As we hitched up to travel from Klamath CA to Florence OR the last thing I do is a walk around and brake check. I make sure everything inside and outside is ready to travel, and I stand behind the rig and signal to Jeff that the brake and turn light are working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, that morning the left side light worked but the right side did not. As we had to hit the road early to get past the section of Hwy 101 that had suffered a rock slide and closed at 8am we just noted that right turns would not signal behind us and we took off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few miles into the trip we started getting warning messages that the trailer brake system was not working. That’s not good! But again, on Hwy 101 there’s not much in the way of repair shops. We did stop at one town and found a repair shop about to open. We asked the owner if he could have someone take a quick look, but he declined as he had a lot of work and a quick look could turn into a longer repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeff did pop off the taillight cover and it looked like the bulb had burned out. It was black. But we didn’t have a spare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hm… so we kept going and got to the next RV park without incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So we checked in and got to our spot. But… the leveling system wouldn’t work! Not with the remote, not from the control panel. That’s bad! We can’t unhitch and get level without the leveling system. We tried the slides… they wouldn’t work either!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So we sat in the truck and went online and found several articles on what could be wrong. The most common solution seemed to be a wiring problem in the harness at the king pin. So Jeff started working on it and found a loose wire! Yay! He was able to fix it so we could unhitch and get set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then he went to a nearby auto parts store and got a new light bulb. He installed it and we did a brake test. Nope! Still didn’t work. Jeff tested the volts at the light and all the guards in the trailer but nothing looked amiss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next we went online and looked up why one brake\/ turn light wouldn’t work. Aha! A fuse IN THE TRUCK! We have a trailering system and sure enough one of the fuses was blown. So back to the auto parts store for a fuse and finally all our problems are ended. Whew!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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As we hitched up to travel from Klamath CA to Florence OR the last thing I do is a walk around and brake check. I make sure everything inside and outside is ready to travel, and I stand behind the rig and signal to Jeff that the brake and turn light are working. Well, that … Continue reading What! Three things failed on our rig at the same time?!?<\/span>