Helen to Tellico Plains

I see where "Bob Hatch" <bobhatch@go.com> contributed:

>Georgia mountains? What? :-)

Though mere anthills by Rocky Mt standards, N GA hills are quite
challenging. IMO rv travel in the Appalchian region is (except for
altitude, of course) fully as challenging as any one the continent -
aggravated by more traffic.

Will Sill
The Curmudgeon of Sill Hill

On Sep 5, 5:45 pm, Hunter <airstreamingy...@geemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Gang,
>
> <sigh> If it's not one thing, it's another.
>
> Hunter

Hunter,
You never said what was wrong with your brakes. Did you ever find out?
OM

On Sep 8, 12:16 am, Hunter <airstreamingy...@geemail.com> wrote:

(snip)
>
> Yes, thanks for asking. There's a little pin that holds the little
> flap on the pigtail receiver. The flap, holds the pigtail secure.
>
> With the pin 1/2 out the flap was no longer holding at all so the
> pigtail (umbilical) worked it's way loose.
>
> It appeared to still be connected but wasn't.
>
> Hunter
Hunter,
When I had a TT, I used to put a hose clamp around the plug-in flap
and the plug to hold it tight. I started doing that after the plug
came out one time. Of course, if I had lost the pin holding the flap,
the hose clamp would not have been of much use. Afterward, I always
travelled with the running lights on. I figured, if I could see my
running lights in the sideview mirror, I probably had brakes too.
OM

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:53:01 -0400, Hunter
<airstreamingypsy@geemail.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:31:30 -0700, OM <dittybopk@> wrote:
>
>>Hunter,
>>When I had a TT, I used to put a hose clamp around the plug-in flap
>>and the plug to hold it tight. I started doing that after the plug
>>came out one time. Of course, if I had lost the pin holding the flap,
>>the hose clamp would not have been of much use. Afterward, I always
>>travelled with the running lights on. I figured, if I could see my
>>running lights in the sideview mirror, I probably had brakes too.
>
>Funny you should say that. As soon as I realized I had no trailer
>brakes I checked my running lights and they were fine.
>
>It was just out enough to lose the brakes, but not the running lights.
>
>I'm thinking there must be a more secure kind of plug.... the one I
>have isn't a great design. I'll be back in Florida next week and see
>what I can find. I might swing by a truck stop and see if they have a
>beefier one that somehow locks the pigtail in.
>
>Hunter

Change the one on the vehicle to a metal one. They seem to hold up
better. The plastic one I have in the bed of my truck required
replacing every 3 months till I put a metal one in. No problems now.
--
Frank Tabor

On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:58:36 -0400, Hunter
<airstreamingypsy@geemail.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:13:08 -0400, Frank Tabor <ftabor@>
>wrote:
>
>>Change the one on the vehicle to a metal one.
>
>Okay, any idea where I could get one.
>
>Hunter

Walmart sells them, CW, or most any RV place ought to have them.
--
Frank Tabor

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:53:01 -0400, Hunter <airstreamingypsy@geemail.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:31:30 -0700, OM <dittybopk@> wrote:
>
>> Hunter,
>> When I had a TT, I used to put a hose clamp around the plug-in flap
>> and the plug to hold it tight. I started doing that after the plug
>> came out one time. Of course, if I had lost the pin holding the flap,
>> the hose clamp would not have been of much use. Afterward, I always
>> travelled with the running lights on. I figured, if I could see my
>> running lights in the sideview mirror, I probably had brakes too.
>
> Funny you should say that. As soon as I realized I had no trailer
> brakes I checked my running lights and they were fine.
>
> It was just out enough to lose the brakes, but not the running lights.
>
> I'm thinking there must be a more secure kind of plug.... the one I
> have isn't a great design. I'll be back in Florida next week and see
> what I can find. I might swing by a truck stop and see if they have a
> beefier one that somehow locks the pigtail in.
>
> Hunter

I had the same problem with my TT plug. I now use a 3/4" strip of Velcro
pulled around the whole recepticle to hold the flap securely down on the
plug. No problems now. When disconnected, I wrap it around the plug wire
and tuck the plug over the frame and under the propane tank cover out of
the weather.
Good luck,
MR