Forum: Campfire Chatter
02-11-2024, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 4,870
Pivot points
Your trailer pivots in the middles of its axles. Try to pivot around objects by coming as close as possible/comfortable.
Someone commented earlier: GOAL
Get
Out
And
Look
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Forum: Toy Haulers
01-07-2024, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,088
Wax paper
Tear off a strip of wax paper and attach it to the ball. Leaves a small, easy to wipe clean, wax film.
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Forum: Travel Trailers
11-29-2023, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,019
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Forum: Travel Trailers
11-13-2023, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,019
TV has the juice
You don’t need an RV battery to operate an RV. Plug in your TV and it will run everything. And will drain the battery doing it.
We winterize every year. SWMBO needs the slides open RFN! I plug in...
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Forum: Odds 'n Ends
09-30-2022, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,408
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Forum: Towing
02-03-2022, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 15,374
Yellow Signs Save Lives
Good for you to pose this question. There is a lot of helpful information here. Let me add a few points.
RTFMs: The F350 manual, the trailer manual, the NC Drivers manual and the NC CDL manual and...
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Forum: Fifth Wheels
08-13-2021, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 13,807
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Forum: Towing
02-20-2021, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,524
Nfw
This engine cannot tow this trailer. It’s a city engine which will have to be replaced within 1000 miles if you tow that much weight.
This truck cannot handle this weight period. Perhaps to move it...
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Forum: Towing
10-11-2020, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 10,027
Take the back roads
Welcome to the Forum. Good job trying to make sense of the information here and how much misinformation comes from sales People.
Most of us don’t have a dog in the sales fight.
To go camping is...
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Forum: Fifth Wheels
10-08-2020, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 18,186
Our 366RDS is cavernous and burns through 30...
Our 366RDS is cavernous and burns through 30 pounds of propane every weekend DW needs the furnace (Starting around 11C-my temperature). Another responder said get ceramic heaters. He was right. You...
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Forum: Campfire Chatter
06-27-2020, 06:39 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 7,299
YouTube Recommendation
Keep Your Daydream is a YouTube channel which just posted a video How to Back up Without Yelling.
It is a must see for anyone with a spousal unit who intends to back up.
As a truck driver my one...
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Forum: Fifth Wheels
05-26-2020, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,434
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Forum: Towing
05-26-2020, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,805
Trailer Towing Guide
Here is a great reference for many beginner trailering questions. In British Columbia you need an endorsement (07) to tow a trailer weighing more than 4600 kg (10000 pounds) on your basic license....
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Forum: Travel Trailers
05-22-2020, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 26,317
Placing wax paper on the ball before connecting...
Placing wax paper on the ball before connecting serves as a cleaner substitute for grease. Sledog is right when he suggests trashing the rusty ball. You get what you pay for when you buy balls. My...
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Forum: Towing
05-07-2020, 08:30 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,093
Free On-line Trailering Training Course
Hello,
Because I train our employees how to handle trailers, I received this on-line course announcement and thought it should be shared with this group.
Danatec also has a free Commercial Trailer...
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Forum: Tow Vehicles
03-19-2020, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 130
Views: 54,087
The towing capacity of a 2016 Tundra is 10500...
The towing capacity of a 2016 Tundra is 10500 pounds. You will be towing the trailer. Payload is how much you can carry in the truck. Equalizer hitches, sway bars, etc. are not optional with the...
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Forum: New Member Check in!
03-19-2020, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,847
New Member from Edmonton, Alberta
We bought a Cougar 366RDS just before the cold weather started in September, 2019, so we had one weekend before the campground was closed.
It's parked at a small year-round RV "resort" only 18...
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