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07-30-2015, 07:52 AM
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#4541
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Location: Grayson County, Texas
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Originally Posted by Big Bill
good fix, another fix is dont go into freezing temps
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To whom are you addressing this comment?
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2015 FR Wildcat 295RSX / GMC Sierra
Nights Camped: '13 = 49/'14 = 74/'15 = 74/'16 = 85/'17 = 110/'18 = 111/'19 = 86/'20 =108/'21 = 115/'22 = 135/'23 = 78; Booked for 2024 = 69
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07-30-2015, 10:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 60
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Replaced the crappy breakaway cable with a new coiled cable. The old one was too long and would occasionally find it dragging on the ground.
This one is coiled so wont drag, and comes with a carabiner to clip onto the truck and a keychain type ring to attach at the switch.
Made by the Equalizer guys I believe ...
Zip™ Breakaway Cable » Fastway Trailer Products
Found it locally for about $11 all in.
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07-31-2015, 06:30 PM
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#4543
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Cut Off, La.
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The last two days I gave her a bath and wax job.
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08-01-2015, 02:53 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Manahawkin
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Getting ready for a week long trip to Cape May, installed new Anderson Hitch so we will see how much better this is.
2014 F150 FX4 Crew 4X4 EB
2015 Roo 23IKSS
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2013 Crusader 295RST Touring Edition
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08-01-2015, 05:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Austin
Posts: 218
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Finally installed the BAL Lock-Arm stabilizers that I bought a year ago. I realized I was going to have to cut away some of the trim strips underneath the trailer in order to get a good seat on the brackets and hit the I-beam, and I really didn't want to do that to a brand new trailer. So I procrastinated. A year. :-)
Tomorrow I attach OC's awning pole hardware.
Left to do is remove the poorly placed water filter, and add cable ports in the entertainment center to pass HDMI cables from the BluRay up to the TV.
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08-01-2015, 05:59 PM
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#4546
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 454
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Just installed a Progressive EMS-HW30C Surge Protector in the new fifth wheel, in the space behind the fuse panel
Getting ready for a short trip next Thur-Sun
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2016 Ford F-250 Lariat CrewCab, 4x4, 6.2L V8
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08-01-2015, 07:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Hattiesburg, MS
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[QUOTE=Red Wolf;941845]Finally installed the BAL Lock-Arm stabilizers that I bought a year ago. I realized I was going to have to cut away some of the trim strips underneath the trailer in order to get a good seat on the brackets and hit the I-beam, and I really didn't want to do that to a brand new trailer. So I procrastinated. A year. :-)
Well, have you formed an opinion on the BAL's yet?
How many and how did you mount them?
Pics would be real nice too.
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2012 Flagstaff V Lite 30 WRLTS
2005 Dodge Ram 2500 5.7 Mag Hemi 3.72 Rearaxle
Nights camped 2015 = 23
Nights camped 2016 = 25
Nights camped 2017 = 13
Nights camped 2018 = 3
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08-01-2015, 08:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Austin
Posts: 218
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Wife: "Did you take pics? You know someone's going to ask for pics!"
Me: No, no one is going to want to see pics.
Way to go, Timex. Prove my wife right. :-) I'll get pics for you tomorrow.
My first impression? The darn things work! Before I installed them I could rock the trailer by pushing against the side. Once installed and locked, that puppy doesn't budge.
PS: Wife is laughing at me from her office after I read this to her.
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08-01-2015, 09:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Hattiesburg, MS
Posts: 1,658
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That's a good wife you've got there.
She let's you buy toys for the camper!
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2012 Flagstaff V Lite 30 WRLTS
2005 Dodge Ram 2500 5.7 Mag Hemi 3.72 Rearaxle
Nights camped 2015 = 23
Nights camped 2016 = 25
Nights camped 2017 = 13
Nights camped 2018 = 3
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08-01-2015, 09:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Where ever we are parked
Posts: 516
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Washed the 5er and tv, and waxed the tv. Can't get those black streaks off. What are yall using that works?
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2012 Dodge 3500, SLT Big Horn,CC,DRW,Cummins HO, EB, 4x4, 3:73, Retrax Pro, Q20, TST507, Garmin RV760, Sleek 4g
2014 Cedar Creek, 36CKTS, 1000w Solar, TriStar MPPT 60, Magnum 2000w, PI EMS, WiFi Ranger Elite, Sleek 4g, Wingard DTV Traveler
Retired Army in 1995, and now retired in 2016
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08-01-2015, 10:03 PM
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#4551
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 557
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Black streak remover from rv store. Can't for the life of me remember the name of it.
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08-02-2015, 09:05 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Collierville, TN
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As for black streaks many have recommended Amazing cleaner from dollar tree. I have used and it does work but my concern is how strong it is and takes wax off. I waxed my MH this summer and it is a JOB, but the wax took the black streaks off better than anything else I have tried. Another benefit of the wax is the streaks clean off so much easier after you wax. My MH is not full body paint and the oxidation of the gelcoat was fairly extensive since it sits out side in the weather. I would like to get another coat of wax on it but not sure when that will happen.
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2011 Georgetown 350TS
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08-02-2015, 11:27 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Not so much as what I am doing to my camper but what the Campingworld dealership is going to do..
I get a new outside speaker and awning for my 2703WS because the numbnuts at Campingworld in Calera Alabama backed a trailer into mine.... Tore my awning 3 - 4 layers down (it was rolled up of course) and a good 10 inch gash..
Broke the speaker off the camper ..
Damaged the body... Campingworld says that they just don't know HOW that would have happened and one of their people actually suggested that it didn't happen on their lot!! (BTW where my camper has been for the past 4 weeks waiting on warranty work!)
And, of course, they just couldn't understand why I got soooo upset
I will never understand these people.
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2015 Ram 1500 5.7 V8
2014 Rockwood 2703WS
2020 is a BUST!
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08-02-2015, 02:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Hattiesburg, MS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ejknight
Not so much as what I am doing to my camper but what the Campingworld dealership is going to do..
I get a new outside speaker and awning for my 2703WS because the numbnuts at Campingworld in Calera Alabama backed a trailer into mine.... Tore my awning 3 - 4 layers down (it was rolled up of course) and a good 10 inch gash..
Broke the speaker off the camper ..
Damaged the body... Campingworld says that they just don't know HOW that would have happened and one of their people actually suggested that it didn't happen on their lot!! (BTW where my camper has been for the past 4 weeks waiting on warranty work!)
And, of course, they just couldn't understand why I got soooo upset
I will never understand these people.
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I think I would be attentive to the screw and wire openings since they have been exposed to the elements. Doesn't take much for water to find a way in. I'd check to see if there might be some staining/water damage in an interior cabinet or down a wall before you sign off on the repair.
Just my .02.
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2012 Flagstaff V Lite 30 WRLTS
2005 Dodge Ram 2500 5.7 Mag Hemi 3.72 Rearaxle
Nights camped 2015 = 23
Nights camped 2016 = 25
Nights camped 2017 = 13
Nights camped 2018 = 3
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08-02-2015, 02:15 PM
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#4556
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 138
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Timex
I think I would be attentive to the screw and wire openings since they have been exposed to the elements. Doesn't take much for water to find a way in. I'd check to see if there might be some staining/water damage in an interior cabinet or down a wall before you sign off on the repair.
Just my .02.
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Timex I have to agree with you. It has been raining here too much and I know water got in -- the speaker was FULL of water.
Something tells me they are going to try to get over on me any way they can. That seems to be their way of doing customers.
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2015 Ram 1500 5.7 V8
2014 Rockwood 2703WS
2020 is a BUST!
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08-02-2015, 04:58 PM
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#4557
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 1,397
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Cursed it out, again.
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08-02-2015, 05:13 PM
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#4558
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 941
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ejknight
Not so much as what I am doing to my camper but what the Campingworld dealership is going to do..
I get a new outside speaker and awning for my 2703WS because the numbnuts at Campingworld in Calera Alabama backed a trailer into mine.... Tore my awning 3 - 4 layers down (it was rolled up of course) and a good 10 inch gash..
Broke the speaker off the camper ..
Damaged the body... Campingworld says that they just don't know HOW that would have happened and one of their people actually suggested that it didn't happen on their lot!! (BTW where my camper has been for the past 4 weeks waiting on warranty work!)
And, of course, they just couldn't understand why I got soooo upset
I will never understand these people.
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Ouch!! We feel for you after having so many of our own problems with Camping World. Best of luck and don't give them an inch!!! Take lots of pictures and document everything!
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08-02-2015, 05:24 PM
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#4559
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Austin
Posts: 218
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Timex
How many and how did you mount them?
Pics would be real nice too.
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Ok, pics
Side view:
Front view:
Side detail, where I had to cut the trim to get a good seat for the bracket. I used 14-2 2" hex-head metal screws, not self-tapping, to get through the wood framing that is between the bottom skin and the I-beam.
Front detail. This was the show stopper last year. If you put the bracket up against the seam, the bolts are 1/8" inch from the edge of the I-beam. I imagined the would rip right through. I took a 5/8" thick block of bamboo flooring I had laying around and used is to build a level platform for the bracket, and cut some of the plastic underbody away. I used construction glue to hold the block in place, bored holes through it, and again used the same 14-2 screws. Nice fit. Coated the entire thing with black Rustoleum (and got some rusting spots while I was down there).
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Big Bad Wolf - '02 Dodge Ram 2500HD 5.9 CTD / Prodigy / Putnam Class V / Reese 15k Pro
Wolf Den 3 - '14 Rockwood Signature Ultra Light 8280WS
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08-02-2015, 05:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Austin
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Front detail. This was the show stopper last year. If you put the bracket up against the seam, the bolts are 1/8" inch from the edge of the I-beam. I imagined the would rip right through. I took a 5/8" thick block of bamboo flooring I had laying around and used is to build a level platform for the bracket, and cut some of the plastic underbody away. I used construction glue to hold the block in place, bored holes through it, and again used the same 14-2 screws. Nice fit. Coated the entire thing with black Rustoleum (and got some rusting spots while I was down there).
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Big Bad Wolf - '02 Dodge Ram 2500HD 5.9 CTD / Prodigy / Putnam Class V / Reese 15k Pro
Wolf Den 3 - '14 Rockwood Signature Ultra Light 8280WS
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