Galway Girl

Original schedule as originally posted went through Nov 1

Original dates went across Hallowee

Very interesting. 23’ living space. A/C under seats , heat in floor so no roof penetration.

Let us know how it goes and what is decided

Hopefully Hurricane Season has Subsided...I remember last year that it was terrible for inland places like East Tenn, N.Carolina

Final update: After 3 internal fires and 2 failed complete Truma units, and a request for a Truma Escalation, the company (Truma) stepped up and replaced our whole water heater unit and external (kinda warped/melted) door under a "warranty exception" after finding another problem in the unit during testing of the new Recall burner. That make the 3rd Truma water heater installed in our hull. This one now is fully registered and has a 1 year warranty. Hope this one is the last we need to install. Craig (Hull 505 - aka Galway Girl)

I've noticed some comments/concerns that the 5 spring Alcan pack may be a bit too stiff for the EII with 3.5K axles. There apparently are Oliver Factory design concerns about how STIFF folks make their suspension when upgrading. Some flex is desirable for limiting shock to the frame and the trailer body. But if you're a true off grid person with tough terrain then that 5 pack may be perfect. I've been emailing Lew (owner of Alcan) to discuss options. For the same basic price Alcan will build the Oliver Springs as a 4 spring set with 2000 lb rating. They do this by leaving off the shortest (bottom) spring and adjusting other parts. This 4 pack still leaves in place the longer springs that cover all the way out to the last spring eye. Lew says they always recommend and provide wet bolts with brass inserts and the right size Ubolts etc. Lew also said they've had 4 Oliver's in this last week alone getting new spring packs. Craig Hull 505

Update on The Dexter Fail: I contacted Dexter using the warranty claim form on the Dexter Brakes web page. In that they asked all kinds of trailer info, and to include contacts at the dealership that did the install and also asked for pictures of all the failed units. After sending all that in via their web form, in 2 days they determined that they were "replaceable under warranty" Dexter agreed to replace all 4 brake assemblies with brand new manual adjust assemblies which they have shipped to my home. End to end the warranty claim to delivery of parts took 1 week. E-Trailer had nothing to do with it, in fact they gave me the wrong contact info for Dexter brakes.. Craig Hull 505

Added a cooling fan following many other installations in our 3 way Norcold. Fan mounted by bolting onto a shall sheet of screen door panel from Home Depot. Air flows up from the heat chamber around back side of the panel and forced out vent slots by fans. Unit held in place with high temp furnace aluminum tape. Used high temp race for wires down to the bottom chamber where the control is mounted and wired into +12 / GND. Hope this helps anyone else doing a similar mounting process. Pix 1: Upper Vent area: Fans wouldn't fit directly onto vent cover due to space, so I chose to mount it at an angle that blows the hot air directly out the vents (which are slanted that direction). Wiring in the controller to the +12 and GND took a bit of cable splicing and re-building. In hindsight, if I'd had 3-way cable crimp connectors it would have been easier to wire in the controller. Craig - Hull 505

These were complete dexter assemblies, so the RV Service Bay only had to bolt on the assembly, re-attach wires, and set initial adjustment. Maybe something wasn't right. In any case, I'll get a return address this week from E-Trailer and ship the mess back for replacment. CS

Carl, A couple folks have penetrated the hull in behind the propane tanks and then along the belly...that required taking out the shelf under the sink as an access. I ran mine the length of the trailer frame and used a waterproof clam (used on boats) to feed the cable up into the space where I was putting the DC/DC unit. (Note: I used 6AWG to the trailer because I was using the older 30A DC/DC unit. If you're using the larger 50A unit, the run from the trailer tongue back to the rear of your trailer should be 4AWG. (Unless it's less than about 16' then 6AWG works). Longer runs have worse voltage drop. Here's the 50A wiring recommendation: While my original article is for an EII, it covers both the battery upgrade and the DC-DC charger. Here's the relevant slide about installing a DC/DC. https://4-ever-hitched.com/ggs-blog/f/lithium-battery-upgrade Craig

Etrailer is saying I pay to ship bad parts back , they ship 4 new parts to me. I’m going to try and get them to be manual adjusting units so I’ll have spares.

They were new drums and only had minor scraping so turning them was a reasonable option. I’m mostly upset with myself for not just doing the work myself in the first place . Waiting to hear back from etrailer in a claim.

linked to the after story. See embedded fail note.

This spring I ordered new Dexter Nevr-Adjust brake assemblies and new pre loaded drums for a 60k mile tune up. Since the trailer was at a dealer for the truma recall had the dealer install them. We had some smoke early on during break in drive was expected, stopped checked temperature of hubs and all was ok. Set gain to 5 and drove on. After the break in period at about 300 mi we were feeling really strange tugging braking. Stopped at our daughter’s ranch, pulled the drivers side hubs and found the brake pads had just disintegrated. The service centers best guess is that the self adjusters over adjusted and caused brake lining failing or we unfortunately got a bad batch. Lucky we were near a local shop that got us in Saturday and replaced all 4 assemblies with regular assemblies (not never-adjust) . They also inspected, turned the drums, repacked bearings and installed new seals. We’re working with e-trailer to get a refund as the assemblies had a 5 year guarantee. Now I’ve added an item to our 3k inspection which includes lubing Zerks, and now adjusting brakes as needed. I’ve heard of, but never experienced, failed never adjust, but now I’m in the camp that they are not welcome on our trailer. First pix note the crumbling shoes curb rear. Second pix- shoe all gone to bear metal. Had to turn drums (which were brand new). Street rear. Safe travels. Craig