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RE: Tree Fell onto My Fifth Wheel
Some pictures of the damage would help with guestaments of repair cost. The fabric interior cover will make the interior fix easier.How would the fabric interior cover make the fix easier? The whole entire coach would need replacing to match, not to mention how it gets affixed to ceiling. Must be glued I suspect. I know pictures would help but it's been difficult for me to load them onto this site before. But, picture a tree limb right through and sticking into your living room. The other hole was just as big but no limb inside. Sagging cabinet, and smashed AC unit up top. Surprisingly no damage to the edge of the roof where tree was resting. Also big tears in rubber roof.
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SweetLou
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06/04/23 06:28am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Tree Fell onto My Fifth Wheel
Now that I removed the tree from top of the trailer, I can tell you that NU Wa built a solid trailer. I have two holes that went through the ceiling, and some cabinet damage. The cabinet over the kitchen sink is uneven and didn't suffer any issues other than that. The ceiling has that carpet material trough out the unit. The main AC cover is ruined up top but probably functional. The fantastic fan cover was smashed. The rubber roof has tears and gouges. So what I want to know from someone that maybe has gone through this, is how much does it cost to repair all this. Just some idea would be nice.
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SweetLou
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06/03/23 08:38am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Tree Fell onto My Fifth Wheel
Update shows that a fairly large tree limb pierced the roof and through the ceiling. It is sticking into the trailer about 4 feet. Missed the AC unit, however the cover for that up top is broken. Hopefully that still works. I am afraid now that a 2007 unit will be a total loss. I could buy it back after I pay it off but for how much will determine if I want to do that at all. I have someone interested in buying it to just house guests on his property. I owe a little over 17K so I hope there is enough in there to use as a down for a smaller trailer.
you don't want to buy it back unless you are capable of replacing an entire roof and possibly a wall by yourself, it will cost you way more to do it than it is worth. best bet is hope for a total write off and buy a new one.Only way I buy it back is if I have it sold to someone else to live in it. I think it has seen its last trailering days
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SweetLou
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06/01/23 09:23am |
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RE: Tree Fell onto My Fifth Wheel
Update shows that a fairly large tree limb pierced the roof and through the ceiling. It is sticking into the trailer about 4 feet. Missed the AC unit, however the cover for that up top is broken. Hopefully that still works. I am afraid now that a 2007 unit will be a total loss. I could buy it back after I pay it off but for how much will determine if I want to do that at all. I have someone interested in buying it to just house guests on his property. I owe a little over 17K so I hope there is enough in there to use as a down for a smaller trailer.
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SweetLou
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05/31/23 05:03pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Tree Fell onto My Fifth Wheel
Look closely at your gap insurance policy. Some are only good for the first five years or so.That is on the schedule after the holiday. It's been built in my monthly payment so I don't think it has a limited time frame.
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SweetLou
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05/27/23 09:45pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Tree Fell onto My Fifth Wheel
Can you/ have you been inside to look for damage??I will be there on Tuesday but from what a friend told me who has looked at it, not to be hopeful. Large tree and the limbs probably went thru the roof. I'll know Tuesday
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SweetLou
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05/27/23 09:43pm |
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RE: Tree Fell onto My Fifth Wheel
I really don't know about Ca but was the tree yours or your neighbors ? Was it dead or a healthy living tree. If it was a dead tree on your neighbors property then they are liable but if live it's an Act of GOD. My Daughter went thru a similar tree problem last yearThe trailer is stored on my Washington property and it was my tree
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SweetLou
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05/27/23 09:42pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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Tree Fell onto My Fifth Wheel
So, last week we had a very bad thunderstorm with hail and lots of wind. A large pine tree fell onto our trailer. I am going to get a professional company to crane lift this off. Trailer is insured and I have gap insurance from 2008 when we purchased the trailer. The unit on NADA low says its worth 20K and I still owe 18K. I can't tell if there is structural damage yet. It has not totally crushed the trailer. It just looks like its leaning on top of it. Do any of you have experience with such an issue using the insurance company and gap? I am looking for the warning pitfalls to watch out about with insurance. They are not sending an inspector out to look at the damage. They want me to take it to a dealer for repair estimates. Need some advice.
Thanks
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SweetLou
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05/25/23 10:55am |
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RE: What Truck Dealerships do you recommend.
There was a guy that people on the forum used as a broker that would find you a truck. I can't find his name through searches however he was either in Oregon or Westside Washington.
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SweetLou
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02/15/23 08:53am |
Tow Vehicles
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What Truck Dealerships do you recommend.
Honestly, I really tried to search for the information from previous posts but I was not finding the information. My apologies, but I have a buddy who is looking to buy a new truck. Dave Smith is not the Dave Smith of old, but it had been mentioned before about some dealer in I believe Pocatello Id, and also a broker out of Washington or Oregon who finds you a truck. Also, if there are any recommendations for dealers that tend to deal it would greatly be appreciated.
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SweetLou
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02/14/23 09:22am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: In bed fuel transfer tank question
On the theft topic, I always try to leave an unexpired but cancelled credit card laying in plain view in the vehicle. Figure, A. Shiny object, maybe will think they hit the lottery and bail without looking further or doing more damage. and B. Just to imagine the feeling when they go to buy 20 packs of Sudafed 10 minutes later and the card is declined! That's just mean man. HAHA
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SweetLou
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01/20/23 11:17am |
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RE: Filtering Our Diesel Storage Tanks For on Road Use
Literally none of this is an issue.
LaQuinta, you’re 100% trying to find a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
Assuming you’re not running around punching out tanks on const equipment for free diesel and dumping contaminated fuel into your slip tank, you have ZERO need for a pre filter on the slip tank.
And if you hooked it up for ease of use (gravity w check valve) you couldn’t reasonably or easily put a filter on it.
But if you can’t sleep at night without triple filtering the fuel, frankly in the wrong order, then there are any number of 2mic 4 absolute spin on filters that will go on standard filter bases.
Just buy one.
The ONLY reason I could see this being of benefit is if you ran all your fuel through the slip tank filter first, it would virtually eliminate the need for the expensive Ram filters and you could probably cut your OE filter changes to like 50k miles or more.
But that’s double the work.
First of all, thank you for the information. Parts of the equation here which you don't know is that I summer in Washington, and fuel is 50 miles away. With the increase in prices, and Washington going to add another $.50 tax on every gallon starting 1/1, I wanted to put my transfer tank back into service. I live near Idaho border and will get y fuel there thus giving the middle finger to Inslee on the westside. In any case, my 12v transfer pump will do the 15 gpm so gravity not an option or desire. I don't lend myself to the mercy that someone else cleans all my fuel because if that were the case we would be in trouble. If the fuel was so clean at the pump, then why have filters on our trucks at all? I will put a spin on to catch anything that slipped by or that was introduced by the attendant hosing down the station. Sounds prudent to me.
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SweetLou
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12/31/22 07:26am |
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RE: Filtering Our Diesel Storage Tanks For on Road Use
My system on the tank always had a spin on after the 12v pump. I guess I can just replace the spin on with a clean unit and keep rolling along
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SweetLou
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12/30/22 10:23am |
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RE: Filtering Our Diesel Storage Tanks For on Road Use
Hello,
I am putting a 50 Gallon diesel storage tank back into service for my 2013 Ram truck. It has been completely cleaned out and ready to go however I want to filter the fuel really, really well before pumping into the truck. Any recommendations on what the set up should be? It has the standard spin on filter set up now. I found down to 10 micron spin on filters. Should I double filter with that or some other set up?
If you have cleaned this tank and are adding pump fuel to the tank to be transferred to your truck fuel tank and then gets filtered twice by the best filtration system in the industry WHY bother?????
thus the advice request. :)
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SweetLou
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12/30/22 10:21am |
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RE: Filtering Our Diesel Storage Tanks For on Road Use
Hello,
I am putting a 50 Gallon diesel storage tank back into service for my 2013 Ram truck. It has been completely cleaned out and ready to go however I want to filter the fuel really, really well before pumping into the truck. Any recommendations on what the set up should be? It has the standard spin on filter set up now. I found down to 10 micron spin on filters. Should I double filter with that or some other set up?Why? Are you planning on putting dirty fuel in that tank? If so, why? If not, then the filter system already on the truck should be sufficent.
I understand your question, however it's a transfer tank and you can get junk into it from source or air vent etc. It's not direct and I therefore feel it should always be as clean as possible before going into system.
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SweetLou
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12/30/22 08:14am |
Tow Vehicles
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Filtering Our Diesel Storage Tanks For on Road Use
Hello,
I am putting a 50 Gallon diesel storage tank back into service for my 2013 Ram truck. It has been completely cleaned out and ready to go however I want to filter the fuel really, really well before pumping into the truck. Any recommendations on what the set up should be? It has the standard spin on filter set up now. I found down to 10 micron spin on filters. Should I double filter with that or some other set up?
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SweetLou
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12/30/22 06:26am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Pahrump to Winnemucca
Being well prepared and traveling with 2 dogs is definitely a priority.
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SweetLou
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11/25/22 08:11am |
Roads and Routes
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Pahrump to Winnemucca
Planning to use this direction to head North. I know it is a lonely road but how safe will it be? We have good vehicle and tires on everything. Leaving next May and I think the temps are around 85.
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SweetLou
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11/23/22 12:15pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Storing My Diesel Truck Over Winter Advice
Interesting posts to say the least. I purchased the Ctek and have it connected to my two batteries that I pulled from the 5er. After a week the voltmeter shows the maintenance charge at 13.8. Is this maintenance that high? I would have thought it to be somewhere around 13 to 13.2. I really don't want to boil out the batteries. They are filled up but I am just wondering if this is ok before I hook them up to the truck.
To others that posted to start the truck or drive it periodically, I can't do that when I am not here for the winter.
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SweetLou
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10/05/22 05:17pm |
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