Search results

Kool Seal I used eternabond tape along the edges of my 1908T aluminum roof and used Kool Seal for some pin holes in the middle of the roof. It is working well after applying it with a paint brush. Its been two years. The pin holes occur where two different metals touch. In this case its...

Snapped Cables will Cause Upper Half to Bind Good point JackandJanet. When my two cables snapped at the campground at Roaring River Missouri when I was raising it, it did bind on the side opposite of the door, but the door side was low. It left a gouge in the wall. It took four husky...

Cable Break Concern Thanks for the reply Norton Rider. The 2008 1908T Hilo I bought in 2010 had two cables snap at the same time as I lifted the top the 2nd time I had it out (was not in trailer). Since it was used, I had to pay to replace all 4 cables with thicker cables. The new cables...

If the safety bar is in place while the top is in the up position and a cable snaps does the bar prevent the top from crashing on the owners head ??? I have had two cables snap when trying to raise the top. But always while it was in process of being raised, never while we were in it. Thanks Ray

Congrats on the 0919T We bought a 1908T a few years ago and had the two lift cables on the door side snap cause they were rusted. I caulked the roof and bottom edge of the camper top (which I suspect the water entered to rust the cables), so be aware of that potential problem. Also the wood...

Congrats on the 1908T Purchase We bought this model in Sept of 2011. Have enjoyed it but have had problem with lift points on the door side of trailer. There is wood where the cable meets and lifts the top and it has compressed and bent the metal at that spot for both front and back cables. I...

Wow !!! That looks better than the original. A nice updated look along with the replaced curtains. Ray

Congrats on getting a 1909T. We have had a 1908T for several years now and really like the way it tows. I tow with a 2005 F150 5.4 liter and it feels like not more than a boat trailer on the road. It gets a reasonable 16 mpg on the road. We have had some problems like snapped cables and rotted...

Why not make the lift points out of thick aluminum instead of wood. As mentioned in the thread above the rail other than the lift points is boxed aluminum which will last forever. When I had the cables replaced, they put thicker ones on which will increase strength and life. The Monarch lift...

Rolff, My lift system has been my biggest headache with this unit. It is supposed to be bombproof but I bought it when it was 2 years old and 2 cables snapped from rust the second time I had it out. Then as you can see the attach points for the cables are failing. I like the Hilo but there...

By the way Jack, good job on that repair. If I didn't realize you worked on it, I never would have known. It looks original........:)

Thanks for the pics Jack. Comparing mine to yours, the cable pressure on the bolt has split the wood and caused it to pull away from the wall. So it looks like the wood block needs to be replaced and the cable bolted it. A new block of wood would be wedged in that space and hold ok it seems...

Thanks for the thought Bearshrum, But the wood block pulled away from the wall at the bottom. I can put bolts thru the wood block, but what would they attach to on the wall ? It looks like HiLo glued the block to the wall instead of bolting it. I will analyze it again in the next few days. The...

Yep....... after careful look at pictures, it seems the block of wood has pulled away from wall at the bottom. That block will have to be replaced and reattached. I will have to get an estimate at an RV place. I don't want to do that myself. It looks as if the block was glued to the wall and...

Hello Joe and Jack, The C-Clamps would work real well Joe. Hate to hear the bolt went into wood. But that makes since because a block of wood is what I see from the top looking down. I included some pics with this reply. Thanks Ray

Joe and Jack, You guys are mechanical genuises.......:) I went by Lowes today and saw the aluminum "1.5 L Bracket" Jack is talking about. Jack, does the Bolt at the attach point screw into wood or is it screwed onto some strong aluminum. My wood block that has the bolt in it is actually...

Good suggestions Thanks JackandJanet and JoeJones for the reply. I thought of the Epoxy and aluminum "L" bracket to place under the attach point. I'm glad to see someone got it to work.....:) I just wish HILO had done it that way using aluminum and not just wood. But they did it right by...

I have a 2008 1908T HiLo I looked at lower rail on upper half today where the cable attaches next to door and noticed that the cable has sunk into the wood where it attaches to lower half. I took the pressboard cover off rail so I could see the rail. I was surprised to see that cables rest on...