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17t has toilet and shower, I won't use shower as I am to large but having the toilet is nice at night. It is possable to take a shower in it though. Chuck

A tankless water heater is pretty nice, I built a trailer for when I was in college and put in a Bosch Tankless water heater and vented it out the top. I would imagine they have made many advances since 1990, however it was really nice if you want to take an extended shower. To the best of my...

Best thing to do is grind and replace them. They have probably changed the bars and the hook ups and the chances of finding an old set of bars that fit properly can be slime. Have a good shop do the work for you unless you are a qualified welder and grinder. Even then have somebody else do the...

I am curious as to whether you are on 12 v or 110 v. Batteries will corrode over the winter and sometimes they will build up a invisible coating on your battery terminals. Clean them up with a wire brush. If I am correct everything but the 110v for the refer goes through the battery and it...

UP DATE: Fresh off the press, you will never believe what I found. Since my trailer is half way down and I was showing my wife a couple things I did today we were talking about the rollers and guess what. With the trailer about a third of the way down we were looking though the windows and bingo...

I think I have found a way to lube the upper rollers on my 17t. While I had the door jamb out I found the location of one of my rollers and found how it was mounted. It was located less than a foot from my door. I have never paid it any attention as I figured they were hidden someplace deep in...

Do you realize how hard it is to get a bottle of super glue or a roll of duck tape when you are a thousand miles out to sea and you realize there is none left. :D We never had a store to go to so sometimes we just had to do without. But oddly enough we could usually find some old used bubble gum...

I know that there are repairs, just got caught by surprise. As for being a bit skilled I was "A" gang in the Navy as well as a diesel mech. I even bought a 63 Layton and built it to fit my needs after gutting the inside and replace all wood rot. I did all the 110 and 12 wiring, plumbing etc. I...

Ok I got the frame out of the way and the rest is easy. To do this repair you will need a #2 square drive screw driver, a standard phillips head screw driver and a roll of 1/2 or 1 inch wide putty tape. I have a drill that is variable speed which makes it much easier. First thing to do is remove...

We bought a 2004 17 t and it looked to be in great shape. Yesterday while the wife and I were in the trailer looking at what we needed to go camping and where it would go and the top set of hinges in the top door pulled free and the door was hanging by the bottom hinges. I took a look to see...

Have been reading in books and on here to lub cables and pulleys. I have the 17t and have looked in the cabin and out side and I don't see any access for the upper pulleys. I have not been under the trailer yet so I am interested if anybody has any info on that aspect. I picked up a can of...

Will check on the mirrors. I am spending the day going through the trailer and making any changes and or repairs as needed. The very first thing I did was change out the proportioning valve for the propane. I put on one that lets your control which tank you are on and has an indicator that tells...

Good Idea on the repack and lubeing the lift system. I wish I had time before we leave on our first trip. However we pulled it about 100 miles with no problem and the dealer we got it from did a complete check out. It runs up and down very nicely but pm is pm and it will be done when we get...

Not sure if this will help you but I rebuilt an old 63 Layton trailer and I used 1 inch foam board in the walls and I lived in it in Ashland Oregon while going to college for 2 years and it would get pretty cold at night. My trailer was only a 15 ft over all. However the part you are interested...

thanks for the info, I did find the cat section and read about the saftey raising lowering etc. One thing I have not found is a weight limit on the upper bed for a 17t. This fall it is going on an elk hunting trip and it would be nice to know if I have to put the smaller ones, Hunters that is...

Towing I have been reading all the comments on towing and one thing is drastically missing in most cases. If you are going to tow it is advisable to have a transimission cooler for Automatic transmissions installed and you should also have your tranny serviced about every 10000 miles, that is...

The wife and I have been looking for a travel trailer for a while and stumbled on to a 2004 17t Hi Lo purley on accident and we were not even looking for one. Seems it came in on trade from an RV show and it was just sitting there. Being a good hubbie I let the wife do the looking and I talked...