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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Hi everyone, We decided to go camping for spring break again. :D We had the trailer out a few weeks ago, and it worked fine. Sadly, our awning is not working and I don't know how to troubleshoot it. If we push the button to extend the awning, nothing happens...no noise or anything. If we push...

Can anybody explain what the purpose of the vent under the fridge is?

I guess this would be considered a fifth wheel? Or not?

In case anyone needs to patch their air mattress on the flocking (fuzzy) side, there's an easy way. Get some cotton balls and some acetone-based nail polish remover. Gently rub the nail polish remover on and around the area where you need to put the patch. The flocking comes right off, and...

Hi everyone, Our original air mattress needs to be replaced. We ended up with a few tiny holes, that became bigger over time. I patched those, but new ones kept appearing. The bed frame had some sharp parts, and I've filed/sanded all of those down and covered them in (what else) duct tape...

We just got back from a weekend trip, and when we turn on the fantastic fans, unfortunately now have a terrible "cat litter box" odor coming from under the fridge, the heat registers, and under the sink. I removed the cover under the fridge and *gasp* there were mouse droppings. Yesterday, we...

Today I took our trailer to our local campground for a family weekend. Everything worked normally when I picked the trailer up from storage, but when I tried to disconnect the truck, I had a serious problem with my front landing gear. I was just raising the trailer so I could disconnect, and...

Hi everyone, Just got back from a weekend in our Bighorn, and we seem to have burned out the bulb on the off-door side security light. Does anyone happen to know the specs for the replacement bulb for this? Thanks, Chris

Hi everyone, Well, we just got back from a weekend at a local campground. The weather was chilly, temperature just above freezing, and we had a light dusting of snow. Went through almost a tank of propane. Had a pretty great weekend though. This morning, when trying to get the trailer hooked...

Just saw a video on youtube showing a low bridge and an unbelieveable number of trucks, busses, and yes...RVs getting "a little off the top". A good reminder for all of us to know our height and be careful of bridges. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=20MCxSFgrnc

Gasp! This is scary. Don't know where this picture was taken, but definitely a wake up call to all of us.

Hi everyone, This summer while towing through the mountains (Stevens Pass, WA) we blew a pipe off of our engine. We went up the long steep incline, then down the long steep decline, then were on our way up a shorter-but-steeper incline again and I stepped on the accelerator and "*BANG*" it...

Hi Everyone, I would love to know if there's a way to tell our fridge to display the temperature in metric instead of the default which is fahrenheit. Up here in the great white north, we don't use fahrenheit for anything, and since I grew up learning and using metric, seeing 38 on my fridge is...

Found this old video of an old 5th wheel camper made to connect to...that's right, a VW Beetle! Forget Heartland's 88 degree turning radius, really. Sadly no views of the inside. You've gotta see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HNXeNyPn2w Cheers, Chris

Not sure if there's a more appropriate forum for this question. Throughout the year, we go camping at least a weekend or two a month, even in the "winter". To be clear, here in the Pacific Northwest, we don't get prairie-style winters, but usually a few degrees above freezing, almost no snow...

Thought I should share some information. A few months ago I purchased a Garmin Nuvi 1450LMT GPS to replace our ancient Magellan unit. Aside from having great navigation and a really easy to use interface, this one also comes with free live traffic integration and free map updates four times a...

I didn't want to hijack the other Eagle cam thread. If you like watching eagles, then you'll want to check out this one from Victoria, BC (Canada) and some from the Vancouver and surrounding area. They include live cameras of multiple nests, including some infrared cameras for night-viewing...

Hey everyone, I'm sure many others have likely already done this "mod" but I thought I'd post it here to give others the needed push to get it done too. Since we've had our Bighorn, every time I've needed to hook up a sewer hose, there has always been some "icky" mystery liquid come out when...

Hi everyone, At the campground I'm staying at this week, there's a guy here with a Sundance that has...a wood burning stove inside. Complete with a big shiny chimney coming about 2 to 3 feet out of the middle of his roof. I asked him about it and he said, "yes, I do have a wood burning stove"...

This is admittedly an odd post. Flies are getting in to our Bighorn, and we can't figure out how or where. I have killed 5 today alone. They are nor coming in through the door, and all the windows are closed. Just when I think I've got them all, more appear. I'm at a total loss. I suspect maybe...

Can anyone tell me how to access the upper part of the icemaker water line in our Bighorn 3055RL? If I take off the off-door access panel in the basement storage, nearest the UDC, I can see the bottom of the icemaker line, but I'm not sure how far up it goes or how to access the top. I'd like...

I am leaning towards getting an Extang Solid Fold tonneau cover for my truck, but was wondering if it's possible to drive with it on and partly open when towing the 5er? Or would I have to remove it entirely when towing?

I am worried I might have a problem with my roof. I went out to visit the trailer last week, and climbed the ladder to have a peek at the roof. What I saw is a bit tricky to describe, but essentially, the roof seemed like it was swollen between the roof beams. Wherever the beam is, the roof went...

I just connected to the forum after having not logged in for a couple of weeks, and it looks like we just passed 10,000 members! There should be a party! ;)

Would this be a "Class A" or a "Class C"? Better yet, would the word "class" even be there? :D

Hi everyone, I need to get myself a new tire inflator. The one I had was a Bon Aire digital unit I had purchased at Costco a while back. The thing I liked about it was that it handled the higher PSI of my trailer's tires and my truck's tires. The thing I loved about it was I could set a...

Hi everyone, I would like to ask for advice on winterizing our Bighorn. Last year, I winterized with a large jug of RV antifreeze and parked her for a few months. This year, we plan on using the trailer at least a weekend or two every month throughout the winter. It doesn't generally get very...

As I write this, I am waffling on renewing my GM Onstar subscription. My truck came with a 1 year subscription and it ran out a few months ago. That said, I'm considering renewing it, but am interested to know what others have done. Like many other things, as a Canadian, I'm forced to pay more...

According to the manual, "...brakes should be adjusted...at 3,000 mile intervals...". Does anyone here adjust their own brakes? If so, is it a difficult job? Are there any special tools involved? Is this something an owner can easily do themselves or is this something that really needs to be...

Hi Everyone, Let me start by stating the obvious: I don't know a whole lot about tires...but I'm sure someone here does. :D Currently, I think the tire size is ST235/80R16E but so many tire stores don't carry that exact size. I was wondering if it's possible to use an alternate tire size on...

Today, I changed the shower head from the stock one that came with the trailer to a Waterpik unit I picked up from Costco. The entire job, start to finish, took me less than 10 minutes and OMG what a difference. The pressure from the old one was horrible, so bad that it was sometimes difficult...

Mod - Installed Honeywell digital thermostat - Need help - Solved! Hi everyone, I purchased a Honeywell RTH6400 thermostat from HD a couple of days ago and installed it as closely as I could to the instructions. Initially, the way I wired it up didn't start the furnace fan but I found a...

Hi Everyone, This is a follow-up to this old thread, but I suppose this is more of a modification now. :o In the year that we've had it, we had three leaks in our Bighorn: one very minor and two big enough that our basement floor was literally covered in water and everything in the...