Recent content by coram8

One more piece to think about. The transmission. My opinion is that any one of the big three have the engine to do the job, Powerstroke, Cummings, or Duramax. The reason my current 2015 and my previous 2014 were both a GM with the Duramax is because of the Allison matched up to it. Good luck in...

Seperate question along the same lines. The switches on the hot water heater in our Gateway say 12v And 120 (Our old camper had propane and electric and I would always run them together.) Can these be run together? Is there a benefit?

Great info. I always use Lowe's as a first choice because of their military discount. And it seems every project I do requires at least 3 trips to the store!

I had a crack form on the bottom corner of the bedroom slide on our 2015 Gateway last year. Heartland told me the same thing, we will fix it, but only at the manufacturing facility in Indiana. After finding out our extended warranty wouldn't cover it, I decided to take it to Heartland. We live...

I'm a little bitty guy (only about 280 or so) so I was wondering if anyone has tested the weight limits on these steps. I always put an extra support under the bottom step on our factory steps. I also usually have to place a separate fold up step below the bottom step, otherwise that first step...

I have the RDS 60 combo on my GMC. It has the manual inline valve to open or close it off. What kind of solenoid do you have to control yours?

Our Gateway has the standard residential fridge. It came with stick-on rubber latches to keep the doors closed while traveling. Needless to say, those didn't stay on long. After trying to restick them with command strips and always having to put a case of water in front of the door to keep it...

Re: Sewer hose comtainer Did the exact same on our Gateway and they work great. I cut a piece of 1" square tubing to drop it below the propane line run under the frame.

We took that route last year. I-25 to Just on the north side of Albuquerque, then 550 to Durango. We stayed just outside Durango, so we didn't pull the trailer to Silverton. Had no problems at all with our 41' Gateway taking that route. We loved that area and had a blast spending a week...

The two things I would have paid extra for on our 2015 Gateway: 1. Automatic Leveling System 2. Separate switches for each slide This is our first fifth wheel. Didn't know about the leveling system, but did ask the sslesman if it had separate controls for the slides and he said he believed it...

Here is what I did on our Gateway. It is the Omni inline filter. I used rivets to mount diamonplate to both sides of the docking station wall to create a more rigid wall. Then mounted the filter and water regulator to the wall. I now have quick connects on both ends. I simply put the one end...

I had a MR pinbox that I put on my Gateway. On the first voyage with it from West Texas to DisneyWorld, we made it to Baton Rouge, LA before it broke. That was in June and I am still trying to settle the issue with MR. I will post a full description once I get it resolved, but what I'll say now...

Off subject question for you. Do you have your bikes on fork mounts set on the side rail with the bikes sitting on a tool box? I tried that setup but my bikes hit the front cap during turns. Have you had any issues?

Ditto on the GMC grill! My last two trucks have been a Duromax and I think the Allison transmission is almost bulletproof. That being said, I think any one of the three, Dodge, Ford, or GM, in a 3500/350 DRW setup will handle the trailer just fine. It really comes down to which truck fits you. I...

That's funny you posted a picture of a Sunset Trail Reserve. That was what we had prior to our current gateway. Front cap on our Sunset looked just like the one in the picture. I will say that Crossroads was awesome handling ours. It came with a two year warranty and we were about 9 months past...