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Posted By: Gene in NE on 05/28/12 11:14am

Teacher's Pet - Are you talking about the pictures he had posted at this location on page 45 of this topic?

I believe I have a copy of those somewhere on a flash drive. I will try to put them on "photo bucket" and provide a link.

2002 Trail-Lite Model 211-S w/5.7 Chevy (click View Profile)
Gene

Posted By: Teacher's Pet on 05/28/12 12:51pm

Yes those are the one's...interested in his mods.

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Posted By: burlmart on 05/28/12 03:15pm

I kept this one cuz I thought I might want to do this

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2005 Trail Lite 213 B-Plus w/ 6.0 Chevy


Posted By: Gene in NE on 05/28/12 10:02pm

Teacher's Pet wrote:

Yes those are the one's...interested in his mods.
Here they are, hope Gary does not mind....

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The above shows the awning over the slide.
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The above shows the bed extension he added.
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I believe he was showing the extra seal he added for water proofing the slide.
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The above shows where the table top and pedestal are stored.
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The above shows the remodeled dining area seating.
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The above shows where the bed extension is stored.
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The above shows some changes to the plumbing - I don't remember what was changed.
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The above shows the storage tube for the longer sewage hose.
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The above picture without the table in the dinette.
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The above shows the change made to quiet down the rattle of the slide.
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The above shows the Yakima box on the roof and the sewage hose additions.
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The above shows another picture of the Yakima box.
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The above shows the hardware used for the bed extension attachment to the dinette.
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The above shows the bolts coming through the ceiling with washers to hold the Yakima box.
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The above shows the cushions laid out for sleeping.

Was going to share the entire folder, but could not make it work. So...needed to do individual pictures.
Added descriptions to the pictures.* [emoticon]

* This post was edited 05/28/12 10:55pm by Gene in NE *

Posted By: Teacher's Pet on 05/29/12 04:06am

Thanks Gene, interesting mods. Has any topic contributor made a change in the size of the battery access door on a 213 or other model Trail-lite that you remember?

Posted By: TN travelers on 06/05/12 06:46pm

We recently sold our Class A Monaco and want to downsize. We are considering B+, as there are only the two of us and small dog. We were thinking it might be nice not to have to tow a small car, just unhook for the day and sightsee, etc. Notice that the shorter B+ don't have a bed and we are wondering if anyone has one of these and how comfortable is the sofa that makes out into a bed for sleeping? If it's not good to sleep on, then we might go with the longer versions with a bed in the back and tow a small car. Thanks.

Posted By: rehoppe on 06/05/12 07:56pm

I saw one on the TV RV show a while back that had a Murphy Bed in it. Don't remember who built it though. sorry

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Posted By: Orion_42 on 06/05/12 08:12pm

My wife and I have the small Trail Lite (21') and usually just sleep with the sofa extended across to the dinette. We actually leave the dinette table set up and sleep with our upper body on the sofa and our legs on each of the dinette seats. It's pretty comfortable. We each use sheet-sacks (made by sewing a sheet to make a "sleeping bag") and a regular sleeping bag under us. Makes for a relatively quick close-up in the morning with the bedding stored under the sofa.

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2001 Trail Lite B+ 211

Posted By: Teacher's Pet on 06/11/12 08:16am

Haven't made it through all of the posts in this thread yet ... with my 40 posts per page I'm on page 68. I do have a question though. Has any one posted on enlarging the "battery hatch" opening when adding a second battery to the Trail Lite 213, ours is a 2004.

Posted By: burlmart on 06/22/12 04:16am

For those of us w/ short, relatively unloaded rigs, the following came up in a thread elsewhere, but folks here are more likely to be interested amd/or have some experience w/ my concern...


Gene in NE wrote:

We had a similar reaction to our RV when brand new. The entire coach body seemed to shudder when hitting the tar stripes in the concrete slab. It seemed like the spacing of those stripes made all the difference.

The eye opener for me was the first time I hooked up an enclosed trailer behind the RV with a motorcycle inside. All of a sudden the ride was much improved. My guess was the added weight on the hitch.

When we returned, took the RV to have it weighed. Then compared the actual weights to what the tire air pressure should be to carry that weight. Let a lot of air out of all the tires and WOW what a difference in the ride. The tires had been inflated to the maximum of 85 lbs. I dropped the rear duals (weighs 5,760 lbs) to 60 psi and the fronts (weighs 3,260) to 55 psi. Even with that deflated pressure, still averaging 12.1 miles per gallon.



burlmart wrote:

Going w/ the idea of simple things to do to improve ride on bumpy roads...

Our 9-10k rig is lightly loaded, even after having full water and gas. I am not interested in filling the waste tanks at home only to seek a dump station before a campsite at a cg, but might be willing to half fill the blackwater tank at center rear of our 22 ft rig (see sig pic).

Say I put 16 gallons in the blackwater tank (132#). This load is close to the rear hitch, so its like having a small bass boat in tow, like Gene's trailer..

Say the BW tank is 6 ft behind the rear axle and the front axle is 12 ft ahead of the rear, a lever analysis (taking force moments at front axle) shows the BW load adds (12+6)/12 x 132 = 200# to the rear axle, and so reduces the front axle load 200-132 = 70#.

I do not see a big advantage in axle load changes, but perhaps the damping and clamping effect of the 'effective bass boat' bearing down on the long rear RV overhang might really make this worth the troubles it poses.



Any B+ers have an experience where you noticed a full rear mounted BW tank helping or hurting ride? If it helps, is it worth the hassle of filling the BW tank before a trip only to have to visit a dump site within a day or two upon arriving at cg?

* This post was edited 06/22/12 04:23am by burlmart *

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