Truck camper 8.6

[jornvango]

Glad to find this forum dedicated to Livin Lite owners!

We bought our truck camper new in 2014 (8.6) which sits on our 2008 Dodge Ram 3500.  Since we bought it, it has been all the way south to Panama and up to Alaska (*).  Having moved to Arizona 2 years ago, we try to take it out every weekend exploring all the beautiful nature around here.

As the truck camper is getting close to 3 years old and having seen lots of usage, I'm looking forward to asking questions to fix what's broken and upgrade some things ... And, we'd love to hear from other owners who live in the area for great trip ideas!

(*) Our blog is at http://www.vango.be/ for those who are interested in those trips.

[pinstriper]

Welcome aboard ! Very few of us with truck campers, but that won't stop us from giving authoritative-sounding answers.

[daplumbr]

Wow, quite the travels! Welcome to the board.

[charliem]

[quote timestamp="1480998140" author="Hugh" source="/post/26280/thread"][div][/div]Hi, I'm a new owner of a 2016 8.6 truck camper. I am desperately trying to find the fresh water tank drain valve as it is going to get cold here the next three nights. Of course there are no instructions or piping diagram. I called the dealer and the service man I talked to had no idea. And by the way, the two low point drain valves are around the corner and behind the black tank drain valve where they can't be seen and a normal hand cannot reach them. My poor wife has to ram her tiny hand in there to operate the valves. I need to cut an access hole so I can real the low point drains. But I have looked and looked and cannot find a fresh water drain valve. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.[/quote][font size="3"]I'll preface this by saying I do not have a TC and have only limited and dated experience with them. That said, if you can't find the FW tank drain all is not lost. If you run the pump until it's dry that will get most of the water out. What remains may freeze, but it will freely expand and not damage the tank. Even the drain will leave some water in the tank. Be sure to winterize the piping, toilet, faucets, pump and drains either with a compressor or RV antifreeze. Hopefully another owner with a similar TC will jump in here and be more specific. [/font]

[catmanriff]

[quote source="/post/26194/thread" author="@jornvango" timestamp="1480732739"]Glad to find this forum dedicated to Livin Lite owners!

We bought our truck camper new in 2014 (8.6) which sits on our 2008 Dodge Ram 3500.  Since we bought it, it has been all the way south to Panama and up to Alaska (*).  Having moved to Arizona 2 years ago, we try to take it out every weekend exploring all the beautiful nature around here.

As the truck camper is getting close to 3 years old and having seen lots of usage, I'm looking forward to asking questions to fix what's broken and upgrade some things ... And, we'd love to hear from other owners who live in the area for great trip ideas!

(*) Our blog is at http://www.vango.be/ for those who are interested in those trips.[/quote]great Blog!

[djmiller]

[quote timestamp="1481031412" author="@charliem" source="/post/26281/thread"][quote source="/post/26280/thread" author="Hugh" timestamp="1480998140"][div][/div][div][/div]Hi, I'm a new owner of a 2016 8.6 truck camper. I am desperately trying to find the fresh water tank drain valve as it is going to get cold here the next three nights. Of course there are no instructions or piping diagram. I called the dealer and the service man I talked to had no idea. And by the way, the two low point drain valves are around the corner and behind the black tank drain valve where they can't be seen and a normal hand cannot reach them. My poor wife has to ram her tiny hand in there to operate the valves. I need to cut an access hole so I can real the low point drains. But I have looked and looked and cannot find a fresh water drain valve. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.[/quote][font size="3"]I'll preface this by saying I do not have a TC and have only limited and dated experience with them. That said, if you can't find the FW tank drain all is not lost. If you run the pump until it's dry that will get most of the water out. What remains may freeze, but it will freely expand and not damage the tank. Even the drain will leave some water in the tank. Be sure to winterize the piping, toilet, faucets, pump and drains either with a compressor or RV antifreeze. Hopefully another owner with a similar TC will jump in here and be more specific. [/font]
[/quote]Charliem - the drain should be - when you open the door to the right on the entry door where the dump valves are located, on the right side of that compartment.  You may need a flash light.
We currently have a 2015 in the service bay and that is where it is located.  Let me know what you find.  Otherwise you will have to pull it out of your truck,and remove the bottom panel covering the tanks.

-Dan