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The basement floor on our 2009 Bighorn 3055RL has gone rotten on the off-door side. Clearly, the universe has decided it's time for me to do yet another project on our beloved trailer. I assume that others have done this job already. I don't know yet whether I need to replace only the part of...

Loading the trailer onto the truck this morning was the easiest in years. The motor wasn't straining at all. Thank you again to everyone here for their perspective and advice.

After this experience, I would most definitely agree! Anyone have recommendations on the best type of grease to use, how much to use, and how best to get it to the long screw?

It turns out that the motor was not at fault at all. The off-door-side leg was at fault, not the motor. We ended up with a seized leg, not the gears at the top...those were worn, but fine. It was the leg that was seized up. I ordered a new leg from the folks at Venture and installed it...

Good news and bad news friends. Good news is, I think my motor is actually fine. Bad news is the off-door landing gear leg bolt has sheared off at the top where the square steel tube connected to the motor on the door-side. I guess if something had seized up in there, that's why the motor...

I phoned the dealership where we originally purchased our Bighorn from. Yep, they quoted me $1,145 for exactly the same motor that's on Amazon for $315 with free prime shipping. These guys have zero shame.

Thank you. I picked up a "wing nut kit" from my local hardware store and a 12" extender. I'll know tomorrow for sure but this should do the trick!

Here's a quick question for everyone. Our landing gear has a manual crank connection that is accessible through the battery compartment, and we have a manual crank. If I could use my power drill or impact driver to turn this, it would mean that I wouldn't have to use the bottle jacks while I...

I'm intrigued about this option. Do you know how many brushes there are? And what size? I'm a handy guy, I wonder if I could buy the right size of brushes and DIY this.

Bogie, mine is most definitely gear-driven at least for the landing gear. My slides are hydraulic though, but that motor is fine.

Are you sure? New motor looks to be about $200. You paid $150 for brushes and the rebuild.

Yesterday, I cleaned and tightened all of the battery connections, I removed and redid the marrettes connecting the trailer wiring to the motor leads. Definitely making good contact. Batteries were at 100% when I took the video. I've taken some video that illustrates the problem: I'm...

I haven't. I'll give that a try. My challenge is right now the unit is in the storage field, so aside from solar charging my batteries I have no way of charging the batteries (no electrical there).

Yep, it makes a noise like it's really struggling. No fuse issues.

Batteries are good. We have a pair of 6V golf cart batteries that are only perhaps a couple of years old. They're kept up by the pair of solar panels on the roof. I haven't. My understanding is, according to conversations I've had with the folks at Lippert is that the landing gear legs should...

What were the symptoms of the motor before you had the new brushes installed?

Hi everyone, It's been a loooong time since I last posted anything here. Life gets in the way. Our old Bighorn is beginning to show some age. The front landing gear is fine when lowering the trailer, but it won't raise the trailer anymore. I don't know if the motor is beginning to fail, if...

This just doesn't look safe.

Re: No power to multiple outlets I'm pleased to report that we're completely up and running now. In case anyone else runs into the same situation, here were the steps I took to resolve the issue: Did some basic troubleshooting up to the point of guessing that the GFCI may be at fault...

Re: No power to multiple outlets Thank you everyone for your help and advice. We're still not out of the woods yet on this one, but I now have more information. We have shore power coming in on 50A from the campground. With power on, we have 120.5V between black and ground/neutral, 120.5V...

Hey everyone, I need some help troubleshooting a power issue that started right after lunch today. We were eating lunch and the string of LED lights we have plugged into the outlet near the stove turned off on their own. Everything else seemed fine. My wife got up and turned the lights back on...

Re: ATF: Bighorn - waste valves This video is relevant and entertaining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kplfaWp32Ug (warning: do not watch before/during/after eating/drinking)

Hi Everyone, Our "winterize" valve needs to be replaced. Behind the UDC, the brass valve looks like a "T" connector and if the valve is in position "a" ("normal") then the pump suction would pull from the fresh water tank, and when in position "b" ("winterize") then the suction pulls from the...

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow countrymen (and countrywomen)! Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. As I write this, we're doing a 7.5 kg (16.5 lb) Turkey in our propane oil-less deep fryer (it uses infrared heat instead of hot air), and we'll have nine around the table. Aside from the traditional...

Yes, and all of them will be better trained and better armed than any of us would be.

I think if I purchase tires through Costco they come with a road hazzard warranty. Anyone have any experience with this?

Hmmm, well that would be a deal breaker right there. I've also read that the Transforce is prone to pinholes.

We used rodent mesh under our register vents. Also, we changed out the hideous RV register vents for attractive ones from Home Depot. The new ones can be adjusted and/or closed, and look 100x better. :)

Part of my challenge with this is that my truck came with what some tire store people call an "oddball size". Specifically, the truck has LT225/75R17 tires. Almost no tire manufacturer makes that size it seems. A couple of people have said that the LT245/70R17 tires would be an equivalent size...

Tires are something that seems really tricky to buy for trucks that need to tow. Some of the people in the stores don't seem to have much experience or understanding of the specific needs that we have when we're dragging around a 5 start hotel suite behind us. :rolleyes: Reviews seem to be hard...

Yes, it's a dually (as shown in my initial question title and signature :angel:) Hmmm. I want tires at least as good as the ones I have now which are General Grabber TR. They were "just okay". They weren't great in colder weather. They weren't great on cold wet roads. They got terrible tread...

Well, looks like I'm going to need to get some money out from under the mattress and go tire shopping which is never a favorite thing for me. My truck is a dually. The original tires are General "LT225/75R17 116/113 Q" and at 52,000 km I need to replace them. According to a couple of local tire...

Ha ha ha. That is awesome. Back when I was worried that ours was dead, I looked into the price of a new motor from Dometic and almost fell off my chair.

Does yours make any sound at all when you push either side of the switch button?

An update for everyone. Voltage at the switch was fine. Took the trailer out about a month ago. We had some hot/dry weather for a few weeks. Decided to give the awning another try, and...it works now. My best guess is that moisture somehow got in somewhere that it wasn't supposed to. That, or...

I climbed a ladder and had a look down the front awning tube, but it's in the closed position. Although I can see the wire, I don't think I can possibly reach down there to get at the connection. Is there any way to manually extend the awning? I really would like to be able to fix this myself...

Update: It seems that the extra circuit fuse was indeed in the 12V fuse box, but was not labelled. There was simply an extra fuse in the box that was blown. I replaced the fuse with another of the same amperage rating, but the awning still doesn't do anything. I'll have to try the "hook...

Good question. When I said, "I checked the fuse" I meant that I had a look through the vertical 12V blade-fuse panel. Nothing was lit up, so I presumed they were all okay. Oddly, none of those indicate anything to do with the awning. The installation manual I found on Dometic's website seemed...

Hi Everyone, Thanks for the tips. I went to Dometic's website and found the installation manuals (http://www.dometic.com/enus/Americas/USA/Customer-Support/Operation--Installation-Manuals/). Seems that the awning should have an "inline 15A fuse" on the wire. I took the switch off the wall, but...

Re: Need troubleshooting help I'll try the switch. I hope that's it. Dare I ask how much a new motor is?