Danfreda1

We have been using escapees South Dakota pmb address for 4 years and our bank in Illinois uses it as an address and we’ve had no problems. Our Morgan Stanley accounts uses the pmb but we had to give another address to be located at. Used my brothers address. It’s not for mailing purposes. All has been fine. 

1 hour ago, rpsinc said:

Did you resolve this by securing the handle?  I might be missing something about what the change was.

Yes when I hitch up as soon as we moved the truck the jaws would open like the picture. Now when hitched up and I can pull on the arm the jaws close the rest of the way then I can put the pin in on the plate I welded on the arm and the locking block that keeps the jaws closed doesn’t move. 

After the fix

before the fix

I did the same thing Rick. Now the jaws stay closed all the way not open like they did before. At the 2022 national hdt rally I looked at a lot of et hitches and the older ones stayed tight, the newer ones have a lot of slop in them. Haven’t heard anymore about a fix from the inverter in a while so did the addition and use a pin to keep the jaws closed. 

New Tst tire monitor 507, cords, stands,and display still in box. No tire sensors. $80

new in box magnum pt-100 solar charger $800 

min Benson Arizona now will be in Quartzite 3rd week of January. Leave a message here and I will get Bach with you I check several times a day

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone still on the forum

In the Alton /Grafton area there is a state park that is near the Mississippi and Illinois River confluence on the Great river road. Lots to do in the area. Need to get reservations now because it fills up every weekend. 20/30/50 amp at every site and 4 dump and fill stations. Water scattered throughout. We know the park pretty good so if you go might be able to tell you which ones are good sites. Sorry it’s grafton ,illinois

5 hours ago, spindrift said:

LOL...that's not a myth, but it could start a good fight!

Have been on a highway lately? I don’t know how many unsafe cdl trained drivers we saw just on this trip that are doing everything but driving. It doesn’t take a genius to know you don’t speed through a construction zone but at least he has a cdl. 

Carl,mark and I both had some in Grenada. If we would have sprayed it then you would have had it off by now. 

Exactly 

Carl I wish our cheap heat worked as good as yours and David’s. It’s been worked on more than once and doesn’t put out half the heat. I would not spend the money on the cheap heat if I were to buy another trailer. 
I might have it installed by a qualified cheat heat installer and may even have this on looked at by one. It’s a shame to burn through a 40 lb tank of propane every 3-4 days. 

Nice looking Kenworth 

And you will have a rougher ride on the trailer with that light of a load. 

41 minutes ago, sandsys said:

Be very careful about buying a 5th wheel to be pulled by a pickup truck. Weight matters in stopping as well as starting. Do not believe a salesperson who says, "Sure, it can handle that." He/she won't be held responsible if you have an accident. Get the truck weighed as part of your test drive. After you buy it, pack it then weigh it again. That way you will have real numbers when deciding what you can tow.

Linda Sand

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Should be embarrassed to let himself get that low on propane when he knew it was going to stay cold. Bet if he had a generator it was propane too. We have two 40 lb tanks and when we are in cold weather as soon as one runs out I fill it up, and keep the  30 gal diesel tank filled for the generator. You never know what might happen. 

Maybe this was it

Propane refrigerator MAY be the most common cause but I don’t see what would make it worse by driving. If you have a gas truck and you stop to refuel you might want to turn it off. We switched our to a 12 volt dual compressor cooling unit and don’t need to worry about that anymore. 

We always travel with it on, used to travel with propane on then when we got solar and batteries we let it run on the inverter. 

Yes we had a 2118 and ran it but have solar panels and 8 lithium batteries. Closest we figure it took 600 watts to run it. We had 1280 watts on the roof. 

Thank you veterans 

Isn’t the highest drv gvwr 24000. 

Google earth has the measurements too. 

Leaving Highland Illinois in a couple hours heading to Rend Lake South Marcum Coe park for a few days then Lake wappappello. 

There are a few out at Quartzite already. Steve and Gail Dixon  are there. I think a few mor are too.