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07-20-2017, 02:22 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2017
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Hi from Indiana
Hi everyone! Hubby and I picked up a 2015 Salem and are complete travel trailer newbies! Posted a question already re: 30 amp service.....electrician friend of ours said we have to run a brand new breaker box, fuse and new wire for it. If we go to a friends house, or family, how in the !@#$ are we to use the air, fridge, etc. then? Anyway, glad I found this group and hope someone can help us out for I feel like an idiot!
Thanks!
 Diane
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07-20-2017, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
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Welcome to a great forum! We've all been newbies at one time!
Don't fret about thinking you don't know anything...you'll be surprised at how quickly you'll learn it all! (And you'll repeat repeat repeat the more camping you do!)
Just remember to take your time, double-and triple-check important stuff, and when driving always keep a safe speed (I rarely go above 60mph), a safe distance between you and the vehicle in front, and be extra careful when turning as it's way too easy to hit things with the trailer turning too sharp. (When in doubt with a turn, keep going straight and find somewhere safer to turn...or even make a u-turn and come back from another direction...those right turns when there's a big curb are tricky!)
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(Retired USAF, MSgt)
Monument, Colorado
8-year Travel Trailer RVers
2013 Forest River Rockwood Ultra-Lite 2904SS
2014 Toyota Tundra Maxcrew SR-5 TRD 4x4 (with Firestone airbags in the rear)
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07-20-2017, 03:32 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
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Thank you! I definitely will be checking and reading a ton before our next venture out. I have to say, I was really impressed with my husband when towing this...it was his first time towing anything that large, and we decided to go through smaller towns, back roads and rural county roads on our way home. Thinking we were save, we hit 3 roundabouts - with NO mirrors to see the back end of the trailer to see if we even had anyone behind us!!!!! Was a journey to put in the books for us but it was fun.
Looking forward to the "road" ahead!
Diane
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07-20-2017, 08:31 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: SW Ohio
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Welcome from SW Ohio ,good luck w/ your TT !
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1988 Jayco p.u.,Coleman Plantation p.u.,1989 Jayco class c, Coachman TT,1995 Little Eddie fthwheel,2007 Heartland Sundance 2500 lS fthwheel
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07-20-2017, 08:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Otego,NY
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Welcome from upstate NY. From your post you obviously have a 30 amp service on your trailer. It's nice to have a full amperage hook-up at home to check all the systems. We have a 50 amp service for our "5er", but, you don't need all the amperage to run the necessities(eg the fridge, lights, etc.). You will have to do without the A/C, but that's what coolers and awnings are for. Buy the appropriate converter plug so you can operate on a 20 amp 110 circuit. God Bless.
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Ken and Wendy
'15 silverback 29RE
'13 GMC 2500HD
Duramax/Allison
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07-21-2017, 07:14 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
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Welcome from Lancaster PA!!
Congrats on our new purchase!!
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2012 Rockwood Signature Ultra Lite 8312SS riding on Gladiator rubber.
2004 Ford F350 (Black Beauty) CC, SB, 6sp, 6L work horse.
Camped 
2016 - 21 nights
2017 - 42 + scheduled....
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07-21-2017, 10:14 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Berks County, PA
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Welcome from Shillington, PA. Guess that some towing mirrors will be on your "must have" list.
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 2017 Coachmen Viking 21RD
2015 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 w/Timbrens
5.3L V8 3.42 Gears Reg Cab 8' Bed
Curt Trunnion WD Hitch
Tekonsha P3 Brake Controller
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07-21-2017, 10:32 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
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You got it! In fact they have been ordered and will be arriving today or tomorrow. What an experience that was! lol - when we would go around a curve, he would say look and see if anyone is behind us....always an adventure with that man!
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