A Very Clean 2017 CrossRoads Altitude Model 3712
Fifth Wheel Toy Hauler Trailer
Taking it home! (Click image for full size)
Man - sure is big! (Click image for full size)
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This is the cover page of the brochure. (Full Size) |
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This is what the inside looks like. (Full Size) |
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Ours is a 3712 model - center layout. (Full Size) |
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Some (but not all) of the popular options. (Full Size) |
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Details of some of the options. (Full Size) |
| Item | 2015 Low NADA Retail |
2015 Average NADA Retail |
2016 Low NADA Retail |
2016 Average NADA Retail |
2017 Low Estimated |
2017 Average Estimated |
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| Base Price | $26,850 | $32,350 | $29,250 | $35,250 | $31,650 | $38,150 |
| 11,000 BTU A/C (front bedroom) |
320 | 385 | 355 | 425 | 390 | 465 |
| 15,000 BTU AC (central, ducted) |
475 | 575 | 530 | 635 | 585 | 695 |
| Furnace (25,000-30,000 BTU) |
145 | 175 | 160 | 195 | 175 | 215 |
| Microwave hood combo |
250 | 305 | 280 | 340 | 310 | 375 |
| Refrigerator (8-10 Cu. Ft.) |
540 | 650 | 600 | 720 | 660 | 790 |
| Water Heater 10 gal Gas/Electric DSI |
200 | 240 | 225 | 270 | 250 | 300 |
| Television 40 inch (Flat Screen) |
220 | 265 | 245 | 295 | 270 | 325 |
| DVD Player | 20 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 35 |
| Generator (5 KW Gas) |
1,340 | 1,615 | 1,870 | 2,250 | 2,400 | 2,885 |
| Electric jacks |
390 | 470 | 435 | 525 | 480 | 580 |
| Scissor stabilizer jacks |
125 | 150 | 135 | 165 | 145 | 180 |
| Fiberlass Exterior (31 feet and over) |
1,175 | 1,415 | 1,305 | 1,570 | 1,435 | 1,725 |
| Fuel Station (30 gallon) |
380 | 460 | 420 | 510 | 460 | 560 |
| Outside Shower | 75 | 90 | 85 | 100 | 95 | 110 |
| Power Double Queen Bunks |
800 | 960 | 890 | 1,070 | 980 | 1,180 |
| Power Roof Vent | 95 | 115 | 105 | 130 | 115 | 145 |
| Power Roof Vent with Rain Sensor |
165 | 200 | 185 | 225 | 205 | 250 |
| Spare Tire and Carrier |
85 | 100 | 95 | 110 | 105 | 120 |
| Power Awning 10 to 15 feet |
275 | 335 | 310 | 370 | 345 | 405 |
| Power Awning 16 to 21 feet |
295 | 355 | 330 | 395 | 365 | 435 |
| 50 Amp Service | 100 | 120 | 110 | 130 | 120 | 140 |
| Power Slide-out (Bedroom Closet) |
780 | 940 | 870 | 1,045 | 960 | 1,150 |
| Power Slide-out (Living Room Couch) |
1,670 | 2,015 | 1,855 | 2,235 | 2,040 | 2,455 |
| Total Price | $36,770 | $44,310 | $40,670 | $48,990 | $44,570 | $53,670 |
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Here it is - all set up in the campground. No matter where you stand, it is a B-I-G trailer. Note the level mounted over the hitch pin - it can be seen from the truck. (Full Size) |
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The red tape helps the driver center the pin when hooking up. The pin is locked into a stabilizing tripod, and the black box carries all the sewer hoses when moving. (Full Size) |
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The lower doors are (left to right): pass-through storage, LP bottles, Genset, and storage. It carries two 30 lb LP bottles (with automatic switchover). (Full Size) |
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Left to right the doors are Genset, storage, storage and pass-through storage. The front landing gear switch is on the front street-side - we pull the fuse to prevent {ahem} accidents. (Full Size) |
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Not much to see here - the ladder is on the street side and folds flat to the wall. The rear awning is on the curb side. The loading lights are above the door, one per side, and a third near the ladder. (Full Size) |
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Sorry for the mess - we were unloading the trailer. The loading lights are clearer, and you can see the ladder is stowed. The blue stripe is the pull-down bug screen, and just below that is the lower bunk / sofa seats. On the floor curb side is the fifth wheel and mounting bracket. (Full Size) |
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Here's the sign on it now. Call to make an appointment to see it. (Full Size) |
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Right after we bought it we put it in a campground in Western Massachusetts. Notice how high the front is off the ground - tricky parking! (Full Size) |
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This is the data plate from the front of the trailer. There are a couple of things to note: the VIN and the build date, plus you can (literally) carry a ton of cargo, and with a GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) of 15,500 lbs, and three 6,000 lb axles, this trailer is overbuilt! (Full Size) |
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The front slide extends less than the main slide. The white tubes on the ground are plastic water pipes - craft supplies, not included with the sale. (Full Size) |
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Visible doors left to right: edge of generator, storage, storage/battery, man bay. There is a fifteen foot long fifty amp extenson cord, included with the sale. (Full Size) |
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This shows the main slide-out, and the extension cord is more visible. The two round black things by the main bay door are fill inlets for the two freh water tanks. Also notice the household water filter near the fill inlets, and the fueling station (under the white decal, rear of the main slide). (Full Size) |
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You can see the loading lights: 2 above the ramp and one on the garage wall. You can also see the typical RV water filter on the ground - we double filter our water. (Full Size) |
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That is a pretty big ramp door, but counter-balanced so one person can operate it. There are six parking platforms under the right rear corner. We made those to use when we encounter soft soil or muddy conditions, but they are not needed here. They are included in the sale. (Full Size) |
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Here you can see the parking platforms more clearly. Also notice the solar security lights at the trailing edge of each awning. They hook into the rain gutter with S-hooks, and are removed when we have to move the trailer. No holes, no leaks and plenty of light at night. A similar light is hooked under each step. (Full Size) |
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The canopies are quite large. Notice the porch lights: one over the door and another behind the steps. (Full Size) |
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This is the rear door with similar porch lights. You can also see the gutter mounted solar lights in this picture. (Full Size) |
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It's a l-o-n-g way down the side! With external stabilizer jacks on each side and a stabilizer tripod under the hitch, it is quite stable. The concrete block porch helps too. (Full Size) |
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The bedroom is pretty big, and there is a LOT of storage too. Here you can see the storage area in the slide (on the left), the storage over the bed and a small cabinet under the nightstand. Both nightstands have an electrical outlet, and the headboard area is very roomy - books, extra smoke detectors and other items fit nicely. (Full Size) |
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You can see the nightstand on this side better - it is smaller, and the storage under it is just a shelf. Plus there is storage under the bed. (Full Size) |
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It is pretty roomy, but like most toy haulers, sleeping space is a little tight. The control on the bed is for the TV. (Full Size) |
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There is blue LED lighting on the headboard. The white stuff on the headboard is white rubber mesh shelf liner - things don't slip around while moving the trailer. (Full Size) |
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There's an air conditioner in the bedroom right over the bed. The round white thing left of the AC is the outlet for the main AC in the living room. So you can cool down with either or both AC's while sleeping. (Full Size) |
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Picture taken from the forward street side - the TV is pretty easy to see from the bed. The door at the right edge goes to the bathroom. (Full Size) |
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Looking from the bedroom toward the garage. Note the glass shower door in the bathroom. Also note half of our crack security team on the hall steps. (Full Size) |
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Another view into the bathroom and down the hall. The hooks on the doors are "pinned" into the doors - they don't slide around but can easily be taken down for cleaning. (Full Size) |
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This is the slideout closet space - very roomy. The white things are dryer sheets - bugs and critters don't like them. We leave them in year round. (Full Size) |
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Under the bed is a great place for out of season clothing, extra shoes and so many other things. Surprising how much you can get in here. Critters also don't like the mothballs in the bag. (Full Size) |
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The bathroom sink is a fair size. The door to the right leads to the upstairs hall. Note the heater vent - nice on chilly mornings! (Full Size) |
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There is a good bit of storage under the sink. The white things are dryer sheets and mothballs. (Full Size) |
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There is good lighting in the bathroom. The round white thing (upper right) is an AC outlet. Note the skylight over the shower (upper left). (Full Size) |
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There's room for a goodly amount of toiletries in the medicine chest, and when you're not moving, some items can go on top. See the coathooks in the mirror? They are on the wall over the toilet. (Full Size) |
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Floor space is pretty good - the two doors into the bathroom prevent traffic deadlocks. Note the spongy thing under the door: it slides on the floor so the door will stay where you put it. (Full Size) |
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We have door hooks in a lot of places - this one is for a towel bar. A third bar is wrapped on the left end, should you want it. There's an exhaust fan directly over the toilet. (Full Size) |
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The shower is a good size. Looks pretty too. (Full Size) |
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Access to the plumbing and such is through the round access panel. (Full Size) |
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The bathroom closet is very roomy - note the dryer sheets again. (Full Size) |
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The space is almost floor to ceiling - lots of room. And the lighting in that area is pretty good too. (Full Size) |
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There are a couple of coat hooks and an exhaust fan directly over the toilet. (Full Size) |
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They put the toilet into a corner where the space would ordinarily be wasted. This helps free up walking aroound room in the bathroom. (Full Size) |
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You can open the shades and window in the hall and see the outside world from the bathroom. (Full Size) |
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Looking from the living room you can see the door to the bedroom, doorknob to the bathroom, smoke detector on ceiling, switch for the hall light and main themostat on the right wall. (Full Size) |
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From the living area you can see the bedroom door, a window in the slide and the television area. Note that we kept the couches covered because of our dogs. (Full Size) |
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A better view of the upper hall with the thermostat. The left door is to the bedroom, the right door is to the bathroom. (Full Size) |
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The thing on the refrigerator door is a thermometer, watching the temperatures outside, in the fridge and in the freezer. (Full Size) |
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More of the living / kitchen area. The gas stove has 3 burners and an oven, and there is a microwave with hood too. (Full Size) |
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There's a broom / coat closet right by the front door. (Full Size) |
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The fan in the living room is an automatic rain protected fan with thermostatic remote control - variable speed and whisper quiet so you hardly notice it. (Full Size) |
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This is a large couch unit in the slide, and it makes into 2 queen size beds. (Full Size) |
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The rear end of the slide has a large cupboard / pantry area. (Full Size) |
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Under the television are the entertainment system, controls for slides / pump / outside lights, and the generator remote control panel. (Full Size) |
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There's also room for DVD's and such under the TV. The little white thing on the door is a light. We keep remote controls here too. (Full Size) |
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The two-tub sink is under the covers. Pretty good counter space for food prep. (Full Size) |
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Lots of room for larger pots and pans under the sink and stove, plus three drawers for silverware and other items. There is "spice rack" space under the counter too. (Full Size) |
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Generous counter space. The door leads to the garage. The cabinets are pretty big and easy to access. (Full Size) |
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Another picture of the counter area. The LP gas detector is near the bottom of the door. (Full Size) |
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This pantry is in the slide area. There is also storage above the sofa area. (Full Size) |
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The slide pantry is almost floor to ceiling - lots of room in there. (Full Size) |
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These are pretty big shelves - they hold quite a bit. (Full Size) |
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There is a pull-out drawer in the pantry that we used for lids, pots and pans. Very easy to get at when you need one. (Full Size) |
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This is one of the cabinets over the counter - notice there are no interior blockages. Long things fit. (Full Size) |
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These cabinets alone have more room than in many other RV's. If you have "stuff", this RV is for you! (Full Size) |
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This cabinet is up pretty high - we kept our electric skillet, waffle iron and such here out of the way. (Full Size) |
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More storage high up - we kept small electric heaters, bug lamps and some other outdoor stuff here. (Full Size) |
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The refridgerator is pretty spacious. You can't see them but there are sensors in both compartments for the thermometer outside the door. (Full Size) |
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The fridge does a good job and runs on LP or 110 volt, so it works while dry camping. (Full Size) |
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All the beds are up here and you can see - room for bikes, golf cart and other toys here. The hitch is included in the sale. Tie-down rings are in the floor. Left door is to the main cabin, right door is to the half-bath. (Full Size) |
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The lower bed can be converted to opposing sofas and power lowered to sitting height. The roller screen can be pulled down for bug control. You can see the cabinets over the interior doors here too. (Full Size) |
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The overhead cabinet is full-width. The silver stuff is a sheet of foam insulation - makes a great bulletin board, and a place to hang travel maps. (Full Size) |
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We stored toilet paper, paper towels, tarps, furniture pads and other supplies up there. And the door on the right is to the half bath. The TV can act as a computer monitor for HDMI input. (Full Size) |
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Pretty decent little half bath. We kept a weather radio on top of the medicine cabinet - you could hear it when it went off but it wouldn't levitate you out of bed. (Full Size) |
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We kept the toilet chemicals back here away from kids and dogs. The rubber floor mats are included in the sale. (Full Size) |
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This is a close-up of the beds. The bottom pull-pin lets you remove the bottom seat/beds completely, and the top pull-pin allows the upper queen bunk bed to come down. (Full Size) |
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Notice the stubby legs - they fold down to make the sofa stable. The swim tubes help dummies who don't duck (ask me how I know). (Full Size) |
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More details. We had an exercise bike and an office in the rear, with a table over the hitch. Not always comfortable but amazingly useful. (Full Size) |
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The cardboard on the door blocked the sunlight and was a place for notes and a wall calendar. Both doors have plexiglas on the screen bottom to prevent rips by our dogs. (Full Size) |
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The rail continues to unfold and meets the right rail to enclose the deck. There is a small "gate" section to exit the deck onto a ladder (not included in the sale). (Full Size) |
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Here's the right side. Notice the latches near the bottom right, just rear of the roller. That rail doesn't just hang there - it is locked in making the party deck very sturdy. (Full Size) |
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Looking curb side from street side - front is to the left, interior partition is removed. Note the inverter and TV wiring. Things are pretty accessible in the bay. (Full Size) |
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We had to replace the water pump - fairly easy to get at. (Full Size) |
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We added an expansion chamber to the pump. It now runs much smoother and has far fewer surges (like when showering). (Full Size) |
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The valve on the far side of the pump selects input from the water tanks (normal use) or from a bottle of RV antifreeze (while winterizing). The white hose from the valve ends in a fill tube. (Full Size) |
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The hose is draped over the service partition. Usually the end is wire-tied out of the way but reachable. (Full Size) |
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This end of the hose goes in the bottle of antifreeze and the pump forces it through the lines to individual faucets. (Full Size) |
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It can get cold in Alabama! This is an outside water filter - the second in the water line - that was {ahem} poorly drained before a cold snap. (Full Size) |
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First, turn off the water, water heaters and water pump, then drain the fresh tanks. Also open the "low point" drains. Open all the faucets to speed draining. (Full Size) |
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Open the water heater and remove the drain plug. You -did- open the inside faucets, right? Leave the drain plug out for the winter. (Full Size) |
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Now set the valves (2) under the sink to the bypass position. You can still use the water system now, but without hot water. DON'T TURN THE WATER HEATER ON WHILE IT IS BYPASSED!!! (Full Size) |
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Remove the access panel in the bay and change the water pump input selector. Now instead of pumping from the fresh tank, the pump will pump from your anti-freeze supply bottles. Close all the faucets in the trailer but leave the water heater drain out. (Full Size) |
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Now you're ready to pump anti-freeze into the system. Start the pump, then beginning at the furthest faucet (garage bathroom), run water from the faucets and toilets until anti-freeze comes through. As you do each line, close that faucet / valve and continue with the next furthest faucet. The outside shower shoul be the last one. (Full Size) |
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Take some leftover anti-freeze and pour some down each drain and toilet. That's about it in a nutshell. Winterizing can be done several ways, and I usually prefer to blow out the lines with compressed air where it -really- gets cold. If you do that, put anti-freeze down the drains and toilets anyway. Either way, don't forget to drain the gray and black tanks and put some anti-freeze in them too. (Full Size) |
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My fresh water system goes from the campground faucet to a 4 outlet manifold (Tractor Supply). Outputs are: black flush, hand wash, fresh supply, spare. Fresh supply goes to a standard RV water filter, then a whole house filter, then to a Y-valve splitter. One side of the splitter goes to the "City Water" connector, and the other goes to a three foot hose to fill the tanks. By using the city connector and the pump, water pressure is pretty good and the fresh tanks stay clean. (Full Size) |
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The awnings are very large - especially the front awning. They are heavy and need large motors to extend and contract them. They are beginning to stick a little and sometimes need a little help to retract. (Full Size) |
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The housings come apart but you really need to have a tall ladder on the ground. Trying to remove the housings to lubricate the mechanism from the roof just doesn't feel safe. Also inside the housing is a wheel and brush assembly to bring power to the LEDs on the roller. (Full Size) |
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Another view of the housing. You can also see the LED fixture in the gutter hanging on S-hooks - simple and plenty of light at night. (Full Size) |
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Early on we encountered low wires in campgrounds. These water pipes assemble to lift low telephone wires over the AC's and fans. This trailer is 13 feet six inches high. Coincidently these pipes make retracting stuck awnings very easy and safe. (Full Size) |
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The bearing surface for the rear of the main slide looked like it was about to fail - the plastic was starting to crumple. Our dealer replaced the thin plastic surface with a much thicker piece of solid plastic. It works well but needs to be disclosed. (Full Size) |
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Another view of the repair. It is difficult to see, never mind photograph. (Full Size) |
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Remember that nice big cabinet in the main slide? Looks like that drawer could hold a lot, right? We used it for pots and pans - easier on the back. It wasn't as sturdy as we would have liked. (Full Size) |
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So we reinforced the uprights that support the drawer. First, we braced up the shelf between the drawer and the floor. (Full Size) |
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Then we braced up the attachment points for the slide mechanism. This is one side . . . (Full Size) |
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. . . and this is the other. Now it is solid and can handle much more weight. (Full Size) |
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We moved once with the tailgate down. Fortunately we kept it pretty straight but the door took a small hit - see the two dimples? (Full Size) |
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You can see where the door material was pushed a little bit out of the aluminum framework. The material is like a really stiff foam. It could be trimmed but we wanted to ease it back into the channel instead. The lock mechanism is on the curb side (left in the photo) so the bay can be secured. (Full Size) |
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Here's a closeup of the damage. (Full Size) |
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And another closeup of the damage. Getting tools into the area and working upside down has been the challenge. (Full Size) |
