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A Surbaban can be changed from the outside of the RV....and Atwood is changed from the inside of the RV...The Atwood is a good heater, but I hate the fact the elec. element has to be changed from the back of the heater.

Valve parallel to the tubing...that means it is open.  The crossover or bypass valve needs to be closed.  I get this question a LOT every spring.  You have opened the valves letting water in and out of the water heater, but have not closed the crossover valve.  Water needs to be forced thru the...

Peanut Man,  You won't hurt anything by walking on the roof of your Heartland.

Depends on where you live, but I would take a bet on Stink Bugs.  We, in Va, have a huge problem with them.  We have had to take the burner tube off hundreds of water heaters and clean the bugs out.  They will block the flow of gas.  If not stink bugs, spiders will build nests in the 90 degree...

The reason for crossed chains is if your ball breaks, or the coupler comes un-hooked, the trailer will fall into the cross and not hit the ground like it would thru straight chains.

Big D, Tell me what your new truck is and I will look up the measurement you need from the back of the bed to the rear of the first rail. On some trucks, it is very important as to where you place the hitch.  On Ford's you have to straddle a crossmember...like I said on some Dodges, you have to...

I absolutely guarantee the bypass valve is not right. 

Glad you took my advise, when you need to slide it, you won't regret doing it right.  If your existing hitch is a Reese or Drawtite, you could have replaced the "saddles" with a slider assy.  Since we don't know what you have, can't answer that.  The new hitch will have instructions as to...

Big D...You are going from a long bed dually to a short bed...you should change your hitch to a slider hitch.  You absolutely do not want your kingpin position to be behind your axle in the towing position.  Mounted in your shortbed truck, in the proper position, the center of your hitch to the...

bogart, A few years ago we put a 5th wheel hitch in a Tundra..the man drove down from Ohio to buy a trailer from us.  We put his hitch in and he hooked up to a 30' 5th wheel with 2 slides.  He called after he got home and he said the only gauge that moved from him driving empty was his GAS...

Sorry, I did mis-read that.

2 of my customers told me about this forum.

Hello Ken, Good to see you here also!!!

Right off the shelf, I am pretty sure you will have to stick with the same brands.  I am sure someone out there could get a Honda and Powerhouse working together, but I am not that guy.

I really appreciate how Heartland built this trailer.  Many years ago I sold another brand that is very popular...I wont name them..but well known.  They built a 5th wheel that weighed just over 7K.  Claimed it was under....customer kept burning up bearings on his trips to FL.  After a trip to...