Aluminum Camper Forum

I have a camper cover for a 2013 16DBS. I use covered storage and don't have much need for this. Free to anyone who wants to pick it up or just pay shipping. I'm in Austin TX.

Forgive me if my thoughts aren't too organized here, I'm fuming. I'm hoping there's something I don't under stand that y'all may shed light on.

I just paid a pretty penny for a brake job. They replaced the brake assemblies completely. When I go to pick up there trailer, there are practically no brakes. I normally run the gain around 3.5 for this trailer. But now even if I turned the gain up to 10, the trailer can't even hold the truck back from idling forward. Over the next 45 mins I was told many ridiculous things from the shop, but never that they'd fix the issue. They finally said there was a break in period. They use lippert parts, so I look up the lippert burnish procedure. It states to get the truck up to 40 mph, then have the trailer brakes slow you down to 20-ish, no engine brake, no truck brake. I tried this with no effect. Where I store my trailer is about 20 miles away, I kept trying with no luck. Everyone else I talked to that has had a brake job done reports that brakes worked post brake job, but did take 100 miles or so to get a consistent gain setting. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

Trailer is a 2013 16DBS, tow vehicle is a 2021 tundra long bed.

I've had a couple friends saved by a TPMS recently, so I figured I'd get one too. One thong I've seen is the added weight on the vavle stem wears out the rubber valve stems pretty quick. There's also talk of steel valve stems corroding an alloy or aluminum wheel over time, but a proper O ring preventing that, etc. To avoid all the possible faults, I've found some aluminum valve stems. My question is simple: is there anything about the wheels on a 2013 16DBS that would prevent these from installing properly? 

https://fifteen52.com/products/fifteen52-aluminum-valve-stems?variant=12955008761922

New LL owner, I see a lot of of chatter about fresh water tanks needing work. I plan on boondocking in this very soon, and will obviously rely on the fresh water tank. Does this model have that issue? What should I look for?  The first place I'm going I have a buddy who is an aluminum welder, is there a preventative modificcation i can do?  Any other Things i should look to do in the next few weeks as preventative maintenance?

Just picked up at 2013 16dbs. Looking to do some boondocking. First thing i'm looking at is a cell phone range extender, then maybe a solar setup that could power a laptop. I've not anticipating needing needing ac while boondocking, but I do have a generator if i need it.

Is there anything special I need to know about these aluminum roofs to install the range extender? looking a the the solidrf rv pro right now. still doing research though. All advice welcome!

Just purchased this trailer: https://aluminumcamperforum.com/index.php?topic=1269.0 Pretty excited to be in the aluminum camper club!!

I'm an ex-ski bum, i paraglide, and love music. Looking to work remotely on the road in this badboy with out the worries that come with a wooden trailer. I've owned and repaired way too many, and I'm excited at the prospect of having one around for several years!