Life With A Grey Wolf 26DBH

Grey Wolf 26DBH Holding Tanks … As most of you know travel trailers usually have three holding tanks: fresh water, grey water, and black water. Fresh Water   -   The 26DBH fresh water tank holds 46 gallons and is used when you don’t have city water hook-ups.   One gallon of water weighs approximately 8 pounds, something to consider when you are concerned about total weight of your RV.   When full the 26DBH fresh water tank holds about 368 pounds of water.   I only keep about 5 gallons of water in my fresh water tank mainly for flushing the toilet for travel stops. I suggest you run the fresh water tank near full or near empty.   The fresh water tank does not have baffles to stop liquid surge so a partially filled tank allows the water to move back and forth and could cause trailer sway.   There are plenty of good articles on the internet about how to keep this tank sanitized. Grey Water – The 26DBH grey water holds 38 gallons of water ...

Grey Wolf 26DBH Slide-Out … Without me going into technical details about the slide-out, Forest River has some great videos that will help you along http://www.forestriverinc.com/videos.aspx .   Your 26DBH has the Lippert Schwintek in-wall slide-out system.   Important:   Make sure your travel trailer is level before attempting to use the slide-out.   You will damage it if not.   Insure that nothing is in the way of the slide room on the outside and the inside before operating it.   I have seen several travel trailers with damage to the slide room outside wall where the operator did not make sure they had clearance when opening the room. To make sure I have room to open the slide-out I stand perpendicular to the RV with the slide room in and touch the room with my finger tips and extend both arms straight out by my side.   If anything is within the space of my extending arms I know I may not have enough room to open the slide. W...

Norcold Automatic Refrigerator (Models N611V/N811V) … There is a lot of talk in the RV community about whether to travel with the refrigerator running on propane.   Many say it’s a fire hazard.   After talking with my dealer, I was assured that the refrigerators were much safer now than in years past and are designed to operate while traveling to keep food cold.   Note: It is illegal in the United States to have any propane cylinder on while traveling through a tunnel. I chose to run with the propane on and the refrigerator cooling; however, it took me three outings to figure out why it was not working. This model refrigerator has one button On/Off.   The refrigerator first looks to see if shore power (120v) is connected.   If it does not detect shore power the unit will attempt to fire up the propane burner. If propane is not available it shuts down.   The light will burn one of three colors: green for 120v, amber for propane, and red for neithe...

Moonbeam ....  On March 23, 2017 we took delivery of our new 2017 travel trailer. We actually started discussing the possibility of buying a travel trailer around October/November 2014. We were thinking maybe a used unit even if we had to do a little upgrading to it. At the time, the only vehicle we had was a 2001 Jeep Cherokee Limited (Maggie) that had a tow capacity of 2000 pounds, so we started discussing whether to buy the trailer first or a tow vehicle. That conversation went back and forth for several months. In the meantime we started going to RV dealerships in Eastern North Carolina to see what was available. It didn’t take us long to realize that there was not much difference in the prices of late model used trailers and new ones. I also started reading everything I could find on travel trailers, supplies, campgrounds, and tips and tricks. With our Maggie getting older, and more costly due to repairs, we decided to start looking for a replacement vehicle. With...