I've found a used camper i liked at a blue conpass dealership about 6 hours away, filled out the credit app but now they want me to send a $1,000 dollar deposit to even send it to finance to "get the process started" before ever seeing any numbers. Is this standard practice?

Anyone has wiring diagrams for a Coachmen Galleria (2024)? My PV might be wired wrong.

I have a suburban heater in my Apex Nano 185BH. Heater works great, but there appears to be some type of debris stuck somewhere in the system. Whenever it is on theres a tink - tink - tink - tink non stop. Its enough to make it hard to fall asleep. I end up using ear plugs all night.

My heater is mainly only serviceable from inside. I do have a metal screen cover on the exterior exhaust vent.

Has anyone run into something like this before, or have any tips in where to check? Looking through youtube videos I could not find a similar issue. I imagine I will just have to plan to pull the whole unit and see what I come across. Maybe shake it and see if something falls out, haha.

Any tips?

Edit: (sound warning) If you can hear through the air blowing you can hear the tink tink.

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We bought a 37ft 2011 Skyline Nomad Joey Model 377 this year to replace our aging 25ft Jayco on our property in northern lower Michigan. Our area averages 70-80 inches of snow a year.

In our old Jayco, my dad had 4 2x4 supports down the middle to brace the roof. I'm trying to figure out if I should do the same with the Nomad? The Nomad has more walls in the middle, so I think I'm better off there, and with the slides I'm having a hard time figuring out how I could brace the roof.

Am I overthinking this? Are the braces necessary with the snow load we get? This is on a property a mile back off the road and also 200 miles from my home, so getting back to clear the snow off isn't easy. Any advice is appreciated.

My husband just purchased an F150 3.5L eco boost with payload just over 1,900 and towing capacity of 11,300. We currently have a TT that’s 21 ft long and has a gross weight rating under 5,000. We want to get a larger TT- something like the flagstaff microlite 25brds. Anyone tow something similar to that trailer with an F150?

I've never owned an RV but I've been looking for a very long time and trying to slowly educate myself and figure out what to get for the first one. I now have a used Ford F-350 diesel SRW w/a 6 3/4 ft bed for a tow vehicle and I'm on the verge of buying my first travel trailer or fifth wheel.

I intend to camp and state and national parks and I'm going to be mostly solo (with some cats) and thought I'd settled on a travel trailer 20 to 24 ft long as hopefully a decent compromise between not too big and not too small... and compatible with getting in most of the national or state parks. However, late in my search I discovered there were relatively small fifth wheels in the 26 to 28-ft range. It's almost exactly 4 ft from my hitch receiver to my bumper so I believe that means about 3 or 4 ft of the length of a fifth wheel is going to be over my bed. I think that means a Winnebago Minnie 2405RG that is 26 and 3/4 when hooked up to the truck is really only going to be about 23 ft longer than the truck and actually less total length than towing a 24-ft travel trailer. From all I read it's also going to be easier to tow. With the downsides it's going to be taller than a travel trailer, more finicky to learn how to back up, and less friendly to the idea of going maybe a little bit off-road due to the hitch design.

Does that sound about right or am I missing something? The only advantage I can think of to having an open bed for my forecasted use is that I kind of have designs on a small motorcycle to take along too. I had thought perhaps a hitch receiver on the back of either type of trailer might do but I think I was mistaken in that most of them don't have something that can support something that weighs 300 to 500 lb.

My other reservation is on the length of the trailer itself despite the advantage in total length. Would I be limiting myself much by having a slightly longer trailer unhitched? I have done a decent amount of reading about trailer length and total length in terms of national and state parks and haven't made great sense of it. I think roughly 90% of national parks will let you in with a trailer 25 ft or less. If I buy a 27-ft long fifth wheel, is that going to limit me significantly versus a 20-ft long travel trailer in terms of state and national park campsites?

Any thoughts or advice appreciated!

Want to know what people are seeing these days as far as quality, longevity, reliability, and ease of maintenance for travel trailers with rear hatches and toy haulers?

Longevity, reliability, and ease of upkeep are my main concerns. Airstream, ATC, and InTech are top of the list, and we do not need a toy hauler for side by sides or golf carts, but having a back hatch to load skis, bikes, kayaks, surf boards or whatever and then be able to set a bunch of beds for our kids and their friends is what I want. Any other brands you would recommend or pick one of the 3 over the other?

Does anyone have one of these? From the brochures, they seem to have 2 alternators--makes sense.

Are both alternators operating on 12 volt systems, or can the second alternator run a 48 volt system?

In the solar system, I understand that 48V systems are more efficient for each jour of Sunlight than the line losses in 12V systems.

Also, what are the protections from freezing in the 360s solar system to avoid the Chicago Tesla/EV experience?

Can they recharge at EV charging stations in a pinch?

Are there water filtration systems near the potable & city water inlets?

Are there any other sub-30foot RVs with motors that do a better job at near net-zero than Chinook 360s?

Hello Everyone,

Different than Park Models that I have had in the past, the manufacturer told me that for winterizing, the lines are blown out from inside the trailer at the water heater opposed to outside the trailer where the city water ties in. In the picture attached there are three yellow circles. One circle is around the quick release for connecting the air compressor. One circle is around the hot water valve. And one circle is around the cold water intake valve.

Here is where things get confusing for me. The manufacturer told me that I can blow out both the hot and cold water lines from this quick connect. Wouldn't that mean that the valve on the hot water line would be a T port valve because the quick release would need to be isolated as the water passes through the line from the tank to the rest of the house but when opened the compressor can move air through the T port in both directions. Or do you blow out one direction at a time? Secondly, is the cold water intake valve shut off or left open during this process?

If anyone is familiar with this arrangement, your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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First time winterizing. It's got an antifreeze port on the side.

Had a lot of trouble at first getting the system to start pulling in the antifreeze. Goofed around for a while, and finally got it to pull to the bathroom faucet, shower, outdoor shower; all pouring pink.

Problem: it wouldn't pull to the kitchen sink. It was trying like the rest for a while. But I tried it so long before I got the rest working, that the kitchen isn't even trying anymore. The sound and air has completely stopped there. I assume that means an air lock. I'm not sure how to clear the air lock because it's not trying to pull at all. Filling up the fresh water does nothing, because the sink isn't trying to pull anymore, from antifreeze side or fresh water side. But the rest are still pulling, so of course the water pump works.

Any ideas?

First camper.

Edit 2: Thanks again guys! I was able to lift it with the same 2 ton jack. I just sent it with my whole body weight. I guess I wasn't strong enough or I was afraid my jack would break. It could have also been rocks underneath the jack preventing it from sliding underneath. I jacked on the same spot and cleared the rubble.

I didn't know which subreddit this would be best asked.

Parents told me to fix this storage trailer where the jack stands collapsed, the tongue is on the ground, and the tires are deflated. It is also filled with clothes and stuff. For some reason, they thought putting jack stands on top of cinder blocks would be a good idea.

To bring the trailer upright, do I just put all my weight on the floor jack or do I really need to buy a tongue jack? I tried using a 2 ton floor jack to lift it up, but the trailer didn't budge. I have another 3 ton jack but idk if using both would amount to anything of benefit and it doesn't fit under the tongue.

To store it permanently, is it necessary to fix the deflated tires? Should I rest the tongue on floor jacks, a stack of wood, or both?

Edit 1: Pictures of the trailer Thanks for all the responses guys! I can't see the trailer until tomorrow, but I'll check the inside, make sure my floor jacks are not broken, and the jack surface is flat enough to slide under. Gotta add wheel chocks too.

Hey, I've got a 27ft camper out for rent. What are some must haves I may not have thought about for my customers?

Howdy - recently, the plastic casing blew off. How do I find out which casing to order as a replacement (or is it all standardized)? I have a 1997 Newmar Dutch Star, if it matters.

Thanks in advance yall!

I have being renting my fleet on Outdoorsy for since their beginning. They changed their insurance company and it is now called "Excess Insurance", mean they can go after your insurance and They keep charging renters even they are not verified when it come to claim they decline. Outdoorsy is no longer a trusted company that will protect your fleet.

Hello folks! Before it’s TLDR- always have your affairs in order. Don’t be me. Stuck in the worst extended stay ever while waiting on the house check to clear bc someone(s) messed up 2 generations worth of estates! Anyway… The bf (about to be 52) and myself (38) are looking to get a travel trailer and a truck so we don’t have to get trapped into the rental game and we can go find somewhere we really like before committing to a nice plot of dirt. Leaving N IL and heading south- thinking Missouri maybe. But we want to visit a friend in Nashville and his son in KY. We’re going to be living in this thing pretty much full time until we find an area we love and I find a FT/lucrative job in said area. We’ve already been looking at trucks (he knows about those and I don’t- I’m in a 2019 Subaru Crosstrek with no tow hitch). We’ve looking at those RAM 2500s, diesel. He said Chevy or Dodge are his preferred. That aside, new to travel trailers. I’ve been reading the reddits and talking to old neighbors with some experience. Gunna have to finances new and this seems like a good time to do it as it’s liquidate end of year during election season desperation. The guy at Camping World said financing as primary residence works a bit more in our favors, too. What I know: -I walked into the 26’ and immediately said we’d pillow each other with that little space. -Better to get 34’ or less so it fits more places -One of the reddits I read said those party-bus-lookin Timberwolves with all those beautiful windows was a terrible investment bc they’re impossible to climate control BC of the windows (I love the views ok and I plant person w a cat that likes to watch the birds, but the reviews were so so bad…) -My neighbor said we want the bedroom at the tail end of the truck, cuz then we’d get more storage space in the bedroom -My bf needs somewhat of an outdoor kitchen -I’d love to have some access to things when we pull over without having to unhook and level it out, but I guess that comes down to floor plan? -We have now started discussing toy haulers as a plausible option, as a coworker told him they had one that had sliding glass doors (for climate control) so that they could utilize the toy hauler space (when empty) as a sort of mudroom/porch.

Any and all advice is very welcome cuz I know nothing outside of I am tired of being trapped into commitments I never even signed up for, and I’m already exhausted by this terrible extended stay hotel and having to deal with storage bc nobody in my family ever helped my ma, and they certainly didn’t go out of their way to help me deal with the leftover hoard- I’m leaving before they can rope me into taking care of anyone else.

Is there any way I can buy the roller bar and brackets without the fabric for a a slide out topper? My slide out is 14 feet long and i’m trying to find a cheaper way to make a slide out topper then spending $600.

Looking for recommendations for RV destinations for Spring Break. We thoroughly enjoyed Ocean Lakes in SC but looking to go a little further South for warmer weather in April.

Hi, I'm looking to buy a class C 24 foot V8 RV, any advice on what brand and models to look for. thank you

The guy who lived at the property before he made one he said I don’t know how to do that. But that’s how much I need in order to get power to my trailer. We cannot install another unit out there to limit that distance, but I just need to know how to make this or where I can get 150’.