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RE: light weight travel trailer
I vote for the Heartland Edge M22 as well. I didn't need the bunk beds and I wanted something a little longer and so went with a North Trail 28RLS. The quality and factory customer service at Heartland is outstanding.
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07/16/10 02:01pm |
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RE: What gear do I need to use?
You're doing fine, by the above posts saying locking out OD they mean taking it out of D and put it into 3 or 4 or M (depends on what vehicle you are driving). If you didn't understand what they are talking about.
I am not sure what GM vehicles have but my Lincoln and the Dodge van I used to own had buttons that you pressed that took it out of O/D. The Dodge button was on the end of the column shifter. The Lincoln has a floor shifter and the button is on the console. If you have a towing button, that is probably your O/D button. I like others, take it out of O/D when climbing hills and when I get to the summit I put it back in and drive with the O/D on the descent as well as on the flat sections.
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07/16/10 08:12am |
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RE: Tow vehicle@#!!!!
Do you have an overdrive button? If so do you turn the overdrive off when going up hills? Is your coolant the correct mixture? Check your radiator hoses and make sure they haven't collapsed inside the hose. Does it happen at all outside temperatures or just when it is hot? Do you try and maintain the same speed going up hills as on the flats or do you let your van settle in at a lower climbing speed? I agree with others that you need a transmission cooler.
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07/13/10 11:47am |
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RE: Our new Casita
I love this high quality Built American RV.
Congratulations!! We have a high quality Canadian built RV!!
You must mean Baja Canada!:) They're made in Rice, Texas!
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05/13/10 08:18am |
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RE: Heartland Edge M22
I looked at the M22. I liked the size but didn't need the bunk beds. I thought the M21 was too short for us. If they made a 26ft TT without the BB I probably would have bought it. I liked the full paint option and wish other brands would add that on their trailers.
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05/12/10 08:07am |
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RE: Shopping for a new trailer
I just purchased a 2010 Heartland trailer. Heartland is now selling 2011 models so it was considered last years model. The dealer had it at 28% off MSRP. We ended getting it for 40% off. We gave them an out the door price we were willing to pay. Our sales tax rate in No. Calif. is 9.75% so I didn't want to offer them a price and then pay another almost 10% tax plus license. They came down twice but we stood firm with the offer and they conceded. It is still a buyers market out there and there are plenty of dealers willing to deal. If they won't agree to your price, just walk and tell them you will go somewhere else. Try and find a California manufacture, the shipping charges are a lot cheaper than an Indiana made trailer. Have you looked at Tango TT's they are well built and made in California.
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05/07/10 03:49pm |
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RE: New TT - Tires have cracks on the sidewall
What manufactures are still using DURO tires? Obviously these tires are******and the trailer manufactures now know it. Are there any manufactures still playing Russian roulettte with your life and installing these time bombs on their trailers?
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05/07/10 03:21pm |
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RE: TT of at least 20 feet
I would look into one of those FEMA trailers that our govt. was trying to dump, a little formaldehyde never hurt anyone!;)
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05/07/10 03:01pm |
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RE: Dumping on Flying J
n/a
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05/06/10 08:11pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Fulltiming, carpets & allergies
What in carpet are you allergic to. Most of todays carpets are made of synthetic yarn. Most do not use jute as the secondary backing. The sheet vinyl flooring used by the MH manufactures is of cheap quality. I like bamboo flooring but I doubt if Winnebago uses it in their coaches. If you stay away from wool carpet and if the carpet mill uses synthetic backing and you vacuum at least once a week I can't see why you couldn't use carpet in at least in the bedroom.
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04/28/10 01:26pm |
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RE: Pleasure-way Purchase
So far we have been able to park the Roadtrek at our condo. While the "executive" looks at it everytime they go past it, there has been no request to have it removed.
With the Pleasureway, it was only in the parking spot for about 48 hours before I got a telephone call to remove it immediately.
Guess the Roadtrek is less offensive to those non RV types.
I bet it was the placement of the PW air conditioner that gave it away as a MH.
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04/28/10 01:00pm |
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RE: How many tries to find the "right camper?
First take a look at your tow vehicle, are you going to use it or purchase a newer, bigger vehicle (more expensive). If you plan to use your current vehicle find out what the maximum weight and length you can tow. Once you know that, you can start looking for your TT.
I look for quality first within the towing guidelines. Then the floorplan. Picking a manufacture is something you will probably have to do by looking at their build quality. What is there warranty? One year? Two years? Three years? A longer factory warranty doesn't guarantee quality but I have found the better manufactures arn't affraid to give them to you. I would stay away from entry level models unless it's from a well known top of the line manufacture.
Do your homework and have an idea what manufactures and models you want to see. If possible try and see them at an RV show where they are all on the same site. Plan ahead, if you kids are nine or ten they probably arn't going to want to sleep in bunk beds in one or two years. Get them a tent. I am at a point where I want more conviences like electric awning,jacks,bigger tv, microwave oven. A walk around Queen bed is a must for me. Take your time it's a big purchase and you want to make sure your decision is the correct one.
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04/28/10 11:13am |
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RE: Recommend light weight TT please
What's your TV, what is described above could be too heavy or too long for your vehicle!
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04/28/10 10:14am |
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RE: When buying tires online
So you buy a tire from an on-line tire store. Let's say you have a tire problem like tire seperation. Who's going to help you for a warranty replacement? Unless you are saving a couple of hundred dollars by purchasing on-line and I am including shipping, mounting, your time to jack up your trailer and take the tires down to have them mounted and balanced. I have looked into purchasing car tires on-line from a place like Tire Rack. When you take in all the extra charges that go with on-line purchasing, I found the cost to be close to the same and a better piece of mind by purchasing locally.
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04/26/10 09:36am |
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RE: Heartland North trail and Caliber Opinions? Owners?
I looked at the Caliber 265 RBS over the weekend. My TV is a 1/2 ton P/U and thought that model was a little too heavy for me to pull. That was the only model of Caliber that the dealer had in stock. The RBS has the bed slideout. I didn't like the fact that it didn't have any night stands on either side of the bed. The 265 RLS model does. The Caliber is an upscale North Trail and is painted. I also wasn't crazy about them using two different colors of cabinets. If they wanted to go upscale, I would have did what Beaver Coach used to do and that was use burlwood facing whether real or laminate. I like the North Trail line and my wife really likes the North Trail 24RBS. I really like the Evergreen Ever-lite line but I am going to have to wait about another six weeks to drive 400 miles to see one.
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04/26/10 08:57am |
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RE: Heartland North trail and Caliber Opinions? Owners?
Have you seen Evergreen's Ever-Lite? No wood except in the interior.
www.goevergreenrv.com
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04/22/10 08:34pm |
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RE: Linoleum
I would go with bamboo flooring, looks like wood but much harder.
http://www.thebamboosite.com/bamboo-flooring.aspx
Sheet vinyl flooring as others have stated is not linoleum. Sheet vinyl comes in 6ft and 12ft widths, linoleum comes 6ft wide. If you use sheet vinyl you want to avoid seams at all costs. Most RV manufactures use Congoleum's Mobileflor. This is made for the mobile home and RV industry. It's a very low grade of sheet vinyl. Take a look at Mannington's CustomSpec which is a commercial grade of cushioned sheet vinyl.
http://www.floorsearch.com/commercial/customspec.asp
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04/22/10 11:09am |
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RE: Advice on TT for a Silverado half ton truck
Tystevens here is my novel!
Today my husband and I looked at some more trailers and we liked Key stones Passport Ultra lite camper 290BH(weight 5134)a good weight for us and has 4 bunks in addition to a bedroom with tv entertainment center between that and the living room, two person bar for extra eating room. We liked keystones 300BH(weight 5484) weight being a little higher than my husband wants, but it had 2nd bedroom area with a second sofa and bunk overhead, Ushape table. Both units have a small pull out. One not on the lot was 2910BH with 36”deep slide but also a little over (weighing 5465). The layout of this one is probably my favorite in any camper. I like the sofa and table slide out more than the kitchen and sofaslideout, but would have to be ordered. We also liked the Jayco’s Jay feather ultra lite 28R(weighing 5,218) with small sofa pull out, 2nd double bed with bunk overhead and a bigger kitchen area than others, but not really any more storage when you considered it all together. We liked Forest Rivers Surveyor SP280(weighing 4142) also a good wight for us, and it had 3 bunks, outside kitchen and small slide out. I didn’t like the fact that it didn’t have the divider between the bed room and living area. We looked at Evergreens Everlite 31DS9(weight 5,498) Similar to keystones 300BH and Evergreens 32MKS (weighing 5,341) similar to the Jayco 28R. We looked at Keysrones Bullet and Rockwoods but on the lot they were either to small or to big. Looked at Starcraft and they had one similar to Jayco’s feather lite. Liked the look of Jaycos on the outside better and Starcrafts inside better. Does anyone have any history of the quality of one of these campers or all they all about the same.
All the salesman I talk to claim they have a camper and camp too. I don’t know if I believe that. Maybe at a show. A few of the salesman seem to question us on why we thought we couldn’t pull the Premier(we almost bought) and why I thought I would pack 1500lbs or more of cargo, what did I take(just needed a couple of outfits), and why did we take water in the camper?
Well we had really planned on buying the Premier , saw it again today and turned my head :>( So much that we had already taken everything out of ours(what a mess) but husband got the idea since we had unpacked why didn't we(me) go downstairs and weigh everything that I could and I did! :>)
Items in camper and weights
3 Basket of towels, wash, kitchen, sheets 22-27 lbs -30x3=90lbs
Big blue bin of beach towels several coats --=37lbs
4 big jumbo pillows=10lbsx2==8 pillows=20lbs
1 big queen size comforter =10lbsx3of them-=30lbs
Linen & Coat Total weight-----177 lbs
16 Plastic plates, 8trays,8smlbowls,3lrgbowls,3stainless---=12lbs
Sml basket 30 glasses, pot holders--=10lbs
Set of 4 pans, 2 sets silverwear, extra knifes, scoops etc--=27lbs
Steak knife set in wood case--=12 lbs
Electric oven-=7lbs
Electric Skillet--=5lbs
Griddle top for grill, cutting board--=3lbs
2 kettles, 1 muffin, 2 Baking pan, dish drainer--=13lbs
2 stacks paper plates, 1 stack of cups, Plastic silverwear --=10lbs
Big Basket of 1 box garbage bags, 2 sandwich,napkins,2 tissue, 2 paper towels, 1 napkins,1 aluminum foil, trays, bag plastic cups, -----=38lbs
Small basket of 4 cleaners, 2 pitchers, 1 tea pot--=12lb
Kitchen Stuff--=159 lbs
Cards,scrabble game, Iron---=6lbs
Outside candles in straw basket--=7lbs
Step stool ladde--=6lbs
First aid kit---=2 lbs
Cosmetic, bath, shaving kits,3 lbs each x 10----=30lbs
3 large beach bag of soap, bug spray, shampoo, lotion, flashlights, hand vac, suntan lotion, clock, etc, 10lbs each----=30lbs
Beach bag of toys----=10lbs
Other Items for camping---=91lbs
10 shorts, 10 tops, 2bathing suits, 2 cover ups, 2 PJ, undergarments, sock----=15lbs
2 tennis shoes, 2 sandles, 1 swim shoes, 2 flip flops---=5lbs
Clothing & shoes per person is at least ---=20lbs X2 =40lbs
12- cans of food ---=14 lbs
Gallon of milk & cream---=4lb
Butter------ 1lb
Katsup---2lbs
mayo, mustard, pickles---2lbs
Jelly & peanut butter--2lbs
Cheese ---1lb
Eggs---2lb
Bacon & Sausage---2lb
Sugar---2lbs
Flour & meal--2lbs
Bologna, Ham, Turkey--3lbs
Cookies---1lb
Bread --2lb
Chips---- 2lb
Orange juice, soft drinks, water etc at least---12lb
Total food------------------54 lb
Other items not included but taken sometimes are: steak, more extra Ice, hot dogs, gound beef, buns, biscuits, tomato, lettuce, dressing, marshmallows, potatoes, pancake mix, syrup, muffin mix, frozen pizza, , extra drinks etc. (no lbs counted for these)
Guessed weights(with help of husband) Stuff that stays in camper or taken sometimes
Outside chairs 6lbs each x 8--48lbs
2 Outdoor grill & gas tank (one small grill came with camper 20lbs, larger one 30lbs,gas tank 25lbs))--=75lbs
2 Out door rug(20lbs each)--=40 lbs
Table for outside-=30lbs
Picnic table (with benches & taken sometimes)---=30lbs
Lantern—10lbs
2 care free awnings (40lbs each & only sometimes one or both taken -)---=80lbs
Outdoor lights---(5 - 6 sets)--=20lbs
Tools & Misc –(Ladder-20lbs, Axe 15 lbs,Wheel chocks 15lbs Tools 20lbs in truck already)--=70lbs
Big flash light/radio—5lbs
Movies--=5lbs
Cameras, phones—(including battery chargers and cases)=15lbs
Fishing rods and tackle box(taken sometimes)---=20lbs
Satalite dish & stand (30 lbs each)--=60lbs
Ice maker --=50lbs
Cooler (loaded with ice and drinks & taken usally in the summer always)---=50lb
Bikes(3) & Carrier(30lbs each, taken sometimes)---=120lbs
Water hoses , Sewer hoses & Chemicals --=50 lbs
Wood( taken sometimes) ---=100lbs
Ice cream maker (with crank and electric crank, taken sometimes)---= 25 lbs
2 Beach Umbrellas (15lbs each)& chairs (5lbs each)taken only to beach--=50lbs
Water (8 lbs gallon ) fresh water tank is 30 gallon but we don’t fill full, and other two tanks are 10 gallon each, & filled on long trips so we can use our own bathroom when we stop for breaks) ---= 300 lbs
Outdoor items, tools, water , etc., -- =total 1253 lbs
Things not counted—guests luggage, beach umbrellas, beach chairs, beach towels, their cooler and drinks. (not always taken but we have)
Total weight of cargo is 1774 in weight
A 5,000 weight of camper and cargo total of 1,774 (packed loaded) equals 6,774 lbs. Our truck pulls 7, 500 which gives us a margin of 726 lbs.
Are you using plastic glasses, better yet paper or other throw away type same with plates, plastic utinsils? Are your pots and pans of light weight material? You are taking way too much clothing, your camping it's ok to wear the same shorts more than once or twice. Buy your food near the campground don't haul it a couple hundred miles. How much of the stuff you are bringing doesn't get used or used enough to warrant bringing it along? I could use half of what you use!
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04/21/10 11:16pm |
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RE: TT Tires
Carlisle travel trailer tires!
http://www.carlisletirestore.com/store/usatrl.htm
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04/19/10 09:33pm |
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RE: Newbie needs help with TT, all suggestions appreciated!
You might want to check out the Heartland EDGE M22. It's 26ft long has a queen bed and bunk beds. It has a dry weight of 3690 lbs and a GVWR of 4900 lbs.
http://www.heartlandrvs.com/product.html?id=12&name=EDGE&type=Ultra+Lightweights
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04/19/10 09:14pm |
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