First trip - Event Date: 07 Jun 2013 - 09 Jun 2013 |
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Kickstart
Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Location: Ocean Shores, W Online Status: Offline Posts: 267 |
Calendar Event: First trip Posted: 04 Jun 2013 at 8:45pm |
Don't forget to chock your trailer wheels--especially if your campsite is even a little off level. Single axle trailers can do some pretty strange rolling, even sometimes when your stabilizers are down. I always carry two pair of cheap plastic chocks-always use one pair, and sometimes both if necessary. They're available at all RV stores, Amazon, and Wally World. Also, I notice you have a 2009 Pod. I don't think they came with front stabilizers, so if you don't have any installed up front, Camco makes some cheap portable stabilizers. They work well, but are not as handy as installed ones.
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'10 RP 175-Replaced by 2014 Kodiak 173 QBSL
'12 Toyota Tundra '05 Sportster (half a Harley) Retired-We're on Beach Time! |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 04 Jun 2013 at 7:49pm |
Leveling - first you need to level side-to-side by raising one tire or the other. Some people use boards (2 x 6s) of various lengths with the ends cut at 45 degree angles so you can stack them like a triangle at various heights. Some people buy "legos", orange blocks which stack like legos. Since you need to pull/push the trailer onto these things you do this before you unhitch. Then after unhitching you level front-to-back using the tongue jack. Once it is leveled you lower the stabilizers on the corners until they touch the ground, then crank it one or two more times - max. Don't empty the black tank until it is at least 2/3 full. If you do it with less water you risk getting the "triangle of death", where the solids in the tank don't empty correctly and build up. If you must dump before you are 2/3 full, add water by flushing the toilet until it is. Empty the black tank first, then the gray tank. This flushes out the sewer hose. Since the gray tank often fills before the black one, you can empty just that one w/o a problem - and even empty it if it isn't full. |
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Zag
Groupie Joined: 29 Apr 2013 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 57 |
Posted: 04 Jun 2013 at 6:34pm |
Taking my recently acquired 152 (and TV) out for a 'test' camp with a couple of friends before I bundle up the wife and new-born for an outing.
Really excited (this has been a long time dream coming to realization) and have been scouring the forum and elsewhere on tips&tricks to make sure my trip goes smoothly. I have my checklist app that I will review before I hit the road and will spend a couple hours the day before making sure I'm comfortable towing and moving the trailer. A couple of areas I'm still in doubt about are: - Stabilizing and leveling the trailer at the campground. - How to flush the grey/black water at the end of the trip. If anyone has any first-time outing advice they would like share I would love to hear it! Thanks. PS - Will post a pic of my trailer and TV once it's in the right setting; a campground on the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada
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2009 RP-152 (Cutie-Pod)
2001 Nissan Pathfinder |
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