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RE: Towing PUP with Bikes and ? on Tongue Weight
No, just in general. We have a 28' Wilderness and always end up putting the bikes inside. Works OK, but I'd rather have them on the tail...just no good way right now with the bumper the way it is.
It looks like this Mount-n-Lock system will allow a couple of bike racks and even a cargo tray (and a generator?) to go on the back.
I would be VERY careful about mounting bikes, generator or a cargo tray on the back of the trailer. Not only does it take away some of the tongue weight but the bouncing that goes on back there is unbelievable.
Follow a trailer someday and watch how much the rear bounces up and down. Due to the long overhang on the rear from the axles things tend to really get thrown around. I would not do it if it were me. Get a different rack as mentioned earlier or continue putting the extra bikes inside the trailer.
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/19/10 05:01pm |
Towing
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RE: Jeep Wrangler
Moved to Dinghy Towing forum from Towing.
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BarneyS
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03/19/10 04:52pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Trailer Brake Wiring in 97 Safari
What was posted above in blue is not a link but just a URL. This one should work.
Worky Linky! :)
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/18/10 04:14pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Trailer Brake Wiring in 97 Safari
You might have better luck with this in the Class A motorhome forum. Since you have had no replies here in Towing forum, I will move it to Class A. Good luck.
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/18/10 08:38am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Battle Creek MI camping?
I'll second the recommendation for Cold Brook Park, located about 11.5 miles SW of Battle Creek. It is a well kept, clean, quiet, pleasant county park that is conveniently located between Battle Creek and Kalamazoo.
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/15/10 11:03am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: what type of hitch and sway to use
Hi,
For that trailer I would recommend a hitch that combines both weight distribution and sway control into one unit. Examples would be:
Reese "Strait Line" hitches in the proper weight classification for your trailer.
This one would probably be just about right.
Equal-i-zer hitch in the proper weight class.
Reese "Pro Series" hitch. Actually this page contains most of the ones mentioned above.
There are a couple more WD/sway control hitches available but I have no personal knowledge of them so cannot recommend them. They may be fine and others can input their experience.
Husky Centerline hitch
Blue Ox Sway Pro hitch
I suspect you would need a hitch in the weight class of 750-1000lb tongue weight. If it were me, I would lean towards the higher weight class. I suspect you got the weight of the trailer from the brochure and you can count on the trailer weighing 1000-1500lbs more than that when it is loaded and ready to go camping. That means your tongue weight is going to probably be in the 900-1000lb range.
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/13/10 04:50pm |
Towing
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RE: Wireless thermometer
I have two of them. One the sender is mounted inside the refrigerator door to keep track of the fridge temps. The other the sender is mounted on the front of the trailer under the window canopy. Both work great and the batteries are replace yearly.
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/13/10 08:40am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: How long can I get away with it....
Love the picture Les!
It's a self portrait!! :B
Les is just pulling your leg! Here is his real picture!:B
Barney
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/barneys/RVnet%20pictures/Yak.jpg width=500
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BarneyS
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03/05/10 04:50pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Pleasant surprise...no bad smells!
We live in our TT for three months every winter in Florida, camp in the other states during the summer, and never use anything in the black or gray tanks except lots of water. We have never had a problem with smells either outside or inside the trailer except, as mentioned, if you use the Fantastic Fan during flushing.
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/05/10 04:43pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Swapping out Reese HP DC for Equalizer question
I'll add my sincere compliments to you John for your great posts and detailed, well thought out responses to members questions. You are one of the most helpful members of our forums and I hope you never get tired of it!
I consider it a privlige to know you and count myself as one of your friends.:) :) :)
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/05/10 04:06pm |
Towing
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RE: Fantastic Fans?
One of my present Fantastic Fan has the rain sensor. I have to tell you that I would NOT get that if I were getting a new Fantastic Fan. There are two main reasons I say this.
1. When it is raining in the summer, it is usually also quite warm out and the last thing you want is the vent fan off and the vent closed.
2. My son Dale had a problem with the rain sensor closing his vent and then re-opening after a short while. The only problem with this is that is kept him awake at night! I have not had that problem with mine though because I put the vent covers mentioned below on just as soon as I purchased my new trailer.
Both of these problems can easily (although not cheaply) solved by putting a MaxxAir Fan Mate over the Fantastic Fan. These are designed to allow full airflow so the the fan doesn't bog down. I have them on both of my Fantastic Fans and the vents stay open 24/7/365 unless we are running the air conditioning. Nothing comes in the trailer but air and they also protect the vent covers from deterioration from the suns rays.
I highly recommend them to anybody with a Fantastic Fan (including you Les!:B).
If I were starting from scratch though, I would go with the Maxx Air Turbo Max fan that I linked to earlier. The reasons have already been stated very well by curt12914 and I concur with his statements except for the last one.:)
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/04/10 04:12pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Brake Buddy vs. Roadmaster
Moved to Dinghy Towing forum from Towing.
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BarneyS
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03/04/10 03:46pm |
Dinghy Towing
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RE: Sewer donut? Or is what I already have ok...
What you purchased is fine for most cases but sometimes you find a site that has just a white plastic pipe sticking up with no threads on the inside. In those cases, you would put a rubber donut in the pipe and then the elbow that you have into the donut. That way you get a good seal. What the campgrounds are trying to avoid is people just sticking their hoses down the pipe. You can't get a seal that way and smells do come out.
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/04/10 09:22am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: trailer dolly for parking
Clicky Link
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/04/10 09:01am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Fantastic Fans?
Fantastic Vent (Fantastic Fan) is a high quality, 12 inch, 10 blade high performance fan that is just about the best you can do for rig ventaltion. There is another fan company MaxxAir that has fans very similar and are preferred by many over the Fantastic brand. Both are very high quality companies that have excellent customer service and their products work exactly as advertised.
I have two Fantastic fans in my trailer with MaxxAir FanMate 800 covers over them so I can leave the vents open 24/7 if I wish.
On my previous trailer, I had a MaxxAir TurboMaxx fan that I actually liked better than my present Fantastic fans. It has the actual fan mounted outside of the trailer which makes it quieter than the Fantastic. Both brands move just about the same amount of air - which is considerable.
The standard small 4 inch bathroom fans that come in most trailers are almost useless as far as moving air. They DO make a lot of noise however which may cover up other unwanted sounds!:E :B
Hope this answers your question of "What the heck is a Fantastic Fan?" :)
Barney
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BarneyS
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03/03/10 11:56am |
Travel Trailers
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RE: New Hitch, Wiring Question
I replaced my hitch last year with a Putnam class V. The elec. connector is bolted on my truck and all I had to do was move it a bit and use a spacer. Take a good look at your connector. It will probably come off and can be located on the frame under the bumper like mine.
If I get a chance this afternoon, I will take a picture of mine and post it here.
Barney
Edit:
Here are two pictures of the plug mounting. It is mounted on the frame behind the bumper with a large bolt and nut with spacers to get it low enough to clear the bottom of the bumper. The spacers are just a nut and some scraps that I had laying around. Doesn't look great but you can't see it unless you crawl under my truck!:) The plug doesn't move a bit and is very solid.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/barneys/RVnet%20pictures/XDRHitch5.jpg width=500
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/barneys/RVnet%20pictures/XDRHitch2.jpg width=500
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BarneyS
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03/01/10 08:58am |
Towing
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RE: This a poll, just answer YES or NO,
I'm neutral towards it. I don't read the forums with my mouse over the words anyway so they don't bother me at all.
If they help pay for the forums (and they do!)and help keep the forums alive then I am for them.
Barney
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BarneyS
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02/28/10 05:56pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Help, Plugged the TT Into 220 Volts
The same thing happened to me on our previous trailer. I had to replace the converter, the microwave, and the 30amp trailer cord. Actually, only the plug end of the cord was bad but I replaced the whole thing. The TV was ok and all other items were ok.
Barney
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BarneyS
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02/28/10 05:45pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Get a propane tank gauge or not?
Thanks to all for the responses. I like the idea of not buying a guage - especially if they don't work that well.
I guess before I can say I'm ready to go I need some help understanding the indicator on my regulator. First, I'll admit that I didn't even know there was an indicator there. After reading your posts I went out & took a look and sure enough, there it was. Right now it shows half red and half green - they are almost identical in height on the gauge. So is this indicating that the primary tank is half full? Since I have it in auto switch over mode, won't it just start reading the second tank once it switches over?
Sorry for all the newbie questions but we never had such fancy features on our old pop-ups :B
When the indicator shows all red, the regulator has already switched to the full tank. It will not show the reading on the full tank though. All you need do is move the pointer on the front to point to the tank now being used (the full one) and the indicator will turn green again. Now you can disconnect your empty tank and go get it refilled. Install the newly filled tank, open the valve, and leave everything else alone. When the indicator turns red again, go through the same above procedure again.
This way, you never have to worry about running out of propane in the middle of the night or at another inconvenient time. As long as you have both propane tanks turned on, the regulator will take care of all the rest. All you have to do is check color of the indicator now and then and take appropriate action when it turns red.:B
As far as it showing half red and half green. I have found that not an accurate indicator of remaining tank capacity. All it tells you is that the tank that the handle is pointing to is not full. I have found that it is not necessary to know how much is left in each tank as long as you have both valves open and refill the empty tank when the indicator turns red. Put it off for very long and you might find yourself running out because you forgot to refill the empty.
Barney
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BarneyS
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02/26/10 04:34pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Electric brakes don't work for first 10min?
For the first 10min of the trip when I step on the brakes the Prodigy LED goes out, instead of turning amber/red. Then, after a little while everything works fine.
Hi and WELCOME to the forum!:) I hope you get all your questions answered and come back to post often.
I'm not sure I understand this part of your statement. I have a Prodigy and there is no turning of any LED to amber or red. The display simply has one or two dots and then when the brakes are applied the display shows volts being sent to the trailer brakes. When you touch the boost button the display will show B1, B2 or B3 for a short time and then go back to the two dots.
Are you sure you have a Prodigy and not another Tekonsha product? My previous Tenkonsha Sentinal had a green LED that changed to a series of amber or red when the brakes were applied. I also believe the Tenkonsha Voyager has a LED also that changes color.
I am not that familiar with the Prodigy P3 controller and perhaps that one changes color and is what you have. If so, I apologize for the above (except for the welcome!:)).
Barney
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BarneyS
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02/26/10 03:46pm |
Towing
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