Forum: Tow Vehicles & Towing
11-06-2019, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 17,578
Go big or stay home!
My thought would be to go ahead and get a diesel-powered one ton dually long bed with a 4.11 gear ratio - even if you have to order it because:
1. It can safely pull anything, unless it’s a house....
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Forum: General Discussions about our Montanas
10-02-2019, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 10,711
Hi, Vet: We had huge problems with all 3 slides...
Hi, Vet: We had huge problems with all 3 slides on our HC costing thousands of dollars to repair. IMHO, the so-called “cables”, pulleys, motors and gearboxes are just too light and flimsy to last,...
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Forum: Tow Vehicles & Towing
08-21-2019, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,878
Congrats on your badass truck. If you can’t tow...
Congrats on your badass truck. If you can’t tow it with that beast, it must be a house. We got our new F350 DRW a couple of weeks ago and can’t wait to see how she tows. The salesman said that, if...
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
07-22-2019, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,720
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
07-20-2019, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,720
Great! Did they check the welds on all of the...
Great! Did they check the welds on all of the studs or just the ones next to the slide outs? Since we had two studs without welds, I’m very doubtful about the rest of ours. Glad you got yours...
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
07-14-2019, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,720
Ok, here is my guess. We had mucho trouble with...
Ok, here is my guess. We had mucho trouble with both big slides (kitchen and living room) on our 2016 HC. Our repair guy found that, while the little BR slide had two white Teflon rollers under it,...
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
01-16-2016, 03:16 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,378
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
01-15-2016, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,378
Many thanks, Mike and Lorraine. I was pretty...
Many thanks, Mike and Lorraine. I was pretty sure that our high temps were not normal. Also, I was unaware that it would defrost itself. Margaret will be ecstatic. The fridge will be at the top...
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
01-15-2016, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,378
Dometic fridge temp bounces
Hello, group. The temperature of our Dometic RV type (non-residential) fridge sometimes shoots up from the mid-30's to the upper 40's and mid 50's for no apparent reason. We've noticed this when...
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
01-11-2016, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,858
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
12-14-2015, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,858
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
12-14-2015, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,858
Baybum: Thanks for the info. I had suspected...
Baybum: Thanks for the info. I had suspected that they might have installed an extra black tank guage in all HC's just to handle the few that had two bathrooms. I think mine might be reversed from...
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
12-14-2015, 06:50 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,858
Thanks, Webe, but I'm still confused about how...
Thanks, Webe, but I'm still confused about how the "extra" guage is getting power. As I mentioned, it's lit up showing "full". If I had nothing else to do, I guess I could try to trace the wire...
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
12-14-2015, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,858
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
12-14-2015, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,858
How many black tanks?
On our 2016 HC model 352RL, the tank gauge shows two black tanks - one empty and one full, BUT, we've only found one black tank valve handle. We just now emptied all the tanks and, yet, the "extra"...
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
10-23-2015, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,901
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
10-21-2015, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,222
Good news! I think the sticky fan vent mystery...
Good news! I think the sticky fan vent mystery has been solved. I finally got around to calling Maxx Fan tech support today and a very knowledgeable, English speaker answered on the first ring. He...
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Forum: Montana Problems, Problem Solving & Technical Help
10-12-2015, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,222
Maxx Fan vent won't open
Is there some trick to getting the vent for the electric Maxx Fan over our kitchen area to open? I am able climb a step ladder and crank it open manually and, then, to close it with the switch BUT,...
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Forum: Repairs & Service
10-07-2015, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,853
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Forum: Repairs & Service
10-07-2015, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,853
Hey, dieselguy:
You were absolutely right. ...
Hey, dieselguy:
You were absolutely right. The drain was about 2' inboard of the tank vent at the rear of the unit. My mistake was to look mostly in the area around the plumbing compartment. ...
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Forum: Repairs & Service
10-07-2015, 01:13 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,853
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Forum: Repairs & Service
10-06-2015, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,853
Fresh water tank drain location on High Country
Today, I sanitized the water tank on our 2016 High Country 352 with bleach and would like to drain the fresh water tank without having to run all of the water into the grey water tank first. Neither...
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Forum: New Member Introductions
09-03-2015, 08:35 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,461
Thanks to everyone for taking time to welcome...
Thanks to everyone for taking time to welcome Margaret and me to this wonderful group. We have learned a LOT in the past 24 hours since we took delivery, but we still have a long way to go. With...
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Forum: New Member Introductions
09-01-2015, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,461
Picking it up tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the BIG DAY. We're very excited to be picking up our shiny new 2016 Montana HC 352RL at Walnut Ridge RV in New Castle, IN -- a great dealership, so far.
When you buy an RV from them,...
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Forum: Tow Vehicles & Towing
08-03-2015, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,920
I'm another B&W Companion hitch lover. We went...
I'm another B&W Companion hitch lover. We went with the slider version, but probably could have gotten by without the slider -- belt and suspenders, you know. We got ours from www.etrailer.com whom...
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