Utility Trailers & Recreational Vehicles (RV's)

I'm pretty sure my converter/inverter is bad. The only way to charge the batteries is to hook it to my truck or put a charger directly to the batteries. I have a 2005 Rage'n Xtra Lite and have no idea where it's located...or even what it looks like. Rage'n is out of business so there's no technical support. I'd like to find it so I can troubleshoot it. Any ideas?

I've been toying with the idea of a backup camera both for my TV but also for the rear of our 22 ft toy hauler. What I have in mind would be a single 7 inch monitor that I could switch between the two cameras but not see both at the same time. I hear that the wireless models don't seem to perform well but are way easier to install/read cheaper. I figure that there must be people on this forum that have one or the other so what's your opinion and if you don't mind saying what brand, how are they working and how much they cost that would be great, thanks Gerry

Unlike goodyear marathons they seem to be holding up. Local discount tire store has installed 22 since March , about the time they hit the market...no failures yet. Wish 15 inch tires had more of a choice.

First truck/trailer is a '91 D-250 w/'17 Load Trail 14k, 7'x16'x2'. Second truck is '01 2500 w/'12 Big Tex 14k, 7'x14'x2'. I do a lot of dump trailer hauls, anything that will fit and dump, including logs. The '91 is only used for lighter loads on good roads, the '01 is used for heavy loads and bad roads. It is rare for the '01 to not have a trailer on it for the past 8 years. Current haul trucks/trailers. The '01 is towing a '20 PJ 22k, 7'x16'x3', the '91 is towing a '18 Lamar 16k, 7'x16'x3. I don't need the 22k rating for weight, but I need it for durability off highway. Some of the remote roads are horrible, I will go anyway…

I know there is a place to plug in under the dash for the controller but is there a three way plug that can be pluged in in the back somewhere for the plug in the bed for goose neck hook up?Did I splain that right:think:

My neighbors folks passed away and the siblings sold the home. They are giving away an old 70's Winnebago motorhome. It sat for at least 25 years and used to be well cared for until they got too old. It's amazing how well built they were back then, but my question is if there is anything worth salvaging that I should take off before it gets towed away? I could take the whole thing If I wanted.

Original question for a way of finding leaks. :doh:I now think I found it.Thanks in advance for any help/ advice.

Years ago I bought a brand new flat bed trailer, 5k axles, 18' long for $2500. I can't even find one used for that price now. The same trailer new will cost me $3500-$4k now and even used is still commanding that price if you can even find one. I am in need of a new flat bed as the one I share with my BIL is going to NY with him. I have about $3k but it looks as though I will be getting a 7k trailer instead of 10k. I rarely haul anything that heavy anymore but I still like the thought of having more capacity than needed. Any recommendations for trailer sales in my area, I should be out shopping in a week or two.

Not the first time this had happened, I’ve been out camping where the temps were in the low 20’s at night, furnace went all night long and worked flawlessly. and kept the water from freezing in the underbelly, Got home and decided to let the furnace run and winterize the pipes later. Well it made a horrible Noise and vibration at start up and I thought it was going to fly apart. I started to tear into it and try to isolate the issue, I pulled the squirrel cage cover off and their lies the problem.

Well going to work this morning was the first time I have been able to tow with the new (to me) truck. WOW, what a difference. I got up early and took the long way to work that had the most hills just for fun. The only issue I had was checking to see if the trailer was still there. What a major difference from towing with a gas motor…. I can’t believe I have been so hard headed about switching to a diesel..

I just thought, we should have a sticky in this forum for what should be suggested in doing to improve our trucks to tow/haul. Whether that is steering, cooling, performance, safety or braking upgrades. Maybe put upgrade suggestions into categories by weight. Say someone wants to pull 10,000lbs. Well, what should be done to our trucks to safely pull something that heavy?Well, sounded like a good idea...

Just got paged out to a house fire which actually was a RV. When I arrived at the scene the owner managed to put the fire out himself on the RV. So from that point it was a matter of inspecting the RV for any remaining smoldering material. What I learned about this... Make sure you inspect around your furnace for anything that might burn like dust and lint build up. Look and see if there is any electrical near the furnace ducts or anything might get hot. Like this particular RV was a toy hauler and had the furnace stuffed between basement storage and the entry door. Most of the electrical is ran near the furnace area. Always use the proper sized fuse for all your…

I borrowed my brothers enclosed trailer and all the lights fine work except the interior lights.He says they worked the last time he used it. I'm going to try and check it out in the daylight so I haven't really dug into it yet.Any ideas...............

So my Tekonsha from 96 died on me. took the controller from my mega a prodigy p2 and all is well. So, should i get another prodigy? or is there something better for the money?

Are there any mods worth while that will make the travel trailer or even an enclosed cargo trailer more aerodynamic? I've got a 23' Aljo lite. Wondering if a nose cone or truck top wing would be advisable?Also I'm looking into a enclosed cargo trailer for work. I tow about 15k miles a year for work. Wondering if there is an increase in fuel economy to be achieved with a vee nose rather than a flat nose trailer?

I was talking with Dad today. He expressed interest selling his motorhome. It's a '86 Southwind and I think it's 26' in length. Has the GM 454 gasser engine. Everything works in it.......heater, water pump, frig, lights. Mom and Dad want to unload it because they're 70+ now........and Dad isn't mechanically inclined for repairs and such. AKA..............it's nickel and diming them more than they're getting out of it. Takers.....anyone????? Actually, I'm posting this just to get an idea what it's worth. Probably needs some front end work done.........65,000 miles on her.........but still drives real good.

I'm wanting to construct bins... under the trailer. The frame is I beams... I figure to put shelf on them which comes out to the edge of the body, with drop down doors. I'm not finding anything ready made. My rig is tongue heavy. I figure that to be a good place for items like wheel chocks, planks to level, wrenches & heavy tools (my 30T China jack). I think there's 6-8 feet of length there. I have to see if my welder is available.

See I ended up with (2) full old-style propane tanks... meanwhile everything we use has been replaced with more recent style connectors. In the past I did not worry as I recycled an old style regulator & fitting onto the newer appliance. I figured I'd use them up on the gas grill. Well, the folks that make them changed that fitting to a crimp on... Sooo, long story short, I have (2) full 30's off my old camper which I could not use the propane.I finally located the correct adaptor fitting & ordered one. So when it came it had RED LOCKTITE on the threads and the spanner wrench to install it... the notches in the adaptor body were install only. I am sick of…

When traveling the girlfriend and I have different duties upon arrival: she helps spot our toy hauler then she hooks up everything while I deal with unhooking and leveling the rig. Two weeks ago we pulled into a RV park in Walker Ca. each did our thing, got out of the 80*+ heat and were feeling how good life was when kaboom and the whole trailer shock. Upon going out to see what happened the right or door side of the black water tank was resting on the ground. It seems that my lady had mistakenly hooked the fresh water hose to the swisher for the black instead of the fresh water fill just inches above and over filled the black tank. I could have made the same mistake. It …

Got back to my other home after the long weekend. Come to find that the trailer was knocked off it tongue blocks. Looking more found the passenger side wheel chock was knocked out. When it fell off the tongue blocks it landed on the driver side stabilizer jack in the front and bent the top mount. Talking to the land owner and he said the gust was upwards of 50 to 60 MPH. He figured as long as the trailer was still standing was a good thing. I was more worried about the fridge but it was still cold and freezer was still frozen. So here I sit and enjoy my A/C in the RV. No harm done!