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Well, hello everybody, its been a while since my last post so thought I had better catch up on a few things. First, let me apologize for the pictures I am about to post cause i took them with my iPhone and never know how they will be oriented. :) Well in the June issue of Trailer Life I noted...

Thanks Michael.

So as I have previously reported we bought our 2009 Sundance RL 287 used, but apparently only slightly. The only problem I had with the furniture was the wing back style chairs in the lounge. Both had wear spots where hands rested on the arms of he chairs. They were dirty and no amount of...

Thanks Lou, that's exactly what I found, just slight discoloration, but nothing else wrong, no play in the bearing, and when reinstalled no play in the wheel or growling when spun. So you can bet I am going to keep a close eye on it, probably several times during the season, the axle will be...

Well for the lack of something to do, with this "Stay at Home" order. I've done about everything else I could think of, short of washing and waxing, if it ever quits raining. Then thought well old boy you haven't checked or repacked the wheel bearings. Knowing that the wheel bearings should...

I Have installed Golanders on my truck, much lighter than yours, I currently run 50 lbs in mine, they are load range e 10 ply. Your post and the wear you experienced indicates the air pressure may have been a little to low. High air pressure would cause the center to wear more, low, the...

You are welcome, it was fun most of the time :) Thanks

Thank you Sir, appreciate it. :)

Hi everybody, here is another modification I have made to make this Sundance ours :) We noticed that the back splash or the wall paper behind the stove had wrinkled a little due probably to someone using the stove as a heater, don't know why as the furnace works great. Anyway, we saw these...

Hey Curly, just a thought, if the axles are above the springs, by flipping the axles to below the springs, that would raise the fiver, and allow you to level it without decreasing your bed to trailer hight. just my two cents :) Jim

Repaired, thanks.

Your very welcome.

I have replaced all the incandescent lights in our Sundance with LED's, bright white. Also added another LED socket and led light to the vent for the stove. Bonnie has poor vision due to Diabetes, its under control now, so additional light was needed. Now I am not rich, by any means, so I...

New Skylight installed and several soaking rains since, no leaks WOOHOO. Scroll to the bottom for the details. Now if it would just quit raining. This morning 02/10/2020 and its raining again. :( But no leaks and that is great.

Jim you are absolutely right, that explains it. Yes the previous ones were Atwood and this one is a Surburban. Thank you sir, and those plastic plugs won't fit it 😳😊 Thanks again. Never to late to learn something.

thanks Jim ive had some that were just gas and they had no anode rod, could be related to what the tank is made of. Thanks for the quick reply.

Hey Y'all, I've got a question about our water heater. The water heater is GAS only, propane, but it has an Anode rod in the Heater, thought that was only needed if the unit was also electric. Ok, square me away on this, is it supposed to prevent corrosion ? Thanks

Pulled the trigger on rvlock.com and ordered one of their keyless entry locks for my Sundance. Really impressed with their service, I called them to place the order, and spoke with a real human right off the bat. I ordered the right hand model, V4 and was told this would fit my application...

After reading much of the mods listed here I too decided to make the switch, with the switch. Now if I were designing the Sundance, i would have run the wire on over in the ceiling and dropped down to the left side of the door where most light switches reside in the RV's I have owned. However...

Yes, I understand that there are replacement LED's for the Halogen lights, however, I'm choosing not to replace these two little lights, gonna concentrate on all the other bulbs in the Fiver first, and those in the compartments. Big current draw on the battery, hmmm thinking of adding two 6...

You Know you're probably right :)

Hey John and everyone else. Your right John, those are little halogen lights so no leds for them. And the outside cover lens does screw off. So thanks again everyone another problem solved 🤠

ok Dave I'll post one a little later today 22 degrees here brrrr

Ok, I have examined the little pod lights that are located in the Slide of my 2009 Sundance 287RL. I would like to replace the current bulbs with LEDs that I have. Problem the pod or can will only pull down a little seems to be on some type of spring device, and I didn't want to force it...

Boy you guys, and gals sure amaze me. I just printed that table, Marc, its going in my glove box. I can see I may need to bleed down to about 50Lbs, as I don't think at this time my unloaded weight would be anywhere near 2835 per tire :) I haven't had the opportunity to weigh the unit unloaded...

Hey Y'all back from the tire store, sans wallet :) Now the proud owner of 4 LT285 55 R20 Load range E tires Yokohama Mammas, Geolander A/T. Aired to 65PSI, ride is a little sharper, but my mind will be at rest knowing I have new tires, and tires that can carry the load. So thanks everyone for...

Thanks John, yes that's why I stepped the air pressure up from 33 lbs to 40, 44 being the max air pressure under max load on the tires sidewall. What Dave sent me really made up my mind to go with the E load rated tires. The sidewalls are much stiffer, harder ride, but less flex equals greater...

Hey Dave, thanks so much. That's a great read and an education! Made my mind up, I think it's gonna be Yokohama mommas on my Ram. Those P metrics just aren't designed for the task I have asked them to perform, even though I punched the air pressure up to 40 lbs, just shy of max at 44. So so...

Y'all probably know that the Ram 1500's come equipped with P rated tires, or passenger tires. Well I am towing my 2009 Sundance Ultra Light XLT 287RL with ours. The Sundance is listed as 6300 Lbs unloaded weight, and we will probably only go to a max of 7500 when loaded. Only carry about 20...

Hey Mike, yes I have now ordered a new outside skylight, per you and DieselDog, I did find a small crack in the corner and there may be more around the screw holes. I ordered a smoke colored one vice clear to help keep the light down, when you want to sleep late :), and to keep some heat down...

Hey DieselDog, that sounds like good advise, I'll do that just as soon as we get a day when its above freezing :) Right now with bright sunshine, its 29 degrees, and not expected to get above freezing tomorrow, but hey as of this writing its only 42 days until Spring WOOHOO. Jim - - - Updated -...

Hey Dave, thanks for the response, yes I have been all over the roof it is in great shape, and no other signs of water intrusion anywhere else. When I took the inside cover off water was dripping from even the highest part of the outside cover, no way for a leak to get water up there. Since I...

Re: Eterna Bond for my Sundance (UPDATE) So, it finally quit raining, and the Sun is out this morning shining on my Sundance HOORAY. So went out to check on my eterna bond tape fix. WOW there is water in the bucket I sat for a just in case, ok where did I go wrong. I searched condensation on...

Not long after we brought our new to us, 2009 Sundance home, it rained, matter of fact it has been raining most of this new year, think I would prefer snow. But I digress, well inspecting the inside for leaks I found one. Right at the corner of the skylight over the shower. I had noted on a...

Thanks Bill yes we really like them. - - - Updated - - - Don't find that to be a problem, many are installed this way for use with the compressor and controller to provide air to both bags at the same time, with a gauge on your dash which is the way I plan to go in the near future. :)

Thanks Jay look forward to seeing you at the Danville rally in May, when its WARM WOOHOO.

I looked at all the options for upgrading the suspension on my 2013 1500 Ram Laramie. Considered the Timbrens, and the other jounce replacements, but as others have said, wanted something adjustable. Settled on the Air Lift 5000's. I bought mine from E-bay for 248.01 shipped free to my door...

Yep one the first thing I did all five are St special trailer dated 3218 look like less than 500 miles on them and I put 231 on it after purchase. Can't remember name brand but not Blow Max LOL thanks

Hey Jay, we're gonna be there, just tried to call for reservations but they don't open till 10am, will tell them we are with the Heartland owners club. We are going to arrive on the 13th and depart on the 17th, probably will stop by the house, then head for Waco Texas and our son's birthday on...

Hey that's a real possibility where is the location of the rally? Thanks