Utility Trailers & Recreational Vehicles (RV's)

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.

Today went to Dealer to get a 2003 Elkhorn slide camper. It is a camper made for a short bed truck. The deal was done. Then i got the bright idea too weight my truck do to seeing that the camper weighed in at 2,745 lbs. The truck weighed in at 6,545 lbs. The total weight was 9.290 and put me 490 lbs over my GVWR of 8,800 lbs. So i had to break the deal.Now i know i have seen trucks like mine with even bigger camper on them. Are they setup in some special way? The dealer said airbags. But my thoughts are they would only make the load "happier" and not increase the GVWR. There is only 2,255 lbs to play with for the payload of my truck and there isn't too many NICE camper in…

I have a drawtite activator II (part number 5500) and it can be set from 0-10 with the LED thing and it works by ramping up the brakes to that level. So when I hit the brake pedal, it ramps up to 8 if it is set there. Well lately it ramps up and eventually overloads ("ol" on the screen) while it is still ramping and then it just starts at 0 again. You can feel the trailer start to drag as it ramps then it lets off, does this over and over always overloading. Just recently started doing that crap. If I turn the level down to 5 or so, it doesn't overload.

I've got a Prodigy PIII. I was really looking for an Odyssey because of its presets.I have a mystery short somewhere that throws my PIII into overload/no brakes once in a while, drives me nuts. Thought it was an iffy magnet, but it's lasted through a complete brake job on the trailer.What do YOU use, and how do you like it?

Every towing forum needs one of these posts... right? probably the heaviest I've ever been. I didn't scale, but those are V8 E250s And finally what I really got the whole rig for. My Dakota is the rig in back. What to do when the tow rig gets stuck

The truck... as in my signature. I've towed a 16' single axle "landscaper's" trailer and 28' gooseneck horse trailer (heavily loaded with camping gear). The mileage goes down noticeably towing the landscaper's trailer & more with the horse trailer... but nothing like with the new-to-us toy hauler. With the TH, straight highway running, I was down in the 9-10 range. The rig seemed to have a lot of drag. Even down hill, it would not "coast". If I lifted my foot, the speed started dropping at once.Late last year we bought the ToyHauler... "28" foot (only includes the box, +3 with the A frame). It is well used & has a Salvage title. Definately not a virgin,…

OK gang.......y'all have seen my new work trailer. I really don't care for the squishy tires on her now. They're "C" rated which means I can put 50psi of air into them, but I'm riding close to the GVW of this trailer now and would like a bit of insurance if at all possible. The tire size on the trailer now is 205/75 15C. They're made by Goodyear......which means they'll last "A Year"...............that's my opinion on GY tires!!!! I know I can get the same tire size in "D" rated tires from my Cooper dealer, as I have them on my old trailer. I was considering jumping up to a 225 sized tire, but I don't know if'n it'll fit in the fender well. I guess I should do some measu…