I took the battery off the A-frame. Hitch weight went down to 242, about a 55 lb gain. The 242 was with 2 empty 5 lb propane bottles in place. I added 33 lbs to the battery box, which would be the equivalent of a 100 AH Lithium battery. Hitch weight went to 275 lbs. […]
Month: July 2018
Updated! Looking for comments re Ascape Coupler – No comments but found a solution.
As best as I can tell, the coupler on my Ascape is a RAM CA5210-B A-Frame coupler. While it seems very secure it is lacking any kind of adjustment resulting in a noisy coupler – ball matchup. Most other coupler allow for some adjustment of the latching part. Is mine the only noisy one? By […]
Trailer went to a Scale and Tire Pressure tweaked as a result.
The Ascape had, what I thought, excessive bounce. Based on what I learned over at the TNTTT forum I had the wheels balanced and used tire manufacturers load chart to lower my tire PSI to 35 lbs. I also weighed the Ascape. Total weight came in at 2006 lbs. and hitch weight came to 333 […]
Some tweaks to the living space of our Ascape.
Trailer still a bit messy as it’s still a work-in-progress. We decided to go twin beds. Getting on in years and this makes getting up during the night a lot easier. We also added the foam mattress we had in the ProLite to give a bit extra comfort. We extended the “bed” by 4 inches […]
Any Aliner Ascape owners out there?
I would love to exchange notes and thoughts. The Ascape being the biggest camping type trailer I have towed I’m currently trying to pin down tire pressure and weigh distribution so that I can arrive at my campsite without the contents of cupboards and fridge having been rearranged by bounce/gravity. I’m wondering what other owners […]