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I noticed my brakes seemed terrible recently and thought maybe I had worn them out with trips across the country a few times. I got home and parked it and saw that the electric brake wires were hanging. The connectors had come apart. I just soldered them and came them the shrink wrap heat gun treatment. Probably a good idea to look under there once and while to make sure they are still connected. They do seem to be hanging in the breeze a bit.

Yup I love my 7x20. I take off on a whim now and pull my bike as well. Hope you enjoyed Laconia. Not far from me but I seem to not bother with it a couple hours away.

Of course this changes the lift height of your hitch ball to 3" higher...

I have the 7x20 VRV and the fridge has always bummed me out with its crazy range of temp swings. This split freezer and refer seem to never sync up. The freezer runs GREAT the fridge is slow to cool and ranges in temp quite a bit throughout the day due to air temp outside. Of course having a black camper is also a bad choice for hot days. It's great for those cooler fall moto-x and enduro's.

Lessons learned

I give mine a good 24 hours of run time before loading food into it. This is a recommendation for all refers but we never worry about it due to most cool down quicker. I now start it two days before I depart. The day before I take off I'm usually starting to load the fridge with food for the trip.
I run it on LP when I pull it to keep it cold. It uses very little gas compared to other LP accessories like the water heater or camper heater which sucks down LP like its free! I don't want to get the the camping location and then start the fridge/freezer. When I plug in I always check to make sure the unit switches back to electric. Sometimes it gets stuck on LP. If that happens I shut it off for 5 minutes and then turn it back on. You don't want to shut it off and turn it right back on as you may have seen what happens to Air Conditioners when you do that. It over-loads the compressor and just isn't healthy for the unit. Let it cool for 5 and then turn it back on and then check for electric (auto) power.
Fill the Refer after it gets cold with cold stuff. Warm water bottles tends to put the thing into a tizzy for another 24 hours.
If I load the fridge with warm water bottles I notice the temp drops for a while. The freezer doesn't seem to suffer from temp drops like the fridge. So I load it with water bottles for their first couple hours to chill them fast then move them to the refer.
Move the temp sensor on the metal cooling fin from the bottom to the top of the fin. I heard this helps. But I haven't seen any difference.

The fridge temp does swing on hot days. But it seems the longer it's been running the better it is at keeping its temp below 40F on those hot days.

Hope this helps

I have a Quicksilver 7x20 with queen pop up bed off the side. I bought a Sealy 3 inch Queen mattress topper and put it on top of the stock mattress. Worth every penny. I slept on it for 10 days and slept better on it than my home mattress. When I travel I roll it up and place it in two heavy duty trash bags. I put the mattress in the bag and it uncompresses filling it. I take the second bag and cover it from the top down to keep any dirt/dust out. One word of advise. Let the thing air out for as long as possible. They all stink at first like a science project.

Also while talking about bedding...

I use Eucalyptus Origins™ 600 Thread Count Olympic Queen Tencel® Sheet Set. Expensive but WOW what an unbelievable set of sheets that stay cool even in damp humid conditions.

I recently purchased a 7x20 VRV. I would like to mount things like a bathroom mirror, TP holder, bungee tie down hooks on the hauler side. Any suggestions to mounting items on the walls? I see widely placed mounting screws on the walls. Are there incremental frame members hidden in between? Also should I be using any particular hardware mounting screws? Tips and suggestions are welcome.

BTW the X5 pulls the 7x20 really well. I won't come close to the max weight pulling my dirt bike.