pbordensr
Member
Hello All:
My first season of camping in our new HILO has come to a close, and as we live in Northern Nevada, where our winters can become quite extreme, I didn't waste any time getting our coach winterized.
In this process, some really bothersome engineering errors came to light.
First off, the winterizing was easy-peasy, but to count on getting any really good information on the trailer from the owners manual.....forget about it! The manual for these trailers is really poor.
I got the trailer drained, and the anti-freeze put in, and today I decided that I would remove the batteries to store in the garage for the winter. I had read that you are supposed to store your HILO in the lowered position, but in a rather poor engineering moment, you cannot access the battery box with the trailer in the down position! Also, when the trailer is in the down position, you can't access the manual lifting mechanism for the hydraulic pump! What is up with that?
I had the trailer in the raised position when I removed the batteries, and then discovered that the trailer needs power to lower the top. No worries, I just plugged into shore power, and was able to lower the top. Then a sneaking suspicion hit me, and I wanted to see if it was going to go back up. But noooo.......all I get is a high pitched electrical type squeek from an area at the front of the coach. So now what the heck do I do? With the top down, you can't access the manual override! I'm really hoping that the lift mechanism is just being fluky, but I'm really worried about this issue.
I know there are some really smart HILO experts on this forum, and I could really use some input
Thank You!
My first season of camping in our new HILO has come to a close, and as we live in Northern Nevada, where our winters can become quite extreme, I didn't waste any time getting our coach winterized.
In this process, some really bothersome engineering errors came to light.
First off, the winterizing was easy-peasy, but to count on getting any really good information on the trailer from the owners manual.....forget about it! The manual for these trailers is really poor.
I got the trailer drained, and the anti-freeze put in, and today I decided that I would remove the batteries to store in the garage for the winter. I had read that you are supposed to store your HILO in the lowered position, but in a rather poor engineering moment, you cannot access the battery box with the trailer in the down position! Also, when the trailer is in the down position, you can't access the manual lifting mechanism for the hydraulic pump! What is up with that?
I had the trailer in the raised position when I removed the batteries, and then discovered that the trailer needs power to lower the top. No worries, I just plugged into shore power, and was able to lower the top. Then a sneaking suspicion hit me, and I wanted to see if it was going to go back up. But noooo.......all I get is a high pitched electrical type squeek from an area at the front of the coach. So now what the heck do I do? With the top down, you can't access the manual override! I'm really hoping that the lift mechanism is just being fluky, but I'm really worried about this issue.
I know there are some really smart HILO experts on this forum, and I could really use some input
Thank You!