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RE: Equalizer 4 point
I am getting to redo my setup after getting a different tow vehicle,noticed the washers and the button bolt or whatever it is is loose, is this normal? It is not mounted on the truck but I thought it was a bolt?
Not normal. When you move it to the new truck make sure all is tight. On mine (and I think it's in the manual) I left the big side bolts loose and hitched the trailer including the WD bars. Raised the tongue jack so all the weight was on the hitch. This put all the pressure on the washers. Then tightened the 5/8 inch bolt on the bottom of the head and tightened the large side bolts.
Eventually I'll probably have to do this again, but so far it's been tight for a few years.
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05/24/12 08:22pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Help!!!
Side lights are also hooked to your taillights. So theoretically you can go camping as long as you can be sure you will only drive during daylight hours.
Personally I would spray some WD-40 into the socket on the truck end and then plug, wiggle, and unplug the cord multiple times. I've had to do this many times over the years at the beginning of the season to get all my lights working.
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05/23/12 10:53pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Water pump issue while de-winterizing. Input needed.
The check valve is part of the threaded fitting on the side of the trailer. Sometimes you can look into the fitting and see the valve cocked sideways. Use a small probe and recenter the valve.
If that doesn't work you'll have to pull the three screws holding the fill port to the side of the trailer. Then go buy another one as well as some butyl tape to seal it back up.
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05/23/12 10:48pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Help, My Flojet will not shut itself off.....
Sounds like it possibly has air in the line. Here's what I would do.
First turn off the switch to stop the pump. Then open a hot faucet and drain the pressure out of the line. Leave the valve open and go open the pressure relief valve on the water heater. If water comes out let it drain until it stops. Go turn on the pump for a second and see if water cones out of the water heater relief valve. If water comes out of the valve turn off the pump again and close the water heater valve.
Now go to each faucet to see if it has an aerator that can be unscrewed from the tip. Unscrew every aerator that you can and leave it out. Make sure every valve is off including the outside shower. Now turn on the pump and let it run for a few seconds. Open each faucet both hot and cold and let them run for a bit. Make sure you run the toilet, bathtub or shower and the outside shower.
Close all valves and see if the pump is working properly..
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05/22/12 11:52pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Can I Add A 2nd Battery and/or LP Tank?
Do you have to access the spare tire from the top to get it down? If not I would either use a piece of expanded metal or some 3/4 inch painted plywood across the frame rails covering the spare tire. Then you have a big enough space to move things around adding both a battery and another tank.
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05/21/12 11:58pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Converting electric brakes hookup to a 4 pin trailer hookup
I'd say that's a good price. Some times it's easier to just let someone else do it and get it done with. You know though now that you've done this it will bug you every time you pull the boat with no brakes. :)
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05/21/12 11:40pm |
Folding Trailers
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RE: Anyone know if Costco is still selling Golf Cart Batteries?
The one I frequent in San Diego still sells them. From what I've read on the forums here some Costco's carry them and some don't.
As far as them fitting, they will fit in a standard battery box, but they're about 1.5 inches too tall. I bought new battery boxes when I replaced my 12 volts with 6 volts.
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05/21/12 12:15am |
Tech Issues
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RE: accidentally plugged in 240v to 120v camper....Help!!!
Sorry to hear about the mistake. If your husband is handy I would have him open the back of the microwave. I believe there is a fuse in there and it might just be blown.
Unfortunately the rest of the non-working appliances will probably have to be replaced.
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05/20/12 10:42pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Do i need a 12v battery to tow my trailer to the campground?
Thanks for all the great/quick responses AND information!! I decided not take any chances so I put the darned battery in the truck and drove to get a new one! Found out I couldn't just replace the post...
I think the important question here is do you know why the battery post was damaged? :S
I'm just guessing, but if it melted down you most likely hooked it up backward. If you did hook it up backwards then you probably also blew the reverse polarity fuses in your converter.
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05/20/12 10:21pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Converting electric brakes hookup to a 4 pin trailer hookup
Glad you decided to go with a brake controller, I think it's money well spent and some day you may be glad you did. I know we can get insistent on this forum, but most of us really do mean well. :)
Now that you've decided to install the controller I'm going to shamelessly try to convince you to buy what I and many on the forum believe to be the best controller for the money. :) Below are some basics on trailer brake controllers.
The trailer brakes are controlled by a variable electrical signal (voltage) from the installed brake controller. The stronger the voltage provided, the stronger the brakes are applied.
There are three basic type of controllers, time based, inertia based, and pressure based. Here's some pros and cons for each type.
Time based:
Pros,
Common.
Inexpensive.
Fairly easy to install.
Use a timer to apply brakes, first lightly and increases pressure over time.
Works okay for average driving
Cons,
Brakes feel jerky.
Use a timer to apply brakes, first lightly and increases pressure over time.
Potentially leaves you with insufficient brakes in a panic stop.
Inertia based controller.
Pros,
Same install effort as time based.
Uses a pendulum or accelerometer to measure braking force and applies trailer brakes accordingly.
applies brakes smoothly so you don't feel jerks.
You step on brakes hard, it steps on brakes hard.
Cons,
A bit more expensive than time based.(apprx $40 - $70 more).
Still a tiny bit jerky but hardly noticeable.
Pressure based controller.
Pros,
Smoothest brake application of the three.
Monitors braking force via a pressure sensor in the brake hydraulic lines.
The best at matching tow vehicle and trailer braking force.
Cons,
Several hundred dollars more than the inertia based controller.
Must be plumbed into the tow vehicles hydraulic brake system.
Not very common.
Of the three types of controllers you will find many of us on the forum use and recommend the Prodigy line of inertia based controllers manufactured by Tekonsha. Here's a link to one vendor who has excellent prices. RvWholesalers. Depending on your tow vehicle they might also have an adapter wiring harness for another $10-$15 that will plug right into your vehicles existing wiring harness. This makes the install as simple as plugging in the harness and using two provided screws to mount the controller to the bottom of the dash. Truly a 15 minute operation.
If you have a week to spare while you wait for shipping, I would ask your dealer how much to install if you provide the controller. If it's not much more money, you will be far ahead to install a prodigy which will scale well if you decide to buy a larger trailer in the future.
Give us your tow vehicle year, make and model and there's probably someone on this forum who has installed the same and can tell you how involved it is as a do it yourself proposition.
Good luck with it. :)
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05/19/12 01:09am |
Folding Trailers
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RE: Storage Basics
Unless it's going to drop below freezing you've about summed it up.
empty the refrigerator so nothing rots.
Find a way to leave the refrigerator doors ajar so they can air out. Many refrigerators have a lever that does this. You can also buy a clip at camping world that keeps the door open. Bottom line is you don't want to forget this step or you will come backto a potentially very smelly fridge. :E
Turn the propane bottles off at the valves located on top.
Look at the battery or batteries.
If only one battery, find the wire that goes to the post on the battery marked (- or NEG) Disconnect that wire and put the wing nut back on so it doesn't get lost.
If two batteries there will be two different posts marked (- or NEG) find the post that has the wire connecting to the trailer. Disconnect that wire.
Lock it all up
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05/17/12 11:26pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Converting electric brakes hookup to a 4 pin trailer hookup
My boat has no trailer brakes and it's around 2500 lbs,
Thanks again guys
Could the boat trailer have surge brakes? Is there a master cylinder mounted to the trailer tongue?
As far as are brakes a necessity? I guess only you can really answer that question. If it's within your state laws to tow without brakes then it would depend on your personal comfort level with the setup.
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05/17/12 11:01pm |
Folding Trailers
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RE: Converting electric brakes hookup to a 4 pin trailer hookup
If it was my setup I would spend the hundred bucks to hook up a Prodigy brake controller and be done with it. I don't want to ever have an accident and stand before a jury trying to justify why I felt it was okay for me to drive around without the brakes hooked up.
I don't know where you live, but where I live (California) that would be a bad position to be in.
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05/17/12 10:55pm |
Folding Trailers
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RE: Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos
We use those fire place scissor type tongs. Nice to be able to grab a hold of a log for repositioning.
I use the scissors type too. They come in great to let one of the kids use a hatchet to chop kindling. I just sit back and hold the board with the tongs, and the kids only have to worry about hitting the wood.
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05/17/12 01:58pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Anybody ever tried Changing Canvas to Velcro?
Are you talking about a popup trailer?
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05/14/12 10:20pm |
Folding Trailers
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RE: No water in kitchen sink
Unscrew the aerator from the tip of the kitchen faucet. See if water flows with it unscrewed. If so clean out the aerator and reinstall. If it's plugged with calcium you can try soaking it in white vinegar overnight to see if it helps.
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05/14/12 06:48pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Clogged Toilet
Can't hurt to try a plunger. Hopefully you don't have a pile of poo under the toilet. That usually happens if you leave the black valve open while using hookups, or not using enough water per flush.
You might have to find something like an old broom handle to push down into the toilet and break up the mound. then use lots of water to flush it all out. Oh and throw the broom handle away when done.
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05/14/12 06:30pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: ez grease bearings
Should there be some resistance after a couple of squirts of grease on the trigger or will grease keep flowing regardless of number of pulls
No the resistance does not go up. You are supposed to pump until you get new grease out of the front.
In my opinion though, that just wastes a lot of grease that sits in the hub doing nothing. I prefer a good hand pack for the bearings so I can inspect for wear.
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05/14/12 04:00pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Stabilizers down?
I only put mine down if camping. In storage they are always up.
bartlettj, you might be over thinking the stabilizers. I've never heard of a travel trailer tipping up without the stabilizers deployed. Try lowering your rear stabilizers until they are about 1/2 inch off the ground. Then get two big friends to walk into the bathroom and have someone look at the stabilizers. I'll bet they settle some from the weight, but don't lift the tongue off the ground. I also don't think you can apply enough off center load with just a few people moving around in the trailer to bend the tongue jack. If that was possible I would think the dealers would deploy the stabilizers on all their stock.
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05/14/12 03:04pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Electric jack kill switch
Mine has a fuse right by the battery. I always pull the fuse when it's in storage. If I was concerned with kids messing with it I would not think twice about pulling the fuse.
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05/11/12 01:55pm |
Travel Trailers
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