Utility Trailers & Recreational Vehicles (RV's)

The time has come to buy some new tires. Seems like I am burning through them at a pretty rapid rate. Wear is even, just wearing down fast. The current set are some off brand of tire, which explains why the low mileage. 25,000 miles ~1.5 year since I got them. Seems like towing the gooseneck really ramped up the rate of wear. I have no need for offroad style tires, the truck has been retired from off roading duty anyways. So I have a few choices here, I have a set of 17" alum rims on the side of the house I can throw lt tires on. 235/80/17 $150-200 per tire I have also been eyeing some 19.5" setups with com…

so i weighed the trailer i tow for camping, it's was 90% loaded. and well under what i had thought it would be at, but still i'm not sure how one gets the GCVW rating? i see several number in the door sticker on my truck. what/how do i calculate to see what i can tow.... now this was minus 1/2 the food, and no firewood. so i'd guesstimate another 800 lb or so. and only one tank of propane not the 2 we usually have. so i still think i'm about 800-1000 lb under what would be a normal load going camping or hunting for a week.

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.

I ended up buying a 2007 Montana 3500rl 5th wheel. It's really nice and seems like something I can live in without feeling too much like trailer trash. Lol. $26,000. It's totally cherry. Has like 200 miles on it and has been thoroughly gone through by a retired RV guy doing it as a sideline. It weighs about 10k empty. Not sure my truck is up to the task, but it's only going 30 miles and being parked. NADA is $29,000 and change. Big features are 4 slides, living room that has sliding doors to close it off, cold weather package, nice free standing oak dining table and chairs, desk in living room for computer. Living expenses will will be pretty low. Renting an…

While getting my 5er ready for the up coming trip to Catfish Junction I found the AC shroud cracked just about beyond repair and in need of replacement. It has already been partially fiberglassed once and to repair it would coast me as much in matting and resin as it would to replace it. The AC is a Dometic Duo-Therm Brisk Air ,new style, 13500btu. I have found three suppliers of this shroud: 1 Camping World, 2 Icon Direct (thru Amazon), and 3 Dometic ( thru Amazon). My question is: 1 has anyone replaced the shroud on their AC unit, 2 who did you buy it from, and 3 what was the quality of the replacement shroud?

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We have a rental, which she wants me to move into...but what would I do with a 2,000+ sf house? It would cost me thousands to furnish it...starting from zero. So my current thought is to buy a travel trailer bumper pull in the 35' range. They come basically furnished...even with a flat screen tv. Just buy some bedding, pots and pans, dishes and that's about it. Does anyone have suggestions on brand/model? New to a few years old. I'd like to keep the cost down, but financed the payments on a $35,000 unit are pretty affordable. I want a bedroom and no other bunks. Multiple slides would make it feel more spacious. I'd live in it for an undetermined amount of tim…

Not really virgin but am to this truck and trailer. (I've towed a 20 something foot wells cargo with a 460cc Ford when I did roofing). Anyway, here are my questions. I just picked up a 33' fifth wheel travel trailer. Dual axles, 8400lbs dry. My truck. 98.5 24v with a bhaf and 4" straight pipe. 285/16 tires. 1. On the way home the truck had a hard time on hills. For example. Went from 65mph down to 45mph on a moderate grade hill. About a half mile long hill. Rpms were about 2800 the whole way up the hill and I was slightly worried about what egt's might have been. I do not have any gages. 2. I had adjusted trailer brakes from my controller to just s…

Tried to add this to my original thread but is locked as an archive now so on to part 2 as the title says lol. Last weekend got the first gooseneck load behind the 2010 Hemi, had my B2150 Kubota tractor and box scraper loaded up inside the new to me 14' PJ dump trailer. Just for reference I have air bags and a B&W turn over gooseneck hitch in the 2010 1500 Hemi. Hemi handled the load better than I thought it would considering I bucked 30+- mph winds during the trip both ways.

Looking back at some old threads I see some that have installed the Harbor freight RV solar kit, I was thinking of going the same route, just wondering if any pros or cons with that kit/ anything I need to upgrade? I plan on making it portable, but one thing I would like to do is wire in a inverter so all the 120 outlets would be available for power. Just looking for some input. thanks also plan on using to 6v batteries They are about 215 ah. I hope the 45w panels are enough for charging, but I do have a generator for back up if needed.

Have any of you ever camped at Ft Robinson near Crawford NE. We are meeting siblings there in June and just wondered if anyone could make suggestions on the best site to reserve. The description says all sites are shaded Thank you for any input you can offer.

Has anyone else had trouble with floor covering in TT cracking in cold weather. Know how to help prevent this short of maintaining warmer temps in TT

Anyone here have experience with one of those adapters that allows you to hook 5th wheel onto gooseneck ball? Pros/cons

I like to go down the less traveled roads/ places where time seems not to matter. Most of all I love mountain back roads and love to camp in national forest, hidden away places. Is there a GPS that will give me a decided advantage for this type of traveling?

so i can't for the life of me find out why im popping fuses in my TT. it's odd. it's the main power fuse, only a 30 amp... seems light to me. but when it pops there in no lights, no radio, the trailer is dead unless plugged in or generator running. no battery operated things work. i've traced wires no shorts. it pops sometime after i start the generator to charge the batteries. when i shut the generator off, the trailer is dead, i replace that fuse. all is fine again... and it's only when i start the gen from inside, if i use the button on the gen it's self it doesn't pop the fuse. and the wire seems oddly small for being the main power for the wh…

Ok guys, try not to laugh to much, but when it comes to weight distribution on trailers, I'm a noob. Even more embarrassing is I'm only hauling a sander in a crate a little over 300lbs on a 5x8 utility trailer. Single axle trailer that weights around 600lbs. I'm just curious as to where I should try and place the sander on the trailer to make sure it rides the best for the 1000 mile road trip I'll be making next week. My thoughts so far were to have it centered (duh!) on the trailer and slightly more forward of the axle that way a bigger majority of the weight would be on the tounge of the trailer/truck and not the back of the trailer. Is this right? Anything …

My furnace exhaust started making a flutter sound. Hearing that while my tool box was open I thought it sounded like a factory label from inside was half stuck flapping inside the exhaust. I noticed a small label blowing against the exhaust screen, grabbed my needle nose pliers and pulled out a label about 1/2X 2 inches. It did not stop the noise of the distinctive fluttering sound. Weird as the sound prompted me to pull this thing out of the exhaust but wasn't the problem. Now this flutter sound outside in the exhaust has not gotten any better and when inside the camper makes a good rumble sound. Anyone know anything to help what to look for/ take…

Hey guys, I know this is bit of a 'who cares' sort of question but was just curious what receiver locks you all were using? I mainly ask because I want to make sure I'm getting one that's not only a decent lock, but also strong enough to handle the loads these trucks can haul! Just from looking around, I saw on etrailers they have ones like these that seem to be a good option https://www.etrailer.com/Locks/Bulldog/BD580400.html what do you all think?

With our new home in our budget now, the need for such a large trailer like our toyhauler is just not necessary for us now. Especially the hefty monthly payment for it. We are looking to downsize to something smaller and affordable. I would like to better utilize the money for other things that can get me ahead instead of paying on an RV that I might use once or twice a year, but paying for it all year long. I'm at a bit of a crossroad with what I want. I would like to get something small if I had to choose a travel trailer. But the idea of a camper is also very appealing as well. We may do some occasional traveling in long distance. We also may go camping onc…

my converter overheats. i've added a fan to cool it but still over heats when my batteries get to low. SO. could i swap in a good PC power supply? any idea how to wire it... i have one that is capable of 30 amps on a 12V rail and 25A from another... so the sticker says. ideas? or just spend the 120$ on a new converter.