Recent content by E. Graham

Does anyone know how we can arrange to have both the car and the coach components of a used Roadtrek inspected on our behalf? We are looking for a used Roadtrek and expect that we won't find one close enough to drive it ourselves to a Chevy mechanic and to an RV center to be inspected. And...

Has anyone on this forum ever owned or rented the Adventurer Class C manufactured, in Yakima WA, for Fraserway Rentals in Canada? We are considering the purchase of their used (rental market) 19' Class C.  If you have any information on build quality, I hope you will share it. Thank you, E. Graham

Karl, That's really helpful.  Thanks. And I seriously love your tag line.  Elisabeth

Great article! This is such a GREAT forum. Thank you, Elisabeth

Gentlemen, Thank you for your input.  We don't travel at more than 55 mph when we're pulling the trailer (leaving a small margin for safety).  We are not speed demons.  As I said, however, when conditions warrant it (straight, lonely, BORING stretch of highway) and state laws permit it, we...

We have been reading tire blow-out horror stories as we wait to pick up our new Casita 17' trailer.  (Thank God we were ignorant when we did our 9-month cross-country trip a few years ago in a used ultra-light travel trailer --- we would never have left home if we had known then what we've...

Best advice for learning to drive an RV? - Take a lesson! When John and I bought our first travel trailer, we each booked separate one-on-one lessons with an Instructor who was qualified to teach tractor-trailer transport truck drivers.? We did this because driving a car does not prepare one in...

I've been away for a few days, so haven't had the opportunity to say "thank you!" to the responses you've all been providing to my question. Thank you! Elisabeth

Our car: ? we're towing with a Toyota 4Runner V6.? We towed our 21' TT with it for 9 months in 2004. Thank you for the caution about running down the battery while using the furnace!? E.

Thank you, John. I don't know the answer to the questions you posed.? However, we're having a hitch shop install our hitch and the weld on the brackets for the torsion bars.? I believe they will also be able to confirm (or not!) that we are set up to charge the trailer battery while driving...

Wow!? Thank you for all? of the helpful responses. Charging with the car engine:? When our Casita is delivered (in mid-June), we'll need to have brackets installed for the torsion bars; I'll have the hitch shop confirm that we can charge our trailer battery through the 7-pin --- or set it up...

I know that we can't stow a generator, filled with gasoline, inside our tow vehicle.? I think that we shouldn't stow it inside the travel trailer while we're driving --- but perhaps we could? There's not much room on the tongue of a 17' Casita to stow a generator but if we learn from your...

Does the 12-Volt battery in a travel trailer get charged while the trailer is being towed?? I have read comments such as "...battery was down so we drove around for a while and it came back up again", and "...started the engine and let it run for a while to charge the battery".? On the other...

Tom and Carl, Thank you both very much for your response. Regarding the hitch, sway bar, and torsion bars:? thank you for pointing out that welding may not be necessary.? In truth, I don't recall how the torsion bars brackets for our DSP WD Hitch were attached to the a-frame tongue on our...

Hello! from two Canadians who chose to move here (America) after almost a year of travelling throughout this country in a tiny (compared to the Diesel pushers we met), ultralight (so that we could pull it with our 4Runner), travel trailer (Wilderness 21' - named Le Petit Lapin).? We've been...