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Trailerlife 2OO4 EDITORIAL INDEX AMERICA’S OUTBACK MO/PAGE PREVIEWS/PROFILES/ Bishop, California 6/106 FIRST DRIVES Dubois, Wyoming ‘04 Ram Diesel (Dodge) Duluth, Minnesota 2005 Dakota (Dodge) Between a Rock and a Hard Place - - Elko, Nevada 2005 Super Duty (Ford) Broken-Arm Assistance Nipton, California 2005 Toyota Tacoma Cart Before the Horse North Dakota and Fort Mandan - - 10/130 Conquest 265BHS Corrosive Electrolysis Polson, Montana 12/102 Gulf Stream Crossed Hoses Prescott, Arizona Komfort 19-ATR\ Deposit Dispute Racine, Wisconsin (Komfort Corporation Distant Signals Three Forks, Montana Mountain Aire 36' DVD M.LA. War Memorial in Nebraska (Newmar Corporation) Fahrenheit Fracas Winnemucca, Nevada Pathfinder Armada (Nissan) Fuel Fiasco Saratoga9 ' (Western RV) Fuel Fiasco II _ CAMPGROUND SPOTLIGHT MO/PAGE Savoy 28RLS (Holiday Ré anad ---5/85 Is What You See What You Gse t? - Hampton Beach, New Hampshire- - 5/106 See Ya! 316 (Alfa Leisure 10/25 It’s in the Mail Valley Plaza RV Park, Michigan - - - - 12/82 Siena 36' (Country Coac h) Low Bridge Sunline Fifth-Wheels Membership Morass Timberlodge 34RPS Merchandise Mystery Airstream Diner (Adventure Manufacturing)- - - - - - 8/25 Microwave Meltdown Gateway Arch Triumph 39' (Fleetwood) Postage Due Living Desert Zoo and Tundra Double Cab (Toyota) Privacy Shmivacy Gardens State Park Westfalia 22' (Airstream) Protracted Rebate Wheeler Geologic Area Zeppelin Z301 (Keystone) Reader Doesn't Wany Any Lip - - - - Request for Inspection PRODUCT EVALUATIONS Reservation Refund Air Apparent (Viair) - - - - - - - - - -- -- 3/97 Right of Recision — or Not Eastern Treasures Camping Coffeemaker Screwy Situation Feudin’, Fussin’ and a-Fightin’ (Coleman Solenoid Meltdown Full-Timing RVs Cover Up! (Covercraft) Spring-Cleaning Catastrophe Gala Galley Gift Guide Extending Cell-Phone Range View From the Top Giddyap! (SmoothTalker Warranty Exception The Fifth Dimension Water-Closet Distress Jumping Into Art (B&W Custom Truck Beds) Wheel Loss On the Wing Generating Interest (Yamaha) The Winter of Discontent Pay To Play More Max for Duramax Private Hands on Public Lands Primary Election (Air Lift) Rally on the Range Smoother Sailing (MOR/ryde)- - - - 10/107 4WD Versus 2WD 7 Shopping the Internet Sounds From the Sky (XM and 19.5-Inch Wheels- - - - - - - - - - - -- Spices of Life Sirius Satellite Radio) 10/95 50-Amp Service Tip of Texas Souped-Up Solar (AM Solar) - - - - - - 3/83 ABS Activation Tumbling Tumbleweed AC Generator Capacity Wingin’ It at Oshkosh Adding a Turbocharger Yuletide Campgrounds A 10,000-Step Program Add-On Towing Mirrors Am I There Yeti? Allison Overdrive Lockout Switch - 10/102 A Sense of Wander Axle “Twisting” 70 Clark County (NV) Boy-Oh-Buoyancy Bad Gray-Water Valve - - - - - - - - - -- 1/76 Fort Christmas Historical Park (FL) The Comeback Kid Battery SESE ee 10/102 Gems and Minerals (NM) Far Enough for You? Brake Bleeding Hang Ten! (CA) Notes From Underground Brake-Booster Blues Henricus Historical Park (VA) - - - - 10/111 On a Wild Goose Hunt Camper and Truck Weight LeMay Collection: America’s On the Fly Camshaft Sensor Caveat Car Museum (WA) Sir Lance-a-Little Class A Radiator Location National Cowgirl Hall of Fame (TX) - 2/67 Slip-Slidin’ Away Clicking Brake Control National Steinbeck Center (CA) - -- 3/103 Staying Afloat - - - --------------5/25 Connection Checkup January 2005 TRAILER LIFE Converter Hunt Voltage Concerns - - Cooling Problem VW Towbar Bind 10/102 Tow Vehicles Declining Fuel Mileage Water-Heater Power Choice . 12/75 Avalanche (Chevrolet Declining Fuel Mileage II Weights and Measures Durango (Dodge Diesel Fumes Wet Cell/Gell-Cell F-350 Power Stroke (Ford Diesel Hesitation Where's the Power? Half-Ton Shootout (Ford, Chevrolet, Nis- Diesel-Radiator Position Which Hitch Is Which? san, Toyota Diesel Shutdown Mountain Master M2 Diesel vs. Diesel SUPER SITE Suburban 2500 (Chevrolet Downshift Distress The American Farm (Virginia Watco GMC 4500 - - - - - -- Driveline Popping City by the Sea (California XL-7 (Suzuki Driveline Popping Response Colorado’s Summertime Secret Duallie Tire Pressure Discover Columbus (New Mexico Dual LP-gas Cylinder Control - The End of the Trail (Oregon Six-Pac Is Back Duramax Die-Out High Spirits (New Hampshire Four Wheel Campers) - - - Duramax Distress The Olympic ¢ hallenge (Utah Exhaust-Leak Cure Photo Phantasy (Utah MoTORHOMES “Extra” Tow Rating? Rx Among the Pines (California 12/69 Chinook Glacier 25’ F-150 Deep Bed Searchin’ For Sturgeon (Washington) 10/89 Fiberglass Crack Seaside Harmony (Florida --- 1/57 Fifth-Wheel Hitch Options Sky City Enchantment (New Mexico) 6/62 Arctic Fox 28' (Northwood Functional Trac Bars? The Sporting Life (Missouri)- - Carriage 3 Fussy Furnace Thermal Station (Arkansas Expedition (Aliner Gasket Glitches GearBOX SURV (Fleetwood) - - - Getting Sloshed ECHNICAL FEATURES MO/PAGE New Horizons Summit 35' Gray Into Black Tank? Big Thrillso n Small Wheels - - - - - - - 5/41 Potomac 5435 Injector Eater Cover Up ------ -----------27 Prowler Regal 27' (Fleetwood Jump-Starting Caveats - - - - - - ----5/101 Dream Machines - - -< - 6/43 Satari 28W (Airstream) Loose Rubber Roof Fuelish Thinking - - - - -- - - -- - - - - 12/55 Titanium (Glendale RV Lost Trailer Wheel Life Can Be a Breeze - 11/57 TowLite (Hi-Lo) ----- Low (er) Fifth-Wheel Lighten Up!- - - - - - -- ----- 7/48 Weekend Warrior CLA005 LP-gas Cylinder Certification Louisville 2004- - - - - - - - --------9/56 LP-gas on the Road Pure Drinking Water - - - -- - - -- -- - 3/73 Lugging Diesel Legacy Rack "Em Up \ Closer Look (OfficeOnTheGoGo) - 8/81 Making the Grade Totin’ Toy Story - A Real Six-Shooter Manual vs. Automatic Towing 9/76 Under Siege Gale Banks Engineering Matching Camper and Truck - - - - - 5/104 A Thankless Job Microswitch Misgivings Northwest Leisure Products) - - - More Brake Bleeding AL, GA, KY, TN: World's Air It Out Morning Sickness Longest Yard Sale (Advanced Flow Engineering) - - -- 1/84 Motorhome Gear Swap AZ: Riding With Wyatt Earp An eGOtistical Bike Overdrive Use CA, FL, MO, NV, OH, PA: EGO Vehicles) - ----------- 10/109 Overheating Transmission Amazing Parks The Artful Dodge-r (Gale Banks Engi- Pin-Box-Extension Specs CA: Bad, Bad Bodie neering Rim Width CA: California’s Triumvirate _ Bit by Retractable Bit RPM Recommendations CO, MT, UT, WA: High Country- - - - Ready Products- - - - - - - - - - ---- 8/83 Rubber-Roof Pressure Washer FL: Sand, Seafood and Fun - - - -- - - Can of Oil Magnetism RRuVs tAilnlge rgByr?a ke Lines- - - - - - - - - - - - - 5/94 IN, OH, MI, WI: Gimme Five! - - - - FilterMAG) LA: The Other Louisiana Chips and Salsa (Mothers Inc. ----5/107 Shortbed Fifth-Wheel Hitch MA: Best of the Berkshires Citrus Power (Orange Mate) 10/109 Slideout-Room Locks MS: Mississippi Mystique Damon Double Feature Stereo Static MT: A Room With a View - - - (Damon Motor Coach) Swaying Fifth-Wheel - - - - - - - - - - - - 3/94 NC, VA, WV: Do You Smell What the Rock Is Synthetic-Oil Substitution Appalachian Pipeline Cooking? (LSL Products 10/109 Tire Pressure Altitude( J hanges - - - 10/104 NE: Prairie-Grass Ramble Do You See What I See? Torque-Converter Tribulations - - - 10/103 NM: Canyons, Caves and Cactus- - - - 2/ (Align-A-Site)- - - - - ----------- 9/85 Trailer-Brake Conversion TN: Knoxville: Inside and Out Easy-Access Tools (Slide Systems) - - - 1/84 Trailer-Brake Function WA: Trekking Hurricane Ridge Edge of the World (Edge Products)- - 2/85 Trailer Disc Brakes WI: The Cranberry Highway Exhausting Efforts Transmission Cool-Down (DB Power, Diesel Performance) - 9/86 Transmission-Cooler Concern Farrey Tale (Farrey) Traumatized Tranny CAN: Fishing Sunset Country- - - - - - 5/73 Flash of the Titans (LEDtronics) - - - 12/83 Two-Speed Axle Advice - - - - - - - - - - 3/89 CAN: Gimme Five! Fuels Rush In (Transfer Flow) Underdrive Pulleys CAN: North Atlantic Nirvana Groovy Louver (Advanced Use of Overdrive - - - - - - - --------5/97 MEX: Legends of Silver Manufacturing) 86 TRAILER LIFE www .trailerlife.com Hellwig and the Angry Suspension- - 3/101 Hellwig in a Handbag 10/109 High-Tech Hytec (Mag-Hytec) Hitchin’ Post (TrailerSaver) House of Blues (Optima Batteries) - - Hub-a Hubba (Dicor) Huffin’ and Puffin’ (ScanSport) Let It Snow (Snow Performance) - - Light My Fire (R&R Leisure Products) Livin’ on a Thin Line (Valvoline) - - - Look at My Thumb (Fastening Solutions) - - - - - - - - - - 6/83 More Than Just Gum (Carefree of Colorado) Nerf-Wracking (J&J Enterprises) - - - 8 One Simple Idea (One Fast Hitch) - - 7 One Tote Over Align (WriteW; right ) Out, Damned Spot (Aero Cosmetics) Quality Ultra Heat Heaters for Pac Man (Pacbrake) - - - - - - - - - -- -- 6/83 TANKS, ELBOWS & PIPES = Pack It Up, Pack It In (Scosche Indu- -s- - t- - -r---i--e---s--5)/10 7 WATER SYSTEM WINTER PROTECTION! 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