Made it through our first trip...with a few issues
Memorial Day weekend was our first trip out with the Freedom 2270...and our first RV trip ever. It was great to have heat and dryness as all of the other Cub Scout families suffered through wet and cold nights in their tents. It was a 'dry camp', but the furnace and frig worked great with no issues. The battery held up great...even with the lights on for the kids to read. The only issue...but kind of a major one at that...was losing the trailer on a speed bump at the state park. My TV is a 2 wheel drive truck...so it sits lower than most. I had been thinking about reversing the ball on the receiver but hadn't got around to it. The A-frame jack was retracted all the way, but it did look a bit low. Getting to the park wasn't a problem, but on the way out, the jack didn't clear one of those mammoth rubber speed bumps...coupled with the fact that we hadn't seated the hitch fully...it of course popped off. Fortunately, we were going very slow...so it was a rapid recovery with damage only to the jack base...and the speed bump. As soon as I got home, I rotated the ball 180 which gives me another 2.5" of height...and bought a new jack that retracts a bit more....and we are good to go for the next weekend...with a few valuable lessons learned.
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