Any Vengeance owners

[Electra glide]

Originally Posted by emm-dee

I added two extra scissor jacks directly forward of the front axle. Made a world of difference. I have to try really hard to make it bounce now.

Also put slideout jacks under the rear deck. The cable is going to always allow bouncing. Adjust the jack screw up until I can barely feel the cable start to loosen.

Could you take a side picture showing the all your jacks? I installed extra ones on mine and the thing still bounces. Not the deck the whole trailer. Maybe I am not cranking the jacks enough? It's annoying and the guys with the auto level system have no bounce. I have walked through a few of them and that is how I want mine.

[groomn]

We also have a sony deck, ours does not play dvd, although we thought it did. we had to go out and buy a dvd player. The 3 jacks (which no one at the dealership knew what they were for) connects the garage tv to the main tv so when you do buy a dvd player you can play the dvd on the main tv and it will play in the garage when connected to the jacks.

[Jeremy66]

Thank you, I will go out and get a separate DVD player

[emm-dee]

Originally Posted by Electra glide

Could you take a side picture showing the all your jacks? I installed extra ones on mine and the thing still bounces. Not the deck the whole trailer. Maybe I am not cranking the jacks enough? It's annoying and the guys with the auto level system have no bounce. I have walked through a few of them and that is how I want mine.

My 25V is in the carport now so cannot get a pix of all the jacks at once. Here's a closeup of the added jack in front of the forward axle. Notice the permanently attached foot pad that really helps.

As far as "tightening" the jacks, I run mine down with a torque releasing impact drill until the torque release activates. That way I know all six jacks have equal pressure. After setting with the drill I add 1.5 turns with the hand crank. They are very tight. On soft ground I usually have to retorque them the next day.

[Electra glide]

Originally Posted by emm-dee

My 25V is in the carport now so cannot get a pix of all the jacks at once. Here's a closeup of the added jack in front of the forward axle. Notice the permanently attached foot pad that really helps.

As far as "tightening" the jacks, I run mine down with a torque releasing impact drill until the torque release activates. That way I know all six jacks have equal pressure. After setting with the drill I add 1.5 turns with the hand crank. They are very tight. On soft ground I usually have to retorque them the next day.

The picture didn't show up. But I copied and pasted the link and saw it.
DO you actually raise the trailer tires off the ground with the jacks? I replaced the jacks in the rear and added a set just in front of the axles but mine still bounces. Maybe I need to add one more set behind the axles? I wonder now if the JT Strongarms or similar setup would help?

[emm-dee]

Originally Posted by Electra glide

The picture didn't show up. But I copied and pasted the link and saw it.
DO you actually raise the trailer tires off the ground with the jacks? I replaced the jacks in the rear and added a set just in front of the axles but mine still bounces. Maybe I need to add one more set behind the axles? I wonder now if the JT Strongarms or similar setup would help?

NO, the tires are definitely not off the ground. I do put a lot of pressure on the jacks. When it's not so hot outside I'll put a scale under one of them but for now I'll guess it to be 200-300 pounds per jack.

I looked at the landing gear on the 320 and, compared to my gooseneck horse trailer, it doesn't look to be as stable as I would like. I suggest you set the stab jacks really tight and see if it makes a difference. Then, you could temporarily place another pair of scissor jacks first close to the front and then behind the axle. If they work OK then you could permanently mount them.

As far as the JT system I think it would help, more for side to side bounce than up/down. It definitely wouldn't hurt but I'd try the extra scissors before spending the money for the JT.

[Electra glide]

Here is what mine looks like. I also built a ladder for the bunk beds in the back. Fixed the tv pulling the wall off in the garage. Installed a Maxx air cover on the bathroom vent. Bought some folding stools from Walmart for the island in kitchen.

[Electra glide]

Not sure if I mentioned this but it's always nice to find out your paperwork on the camper is wrong...but in my favor.
My fresh is listed at 100 gal- I agree
Black is listed at 38- I agree
Grey is listed at 38- Nope it's somewhere in the 60 range. My blue tank is 40 and I was not expecting it to be filled. Thankfully other people had tanks also so I had to transfer a lot of grey water.

[emm-dee]

Originally Posted by Electra glide

Not sure if I mentioned this but it's always nice to find out your paperwork on the camper is wrong...but in my favor.
My fresh is listed at 100 gal- I agree
Black is listed at 38- I agree
Grey is listed at 38- Nope it's somewhere in the 60 range. My blue tank is 40 and I was not expecting it to be filled. Thankfully other people had tanks also so I had to transfer a lot of grey water.

I'm confused. What is a "blue" tank?

[Electra glide]

Originally Posted by emm-dee

I'm confused. What is a "blue" tank?

A portable poop tank so if you don't have full hook up you can dump without moving camper.

[emm-dee]

Duuuuuhhh. I should have known that. Sometimes things have to be 'splained to me.

[Electra glide]

Originally Posted by emm-dee

Duuuuuhhh. I should have known that. Sometimes things have to be 'splained to me.

Maybe someone else didn't know either and now they know! lol I didn't know what a blue tank was until I was camping for a week without one and thought I would have to hook up to go dump. Thankfully there were knowledgeable people camping next to me that let me know about it.

[Electra glide]

Just curious do any 320A owners know the size of the mattress in the bedroom? I am looking into buying a memory foam since we bought one for the house and love it.

[groomn]

Originally Posted by Electra glide

Just curious do any 320A owners know the size of the mattress in the bedroom? I am looking into buying a memory foam since we bought one for the house and love it.

This bed is called a Vengence king....what does this mean. It is basically a short king that is also a bit narrower than a king. For a topper get a king and cut it.

As for a mattress replacement, 11/2 years later I am still trying tomfigure it out!

The actual measurements are 67x74mattress and
62x711/2 for the frame box

[Electra glide]

Originally Posted by groomn

This bed is called a Vengence king....what does this mean. It is basically a short king that is also a bit narrower than a king. For a topper get a king and cut it.

As for a mattress replacement, 11/2 years later I am still trying tomfigure it out!

The actual measurements are 67x74mattress and
62x711/2 for the frame box

I was thinking about this one https://www.amazon.com/Zinus-Ultima-...RSHCBZJ81JWAXN

This one is cheaper and more closely matches what we use in the house https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072M8KWW1..._t2_B01BW7H5G6

[groomn]

This would probably be your best bet. I would actually like to hear feed back.
We have had sleep numbers in the past and love them and are considering a short queen as a replacement for our vengeance king.

[Electra glide]

Originally Posted by groomn

This would probably be your best bet. I would actually like to hear feed back.
We have had sleep numbers in the past and love them and are considering a short queen as a replacement for our vengeance king.

We bought a Zinus 12 inch Gel infused to replace our mattress at home. Almost four months now and we love it! Once the campgrounds open here it's in my amazon cart to order the mattress for the camper. I just want to be as close as possible for measurements when I order it.
This one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[groomn]

people have stated they have used a regular king, but you will have a lot of hang over, sides and bottom, with the short queen you will have correct length however about and 1" on either side of the wood frame. We will probably go the short queen and find a way to cover the wood edge such as a swimming pool noodle.

[TBKHomeworld]

We purchased a memory foam mattress to replace our factory mattress. I looked for one that was as close to the size as possible but the memory foam was still slightly larger. I also was very specific about the weight of the mattress, I wanted something that was pretty light but didn't allow us to sink all the way to the underlying boards.

A few things on it:

1) It makes changing the sheets very difficult now. The mattress is squeezed between the headboard sides and is slightly longer than factory. Not a major problem for me but DW has a difficult time pulling the mattress out to put on the sheets.

2) It weighs more, so be prepared to take that into account. It is critical to not put anything on top of the bed when you are using the slides, otherwise damage could happen.

3) I had to beef up the underlying structure of my bed. It was already weak anyway as the previous owner had not treated it well. I took 2 X 2 and some 2 X 4 and made a beefier structure allowing it to easily handle the weight better. This added to the weight but was needed. I also was able to stop the bow in the middle of the mattress by using cross braces.


We have considered cutting it down to size, however we are unsure what the results might be by doing that.

[Electra glide]

Our bed is not on a slide the dresser and closets are the slide. Yeah I can see it being a tight fit between the closets at the head of the bed.