Forum: Travel Trailers
12-06-2011, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 11,109
Re: VISA OWNER mpg
12 to 13.9 with Nissan titan and 23RBK. I try to stay at 60 MPH, about 1500 RPM, using the tow mode, which does not give me much power.
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Forum: Travel Trailers
09-02-2011, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 182
Views: 197,006
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Forum: Travel Trailers
08-31-2011, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 19,753
Re: 23ft RBK 2012 Visa
We pull a 23RBK with our crew-cab Titan using a Reese WDH with built in sway control and have no problems. When it was installed, it wasn't adjusted with enough tension on the trunnions and did no...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
07-27-2011, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,280
Re: 23RBK Air Con
Mosey on down Texas way. You will get to test it real quick. Saw on the weather channel we have a tropical storm heading to somewhere on the TX. coast. Hope so, for the draught is really putting the...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
07-26-2011, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,280
Re: 23RBK Air Con
When we were in Dallas, a motorhome pulled in next to us. He was running the front A/C from park power and had to run his gen set to run the rear A/C trying to get the thing cool. He wound up going...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
07-26-2011, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,280
Re: 23RBK Air Con
Have a great trip. Don't get me wrong on the A/C being weak. The days of travel was really hard to get it cool. After sunset it would catch up. The next day it kept the trailer cool with the heat...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
07-24-2011, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,280
23RBK Air Con
Just finished our two week Texas vacation today. We did not have a single day with a heat index below 100. On our travel days, it would take the A/C until 9 or 10 P.M. to cool the trailer. Once it...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
07-24-2011, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 19,753
Re: 23ft RBK 2012 Visa
Happy towing. I noticed tonight at our local VISA dealer that someone had traded in a 2011 23RBK. They want $15.9K for it. Good deal for someone looking for a slightly used VISA. Also noticed they...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
07-20-2011, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,049
Re: Question to Visa 19RSD owners
We have the 23RBK. G/S ad states it weighs 3502 lbs. After options are added the weight goes to 3779, dry. We normally travel with about 10 gal of water, plus 6 more in the water heater, just call it...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
07-02-2011, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,223
Re: R-POD Meet
I have long had a desire to jump on the Natchez Trace and run it from one end to the other. We spent 3 days at the KOA south in Chattanooga, nice, quite, and a huge pool. Rock City, Ruby Falls,...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
07-01-2011, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,223
Carrollton TX.
Don, we will be up in Carrollton on 15, 16, 17 July. We will be staying at the Sandy Lake Carefree RV Resort. We have some friends that live in Carrollton that are to come over to the park. Not my...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
06-30-2011, 12:15 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,689
Re: Tongue jack
We installed the electric jack this morning. Remove the three bolts holding the manual jack in place and lift it out. Place the electric jack into the same hole and reinstall the three bolts. Run the...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
06-28-2011, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,223
Re: R-POD Meet
Under your profile could you please add your state? So far we have a TX, a GA, and a ? that might like to get something going for a meet. Be neat to pull into a campground and see 20+ Visa's sitting...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
06-27-2011, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,689
Tongue jack
I have nothing to do with PPL. The little lady and I went down to their store this morning and purchased (among other things) a electric tongue jack. It normally sells for $270 and was on sale for...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
06-27-2011, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 182
Views: 197,006
Re: Gulf Stream Visa Lift Kit
I wonder what the difference is in lift kits between the 19 ft models and the 23 ft models. The undercarriage and suspension are built completely different. The only way I can think of to lift the 23...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
06-26-2011, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,223
R-POD Meet
Just received some photos of the second annual R-Pod meet. It was held at the horse park in Lexington KY. They had 28 R-Pods and two T@B's show up along with 5 of the Forest River factory reps. Looks...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
06-20-2011, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 19,753
Re: 23ft RBK 2012 Visa
The E2 setup is the same as our Reese. The people that installed the hitch had it so loose that you you put the bars on by hand, making them useless. Ours adjust on the hitch end and after a three...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
06-17-2011, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 19,753
Re: 23ft RBK 2012 Visa
Just a WDH, esp one that only uses chains to hold up the trunnion, will not help your sway problem. You need to add a sway bar on one side, and on some, you can put one on both sides. I just...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
06-05-2011, 11:17 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 19,753
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Forum: Travel Trailers
06-05-2011, 11:14 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 19,753
Re: 23ft RBK 2012 Visa
Go to Gulfstream Visa Owners Community on Facebook and there are photos of a battery cut-off switch, 23RBK hose holder, Maxaair vents, lift kits and drain kits. Also several other mods.
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Forum: Travel Trailers
06-03-2011, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 19,753
Re: 23ft RBK 2012 Visa
Congrats! We have just 1 trip in our 23RBK, but everything was fine except the fridge door. A gallon of milk will completely cover the floor. When you close the fridge door, make sure you hear the...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
05-23-2011, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 13,110
Re: 2012 Visa ERD
Try the parts dept at www.pplmotorhomes.com (https://www.pplmotorhomes.com). They have the covers in the $40-50 range. They should be able to ship it to you.
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Forum: Travel Trailers
05-23-2011, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 13,110
Re: 2012 Visa ERD
Look at you power converter panel. If a fuse is blown, the red LED for that circuit should light up.
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Forum: Travel Trailers
05-23-2011, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 13,110
Re: 2012 Visa ERD
Toppers RV here in the Houston TX area have the 19 ft models for $16,495. We paid $17,995 for our 23RBK sometime in March, $550 less than one of the discount places in Ohio, plus I did not have to...
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Forum: Travel Trailers
05-17-2011, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 35,466
Re: New Visa model
Yes, it is hinged. when open, two shields open (if wanted) to serve as splatter shields like on a Coleman gas grill. If any of you want one, look at your owners manual for the stove and there is an...
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