wall.
Heartland needs to make a design change to allow the 2 grey water tanks to overflow into each other. In our case, holding tank # 1 for the kitchen never gets full even camping a full week but holding tank # 2 for the shower has to be empted in 3 days even if you take a Navy shower. Can it be done for our 06 GC? This is important and sure would make our camping life eaiser.
The storage compartment for the sewer line should be removed. You have probably heard enough of this. It just does not work, to small and who wants to remove the end connections just to store the hose. Somebody missed it here.
Yes, we love our GC. Heartland has moved the bench mark for 5th wheels to a higher level. I have had fewer problems with the GC than with our previous Fleetwood Pride.
I would appreciate someone contacting us on the hitch issue and the question concerning the grey water tank transfer. I tried filling the # 2 tank to see if it would transfer over and it never did, just backed up in the shower stall. Actually, the # 2 tank never did come out of the overflow pipe underneath the unit. I assumed that the 3 pipes coming out under the camper is overflow pipes for the greywater and fresh water tank.
The pull-out divider in the bedroom needs the snap strip that holds it in place moved to approx. 2 feet off the floor. This would stop the divider from getting off track at the bottom and getting caught between the wall and bedroom slide-out. I learned this the hard way with my previous 5th wheel. A simple fix is to connect a few of the wire stays you get when purchasing a new water hose, slide the stay between the divider frame and the wall, secure the ends and the problem is sloved.
I had a problem with 2 recessed lights not working properly. What happens is the connectors you slide the bulb into actually over time will bends the 2 wire prongs and causes a poor connection. Fix is to straighten the prongs or replace the blub. Due the cost of the bulb, I would repair and keep going.
I pull the 06 GC with an 02 F350, long bed, 7.3 PS. I resently damaged the ABS Ford standard rail cap, left side, that came with the truck. I was making a sharp left turn and the extreme rear edge of the box that is turned outward caught the edge of the rail cap. The Trailair hitch is to long. I have never had this problem with my previous 5th wheel. I should be able to made a sharp turn without damging my truck. Any suggestions.
Shower stall leaked. Sloved it in less than 5 minutes using clear silicon caulking.
Ice maker leaked water into the ice bin each time it filled up with water. Fixed in seconds, the installer did not mount the front of the ice maker frame in the refrigerator slot in refrigerator side wall.
Heartland needs to make a design change to allow the 2 grey water tanks to overflow into each other. In our case, holding tank # 1 for the kitchen never gets full even camping a full week but holding tank # 2 for the shower has to be empted in 3 days even if you take a Navy shower. Can it be done for our 06 GC? This is important and sure would make our camping life eaiser.
The storage compartment for the sewer line should be removed. You have probably heard enough of this. It just does not work, to small and who wants to remove the end connections just to store the hose. Somebody missed it here.
Yes, we love our GC. Heartland has moved the bench mark for 5th wheels to a higher level. I have had fewer problems with the GC than with our previous Fleetwood Pride.
I would appreciate someone contacting us on the hitch issue and the question concerning the grey water tank transfer. I tried filling the # 2 tank to see if it would transfer over and it never did, just backed up in the shower stall. Actually, the # 2 tank never did come out of the overflow pipe underneath the unit. I assumed that the 3 pipes coming out under the camper is overflow pipes for the greywater and fresh water tank.
