Mike and Carol

Finger lickin’ good!

We enjoy going to Goose Island State Park and visiting Rockport. It’s an easy getaway from north San Antonio! Mike

Yes! It was certainly the problem with our brakes for over a year until we figured it out. I know of others who also had the same issue.

John, thanks. I’m using 2/0 cables. I asked the Epoch guy and he said 2/0 or bigger. I also have some longer M8 bolts that I ordered just in case. The bolts that came with the batteries work fine. I’m happy with the upgrade!

Battle Borns gone. Epoch’s installed. Hold down straps aren’t on yet.

We’ve never used a booster for our TST. Works fine.

The stock suspension is fine. We replaced everything after 9 years and a lot of miles (100K+). There have been some cases of leaf spring failure, but when I had ours replaced they looked fine. I’m just a believer in preventive maintenance (too many years in the Army). There was no reason to replace my axles, except to upgrade from the 3500 lb axles and also get bigger brakes and never lube bearings. Our camping is a combination of nice roads and not so nice roads. Mike

The first time I replaced brakes was just a couple of years ago, I’ve got 110Ksih miles on the trailer now. 24K is way too soon for normal braking. I also agree with the comments on bearings, they should not need replacing, just repacking. Mike

Thanks, Ken, nice write up! I’m replacing my 3 BB’s this week with the same Epoch batteries. I will attempt to test the BB’s also once I get them out. Mike

You have 12v only powered items, propane only items, 120v items and some that work on multiple inputs. 12v only: Furnace motor, water pump, lights, front and rear jacks, ceiling fans (Maxxfan and bath fan), TV and Furrion stereo. These items only work off of your batteries. 120v only: AC, microwave. Propane only: cook top Combination: Water heater (heats on propane or 120v or both at the same time), Fridge (on shore power it defaults to 120v, no shore power it goes to propane, if you want to run on 12v you have to select, at least on my 3 way Dometic. It’s most efficient on propane). Your furnace generates heat from propane only but the fan is 12v only, no shore power needed. Also, if you have the 2K watt inverter it works on 12v to generate 120v, if your batteries don’t have sufficient charge your inverter will not function properly. Hope this helps. Mike

This is a park we’ve been meaning to try. We usually stay at Mother Neff State Park when in the Waco area. Midway looks nice. Mike

We like Lost Dutchman! Sunset. Anonymous Oliver owners.

Does this happen when not hooked up to shore power? I have the same set up. Both the TV and Furrion receiver are 12V so shouldn’t be affected by shore power. Mike

Hi Trailerjohngo, welcome to the forum. Once you have a chance to look at this trailer let us know the model year and/or Hull number. There have been manufacturing differences over the years and it always is helpful to know the age of the trailer we’re talking about. Good luck! Mike

Sounds like it does more than my bubble level! Maybe it’s time I bite the bullet and upgrade.