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RE: Can I Close My Low Point Drain?
The low point drain shouldn't be open but many trailers have an overflow hose that will allow excess water out if you try to overflow the tank.
It may be worth checking how full the tank really is. It's not uncommon for the overflow connection to be well below full. We had a trailer where the 40gal fresh water tank would syphon off almost 10gal if it started overflowing. Not a big deal if on a full hook up site or boondocking for a night but if you are off water for multiple days it's a nuisance.
Added a simple valve to the end of the overflow hose. Typically left it open so it would still perform it's purpose but if boondocking, I would close it once it started to overflow (and obviously stop filling the tank). This allowed full use of the tank when boondocking for multiple days.
My new Wolf Pup had this issue. The builders didn't bother to run a vent hose up to the water filler vent like they did on my old popup, but just left the tank vent fitting open to dump out from underneath. It was below the full level of the tank, and going over the hills at the campground after we filled it, the water kept dumping out until we got it parked and level. Ran out of water on our second night since it was nowhere near full. Now that I have run a vent line up to the vent next to the filler, it can fill all the way and it doesn't spill out as it tilts while I'm moving it.
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sparkydave
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08/17/23 11:04am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Site squatters
Because of scenarios like this, we always keep a couple of $9.99 WalMart camp chairs and an old tablecloth to put out so that the site shows that it is occupied.
It's seems to be effective as we have never had someone try to take our space, but if we lose the chairs and tablecloth we aren't out much.
How do you put table and chairs in a reserved site before you get there?
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sparkydave
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08/07/23 02:40pm |
General RVing Issues
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Site squatters
I'll say this is a first for me. Showed up at the campground Friday night where I had a reservation, had a map of the campground since I hadn't been there before, and... There's somebody's truck parked in the middle of our site. Double check the reservation e-mail, and yeah, that's our site all right. Fortunately, when I asked the folks next door if that was their truck, they were apologetic about it and quickly moved the truck out of our site. I'm just glad they were around, since they disappeared for most of Saturday.
You would think that if the campground had a sign out front saying they were full, one could infer that that empty site might not stay empty, so parking on a site you didn't reserve might not be a good idea.
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sparkydave
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08/07/23 10:20am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: May have towed too much weight
What year is your Pilot? I have a 2015, I know the newer ones might need the transmission cooler added as an accessory to get the 5000 pound capacity. If it was hunting a lot on highways and you weren't shifting to lower gears as recommended in your owner's manual, you may have cooked the fluid. My Pilot did OK with our ~3200 lb camper (my Pilot is rated 4500), but it had its work cut out and I had to use D3 on the highways.
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sparkydave
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05/22/23 01:54pm |
Towing
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