What Did You Do To Your RV TODAY?

[ALJO]

Bill; LT's are a bit stiffer than the P rated tires. I am still riding the original P rated and are happy with the performance. It works for my setup. I bought from an another RAM owner a brand new set on original rims with spare. So am also ready for the next winter.

[RogerR]

I pulled out my panel on my new SLX195rb to look for places to seal out mice and bugs based on past experience. I found the power cable coming through the floor had a tie down attached but the tie down was not secured to anything. I explored beneath and found over a foot of cable drooping under the floor.
I secured it and tomorrow will force aluminum screen wire into the pipe and seal it with foam. Found several other partially foam holes in the bottom clear through the floor. Very sloppy job foaming these holes. Must have been a bad day at the factory.

[SmokerBill]

Originally Posted by homer1959

what do you mean by that ? Rougher ride ?

The ride is a little rougher, but I expected that and it's no problem. The truck just doesn't want to track straight down the road. It's so bad it feels dangerous. I don't think alignment is a problem, since the previous tires wore evenly and tracked straight down the road. With these tires, when I get on the interstate I'm white knuckling all the way. With the P tires, only passing semi's would give me a little sway. With the new tires, passing cars bounce me around. Tomorrow I'm going to set the pressure at the recommended, label pressures, even though everything I've read said that LT tires need to be aired up more in order to reach the needed carrying capacity.

[edatlanta]

Originally Posted by SmokerBill

I'm 3/4 done towing it for the day. Started at Cape Disappointment State Park, and now I'm at the northbound Toutle River rest area. In a bit I'll continue on up to the Scatter Creek Rest Area and spend the night there.

My Jayco is towing like crap with the new LT tires I got on my truck. I've tried higher pressures (recommended by some), and just dropped the pressures down. If it doesn't tow well, I'm going to take Discount Tire up on their offer to take back any tire for any reason, and if they take them, just go back to the "P" rated tires. The first two sets towed my TT beautifully. Why in the heck did I "upgrade"?!!!

I noticed you have "upgrade" in quotes, for a reason I'm sure.

I think the word upgrade is overused. Modification might be a better word because a lot of the changes made are upgrades only in the eyes of the guy that did it. All are modifications, but some are definitely NOT an upgrade.

Most of us have made "upgrades" that weren't.

Good luck with your tires and have a safe trip. Sounds like you are having a good time.

[SmokerBill]

Originally Posted by edatlanta

I noticed you have "upgrade" in quotes, for a reason I'm sure.

I think the word upgrade is overused. Modification might be a better word because a lot of the changes made are upgrades only in the eyes of the guy that did it. All are modifications, but some are definitely NOT an upgrade.

Most of us have made "upgrades" that weren't.

Good luck with your tires and have a safe trip. Sounds like you are having a good time.

Thanks Ed. Upgrade or mod, whatever it was I think I made a bad choice. I assumed that changing to LT tires would provide a more stable towing experience (thought stiffer sidewalls would give me better side-to-side stability). Maybe the all-around coil spring suspension is tuned to perform best with flimsy-sidewalled "P" rated tires.

I started driving the interstate at 4AM this morning, with the fronts at 40psi / rears at 46psi. Door sticker stipulates 40/44, so I was close to specs. Still had some side sway, but it was a little better. Going 60mph, a pickup truck passed me and tossed me around as if it were a big rig blowing by.

My TT is loaded the same as always, and never had a problem with the P tires when loaded that way.

I will give Eric at Discount Tire a call today and see if he has any suggestions, and if not, if he'll honor their promise of, "If you are not satisfied with your purchase at any time, bring it back and we will make it right.".
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoReturnPolicy.do

Slept last night at the Chehalis Walmart, and drove 20 miles up the road to the Scatter Creek rest area. Filled with fresh water at the FREE dump station here, and will drive another 20 miles in a little while to Capital State Forest for a few days of FREE camping (with a WA state Discover pass).

Maybe the weight of the water in the tanks will help stabilize the ride. Let's hope so.

[Pfflyer]

Originally Posted by SmokerBill

Thanks Ed. Upgrade or mod, whatever it was I think I made a bad choice. I assumed that changing to LT tires would provide a more stable towing experience (thought stiffer sidewalls would give me better side-to-side stability). Maybe the all-around coil spring suspension is tuned to perform best with flimsy-sidewalled "P" rated tires.

I started driving the interstate at 4AM this morning, with the fronts at 40psi / rears at 46psi. Door sticker stipulates 40/44, so I was close to specs. Still had some side sway, but it was a little better. Going 60mph, a pickup truck passed me and tossed me around as if it were a big rig blowing by.

My TT is loaded the same as always, and never had a problem with the P tires when loaded that way.

I will give Eric at Discount Tire a call today and see if he has any suggestions, and if not, if he'll honor their promise of, "If you are not satisfied with your purchase at any time, bring it back and we will make it right.".
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoReturnPolicy.do

Slept last night at the Chehalis Walmart, and drove 20 miles up the road to the Scatter Creek rest area. Filled with fresh water at the FREE dump station here, and will drive another 20 miles in a little while to Capital State Forest for a few days of FREE camping (with a WA state Discover pass).

Maybe the weight of the water in the tanks will help stabilize the ride. Let's hope so.

My experience with new Michelin LT tires doesn't sound as bad as yours but similar. After 1000 miles or so things smoothed out and the ride was great. Not sure what brand you bought but other Michelin LT users have said the same. Is that what the DT rep told you?

[SmokerBill]

Originally Posted by Pfflyer

My experience with new Michelin LT tires doesn't sound as bad as yours but similar. After 1000 miles or so things smoothed out and the ride was great. Not sure what brand you bought but other Michelin LT users have said the same. Is that what the DT rep told you?

Actually, I didn't get Michelins. I have new Cooper Discoverer HTP tires. Maybe a little more traveling will break the tires in so they ride better. I guess this subject should be in the TV thread.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...e.jsp?techid=5

[homer1959]

Its really strange that you are getting more sway and unstability with the LT tires at least you have the option to return with the p

[SmokerBill]

Originally Posted by homer1959

Its really strange that you are getting more sway and unstability with the LT tires at least you have the option to return with the p

I agree. I just spoke with my man at Discount Tire and explained my problem. He said "sure, you can return them", so I had him order a new set of Goodyear SR-A "P" rated tires that I'll switch to, with full credit on the Coopers toward the new set. Their policy is that tires can be returned within 30 days. I'm happy.

[Callelk]

Added some convenience items to my new White Hawk 27DSRL. Brushed stainless Command items that work with the 2017 interior.

New key rack...hated the wire hooks.



Bathroom towel bar.



Pot holder hooks.

[Pfflyer]

Straightened up the outside storage compartments and re-painted the battery slide out tray. Using magnets on the walls of my tool storage compartment so I do dig through my tool storage bag for frequently used items like the tire gauge.

[Camper_bob]

Finally ordered my new WDH. last weekend. It should be here in a day or two. After much deliberation, I went with the Blue Ox SwayPro. I will likely have to trade out the shank though, so it will still be a while before I can get it hooked up and try it out. I can't wait, this has been a long time coming!

[dzwiss]

I dropped my trailer off at the Jayco factory to have a stress crack repaired.

[BCK]

Nothing!

Got back yesterday from 4 nights camping. Have had 34 nights and 9 camping trips in the new tt and this is the first trip where there isn't some kind of repair to do before the next outing.

[edatlanta]

I wasn't planning on doing anything, but my black tank burped, soooooo dump time.

Part of the fun we all have, but worth it.

[mike837go]

Cleared the fridge and pantry of the last of the July 4 weekend leftovers.


- 1/2 a loaf of moldy bread
- Dried out cold cuts
- 'science experiment' ready to invade the earth growing in the veggie drawer.


All in the trash now.


Fridge cavity washed then sanitized.

[SmokerBill]

Moved it to Kanaskat-Palmer state park for 4 days.

[bansai]

My dealer starts prepping my new TT today. Maybe that kind of counts?

[northwindone]

My last repair was replacing the bathroom skylight. This one was just a little easier, but should be extremely useful. I just have to figure out where to put the outdoor transmitter.

[newbold1]

Replaced my converter while camping this week. The squeal from the converter that was going bad was driving me crazy. I leaned that an easy way to determine if that noise is he converter is to connect a battery charger to the RV batteries and see if the squeal goes away while connected. Also, if turning on several lights stops the squeal but turning all battery items in the RV makes the squeal the loudest... then it's probably the converter starting to go bad. It was a lot easier to replace the converter than I expected.