Recent content by Jerry Nelms

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    Thor Industries buys controlling interest in Heartland RVs, LLC

    Re: Thor thread deleted I've been reading all the postings. Only time will tell whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. I spent 27 years in the manufacturing world and the only thing that is constant in thie business sector is change. All companies are going to make a profit regardless...
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    New Owner!! 2011 31 QBS! Couple Questions.....

    Wheelbase for the Denali XL is 130" with an overal length of 219". My wife also does not like a pick-up so the SUV. In addition my wife owns a party shop and needs the cover to make deliveries.
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    New Owner!! 2011 31 QBS! Couple Questions.....

    Welcome to the Heartland Family and to the forum. This is a great group of folks that can offer great help with many of your problems. I had experience with a Hemi powered Jeep Commander last Labor Day that neither my wife nor I will ever forget. This incident led to us to never tow our TT...
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    Lighting the oven

    The screws is located on the oven control valve but it is behind the front control panel. To get to the adjustment, I had to first remove all the screws holding the oven in the cabinet. Then pull the entire range forward. Once you slide forward you will find two screws on either side of the...
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    Lighting the oven

    I had similar problem. When we first bought our unit everything was fine. After 2-3 uses, the pilot would go out and I had difficulty re-lighting. Finely, it went out and would not re-light. I called a local repairmen and we checked it out together and I found through him that behind the...
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    Judy's Having Surgery

    Judy is home and doing well. We arrived at home about noon yesterday. Both of us are glad to be home and to be rid of the stones. Judy got a great report on Saturday, she was told that the kidney is clean following x-rays earlier that morning. It is amazing how far this surgery has come...
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    Judy's Having Surgery

    We had a great time at the Nashville Rally and enjoyed meeting so many Heartland owners and making many new friends. While we were there Judy shared with many of you that she was going to have surgery for kidney stones, a total of 7 with the largest being approximately 1.25" in diameter. Well...
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    How many do their own warranty work?

    I have performed all my warranty work and miscellaneous repairs on our 2008 Sundance travel trailer. I agree the hassle of taking it back to a dealer was just not worth it to me. Everything I have done has cost me very little since it was mostly adjustments and mislabeling isues. The biggest...
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    Happy Fathers Day

    You know sometimes we seem to spend so much time worrying about the little things in life we forget what blessings we may experience. I had a great Father's Day with son and daughter. We all spent time with my Dad. For almost a year now we have been contending with Alzhimer's Dementia with my...
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    Renewed Trailer Plates $$$$ OWWW - How much was yours?

    You bet. This is basically like a vehicle property tax and is based on the value of the vehicle/trailer tag is applied to. Out tag actually cost $13.25, the remainder is tax. Crazy but just another way for our politicians to make money and supposedly help with road repairs
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    Renewed Trailer Plates $$$$ OWWW - How much was yours?

    Just renewed my 2008 Sundance 2800RB TT in Alabama. Alabama hits you with an advalorem tax, total cost $152>
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    Can we have a Nashville Rally ROLLCALL?

    Judy andI have been camping for more than 20 years. We started with a Coleman pop-up when our son was small. We owned a Sunnybrook prior to purchasing our Sundance 2 years ago. This is our first Heartland Rally and we are looking forward to meeting all and making new friends. By rally time...
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    Sundance 2800RB Toilet

    We also have a 2800RB and had a toilet seal problem. I loosened the bowl from the base and re-centered the base over the closing valve. We have had no other problems.
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    TV Jeep Grand Cherokee

    Several years ago I pulled a 24' Sunnybrook, weight approximately 5000 lbs, with a 6 cylinder Jeep Grand Cherokee for approximately three years. We never had any issues but we did use anti-sway controls. We never pulled it very fast but we did pull it. Last year we purchased a Sundance 2800RB...
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    Am-fm dvd

    We replaced our Coby with a Phillips system with a five disc changer from Wal-Mart cost of $198.
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