Recent content by schrederman

I have a used hitch someone can come get if they want it. I won't try to ship it. Rated for 10,000# trailer with 1,000# tongue weight. It's in Weatherford, TX... PM me if interested.

I sold my Surveyor last year after 4 years of having it. It was a OK trailer... but in my opinion, just OK. I bought a Jayco and after a year, I can say it's a better-built trailer. I've fixed far less on this one in the first year than in the first year with the Surveyor. I know others that...

I posted this on another forum but I'd like as many experiences as I can get... I've seen TTs and 5ers running down the road with their portable tanks strapped to the roof ladder on the back. I'm about to go on a long trip and I've got mine strapped on... but I'm wondering if it's a bad idea...

I have the same size and I bought the new Carlisle Radial Trail HDs in load range D. About 2,000 miles in the last 4 months and no troubles, so far. Just back from a 700-mile round trip and I was a lot more at ease with these better tires... knock on wood...

I have a Jayco White Hawk 28DSBH with a gross weight of 7500#. It would be great for your family but I wouldn't want to pull it with your truck. I have a 3/4 ton diesel and it does fine. I have that truck because I towed with a 1/2 ton for a while... and didn't like it. I wouldn't have a bunk...

My old guitar is 50 years old and I've owned it for 49 of those years. I feel bad for you having those problems. I worked with my hands all my life in telecommunications and earlier as an aircraft mechanic, and my problem is now arthritis in my left hand. It's really hard to make bar chords for...

I have a heated water hose and I got the "Glacier Package"...  whatever that means. I also keep a heated pipe wrap for the park faucet. I haven't been without water yet. I keep a small electric heater and adjust it as necessary to keep from burning too much propane with the furnace. I set the...

This is probably not worth spit since I live in Texas, and camp in Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas.  It does get below freezing and I've been out a couple of times in the teens overnight. I am prepared for it, and I seldom camp in the summer, but camp often in late fall to early spring. My White...

While someone mentioned that gasoline is cheaper than diesel, if you tow a lot, you'll want to take that a step further. My last gas pickup and my current diesel pickup both got identical mileage unloaded. Gas is about $2- and diesel is running $2.22. My gas truck got 8 - 9.5 mpg towing. My...

I had a '12 Surveyor (FR) that sat on TorFlex axles. It was low enough that it sometimes scraped the stabilizers in the back, and the dumps were very low. However they were close enough to the wheels that they never got damaged. The problem I had was when the trailer space had a sewer that was...

I don't have sway control and I have no sway problems. My WDH came with a friction sway control, but I stopped using it after several people told me that weren't using theirs. I saw no difference. I opted not to install it on my new TT so I don't have a bunch of holes in the tongue A-frame. This...

About the same size as our TT... and I wouldn't want to get pushed around by the wind and turbulence of 18-wheelers in a 1/2 ton.  My Ram 2500 handles this OK. I upgraded the truck first knowing I would be getting a bigger trailer. When we got it in August, I was glad to have the bigger truck...

I sold my 4-year-old Surveyor TT for twice what the dealer was willing to offer... an less than a week... for a $24- RVTrader.com ad. That extra $8,000- made trading up a lot easier to swallow.

Unfortunately, "Buy good insurance and quit worrying" sounds a bit dismissive... whether it was meant to be or not. Perhaps it's just in my part of the country with our proximity to the southern US border, but RV theft, particularly travel trailers, is on the rise. Just in my limited travels and...

I use "Open Gear Lube" that I buy at NAPA. Works great and doesn't seem to attract dirt.