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Re: Good Words From Competition While Shopping
Bankruptcy is essentially when a company runs out of money and can't pay its bills.Verna said:Actually “Little Guy” is actually “Liberty Outdoors”, even after going through a form of bankruptcy/receivership (sorry, I don’t know the difference).
Receivership is when a judge puts a bankrupt company under the control of outside "receivers" who are responsible for cleaning up the mess (completely liquidating all the assets and closing down the company or "reorganizing" it with a new balance sheet and most probably new management).
I haven't followed the company too closely, but it looks like Liberty Outdoors LLC got a little bit ahead of its skis but maybe sold itself to a new entity, Xtreme Outdoors, instead of being forced into bankruptcy.
Xtreme Outdoors Acquires Liberty Outdoors - RV PRO (rv-pro.com)
Re: Glycol tank - cap will not fully tighten and glycol level problem?
I went to top off this afternoon also. I was curious about this issue, after reading it. I was removing the cap, and thought to myself, “what’s the issue?” When I went to put the lid back on, I experianced what has been spoken of. The fix, at least for me, is to pres down on he lid as you screw it in. The threads will catch correctly. This worked for me, without any further mods or gyrations.
Re: Recommended AGM battery capacity for boondocking
@Oyaji Don’t want to start a firestorm here, but I’m consistently intrigued by the intense.. ahem ... frugality of the majority of members on this forum.
I mean Tabs are not cheap campers. Y’all just paid $25k+ for a teardrop right? Likely have a $30k+ tow vehicle? $1,000 more on a good Li setup and you can literally disregard every other post in this thread and on this entire forum about how to be constantly obsessed over how much battery this and that uses.
Because like you, we only Boondock, we made the switch to Lithium and we haven’t thought about our battery since, it just works all the time and has never come close to draining on a 5-7 day trip, with a little sun it’s pretty much infinite.
Now we just camp, wherever we want... which was the point of the whole thing anyway.
Re: Glycol tank - cap will not fully tighten and glycol level problem?
i called Truma tech support about the loose cap thinking it was designed to be a sloppy fit and he said no... it should seat and close: tighten...gently.
Re: Newbie One Night Question
You can put the tongue jack down for some stability and reduce the bounce feeling in the trailer. Easy and quick to get back up when you plug the 7-pin back in for a quick departure...
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Re: Newbie One Night Question
Several of the Cabelas have dump stations. If you are a member of their Cabelas Club (rewards program) you can go in to the service desk and get info to dump for free. Otherwise there is a fee if you need to dump. Some locations do not have overnight accommodations because of local ordinances. Usually the overnight area is near the dump station.
Re: Newbie One Night Question
@Kamate, we have stayed on all of these places. We have never put the stabilizers down. There are several reasons for this. Sometimes the areas have become "sketchy". What appears ok to begin with can turn with the setting sun. If your instincts cry out, the hair on the back of your neck stands up, or you just don't feel comfortable and decide to move, it is much easier, quicker and safer to exit the trailer, plug it in, get into the tv and pull away. Having to stay in an uncomfortable or dangerous area longer while cranking the stabilizers to leave makes no sense to me. If a semi with refrigeration and generator or a big diesel rv parks next to you and leaves the genny cranking you can just exit the trailer, plug it in and drive away, or move to a quieter location without exposing yourselves to more hazards while cranking the stabilizers up. Just food for thought. -Denise
Re: Glycol tank - cap will not fully tighten and glycol level problem?
I wrapped electrical tape around the threads of the glycol resevoir in a clockwise direction. I think it was 2 wraps only and stretched slightly. The cap now threads on fine and tightens. It seemed a lot easier at the time than going back to NuCamp.
camping trailer breakdown towing
I tow a Tab 400 with my Toyota Tundra. Tundra has AAA. But if it breaks down, who tows the camper and where would they leave it? Ideally they would take it to the nearest camp site. Then i could camp while waiting for a repair on the truck. Sams club will tow the camper to an rv dealer if its broken. But tough luck if it is not. So how do you guys deal with this possibilty? My truck broke down, but fortunately it was ay my sons house. Squirrels got into the engine compartment and chewed the wiring overnight.
Re: Good Words From Competition While Shopping
I think Verna meant the quality between a nüCamp TaB and the Little Guy marketed TaBs made by PV are the same quality. The newer nüCamp TaBs have an Azdel floor, instead of the previous model’s use of plywood subfloor. I think this raises the quality bar a bit higher in the newer units.Verna said:The “Little Guy” [email protected] were manufactured by Pleasant Valley Teardrops (see the VIN tag on the left side of the tongue). Pleasant Valley is the “mother” company of nüCamp RV. Little Guy only marketed the pleasant Valley Teardrops through their “divorce” in early 2017. Little Guy never manufactured these teardrops, [email protected]’s, or [email protected]’s.The quality is still the same.
As for the Alde, it is fairly maintenance free, just maintain the glycol fluid level, which depends on how much use it gets. The only real maintenance is the glycol replacement once every two to three years. If you only use the Alde occasionally, you may get by with a longer change out cycle.
I prefer the quality of Alde convention heat over a forced air furnace any day. The former warms the trailer from the floor up, the later only warm the top half of the trailer. When I got my first trailer, it had a corded air, semi vented wall type furnace, which did heat quickly. You were warm standing up, but got cold when you sat down. I quickly replaced this with a fully vented, cast iron boat focsle’ stove, which heated from the floor up.
The Alde was one of the main selling points for me one of the TaB.
Anything with mechanical systems in it, will have some degree of maintenance required.
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