Forum: Tow Vehicles & Towing
09-11-2020, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,837
Is BD3 Air hitch worth it?
My wife has sciatica and an issue of the fifth wheel chucking on many roads. I have a Moryde Kingpin hitch and a standard Reese 20K hitch box. I am interested in buying the Trail Saver BD3 air...
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Forum: General Discussions about our Montanas
08-21-2018, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,310
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Forum: General Discussions about our Montanas
08-20-2018, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,309
Space below storage floor?
I am thinking about mounting a 50A electric cord reel in my storage space of my 2003 3670RL Montana. Does anyone know "how much space" is between the storage floor and the holding tanks that are...
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Forum: Additions & Improvements
11-02-2017, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,041
I switched (wife's preference) my sofa and...
I switched (wife's preference) my sofa and rockers in my rig many years ago. My rockers started in the back wall and sofa on the slide. They both "walked" all over the place. I screwed and...
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Forum: Maintenance
10-19-2017, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,517
Final Follow-up on Skirt Painting Project
Well my friends, I finished placing the final coat on the fender skirts. The brown Rustoleum "hammered look" worked out very well for my Montana. I was stupid to try and spray the last coat on...
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Forum: Maintenance
10-11-2017, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,517
Follow-up to painting Montana Skirting
I cleaned the skirting with an auto paint cleaner to get as much of the "dirt" off as i could.
I have finished two of the three coats in changing the color of the dirty, colonial white skirting on...
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Forum: Maintenance
10-01-2017, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,517
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Forum: Maintenance
09-29-2017, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,517
Painting Skirting?
From my signature, you can see that I have an older Montana. The bottom skirting is painted aluminum. Of course everything was painted colonial white those days. I want to paint the skirting a...
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Forum: Additions & Improvements
06-17-2017, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 7,699
5th wheel electric cord hanger
Dear MOC do-it-yourselfers,
Do any of you have a unique way of hanging your 12-volt trailer-truck connecting cord on your kingpin assembly when unhooked? I am tucking into the kingpin assembly now...
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Forum: Navigation
05-22-2017, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,323
By-Passing Chicago traveling east to west
We are taking our August to October trip to the west this year from NJ. In bypassing Chicago, we don't want to stay on I-90 (in the city).
Is it better to:
- go from I-90W to I-80/294W to...
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Forum: Repairs & Service
04-23-2017, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,456
Type of Shock absorbers?
Fellow MOC members with older Montanas... I am thinking about replacing the original shock absorbers on my 2003 Montana with #6000 Al-Ko axles. Has anyone ever done this and how would I find out the...
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Forum: Navigation
04-06-2017, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,298
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Forum: Navigation
04-06-2017, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,298
Road between Virgin Utah and Canyonville?
Fellow MOCs,
This summer I have booked a trip out west. My one stop is in Zion River Resort in Virgin, UT and the next stop is Canyonville/Bryce Canyon KOA. I see noted that route 9 east of the...
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Forum: Maintenance
03-06-2017, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,938
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Forum: Maintenance
03-04-2017, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,938
Brake shoe replacement
Do-it- yourselfers,
I could use some expertise from the vast amount of knowledge of MOCers. I am about to take a 9000 mile western US trip this summer. I will be re-pack my wheel bearings by hand....
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Forum: Tow Vehicles & Towing
03-04-2017, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,730
Grease hitch jaws?
Okay Montana owners, I need to answer a question. I saw in a Trailer Life article that you should use the pin disk (I do that) AND lubricate the kingpin. Do any of you do that? I haven't over all...
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Forum: Repairs & Service
01-14-2017, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 8,611
Slide won't move!
The first day on our 6-week Florida trip and the slides won't go out. The motor runs, there's plenty of hydraulic fluid in the reservoir, and nothing is jamming them. The 12v power seems to be okay...
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Forum: Repairs & Service
06-28-2016, 04:07 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 20,706
Fellow 2003 3670RL owner,
My 3670 pump did the...
Fellow 2003 3670RL owner,
My 3670 pump did the same thing about a year ago. I found the O-ring online and replaced it with minimum effort. the only tricky part is to remove the hydraulic fluid...
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Forum: Additions & Improvements
05-01-2016, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,194
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Forum: It's a Dirty Job but Someone has to do it!
04-26-2016, 02:59 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,917
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Forum: Repairs & Service
04-24-2016, 01:33 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,330
Hydraulic Switch Relay-undersized
I apologize for this question because I know it has been covered before. When opening/closing my slides on my Montana, they stop and start. I know the relay is undersized from forum discussion but...
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Forum: North American MOC/Northeast Region
09-29-2015, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,369
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Forum: Tow Vehicles & Towing
09-27-2015, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 4,621
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Forum: General Discussions about our Montanas
09-22-2015, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,978
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Forum: General Discussions about our Montanas
09-22-2015, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,978
Bill,
Since my 2008 double blowout of the...
Bill,
Since my 2008 double blowout of the driver's side trailer tires, I have been jacking my Montana off the ground from November to early March each year. I bought a 20-ton pneumatic bottle jack...
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