Drew Callahan

A dealer quoted me $340 in labor alone to swap a furnace igniter on a Keystone Bullet 287QBS—that’s before the $85 part cost and the two-week service backlog. I pulled the component myself in under an hour, realized the job was straightforward enough that I’d never pay that markup again, and decided to map out … Read more

Most owners of the Grand Design Imagine 2500RL never replace their LP gas detector until it stops working—and by then, it’s usually too late to catch the problem before the alarm screams or, worse, stays silent when it shouldn’t. I get calls on weekends and holidays from people who’ve ignored a chirp for weeks, dismissed … Read more

Your water just stopped. No pressure at the kitchen tap, no toilet flush, and you’re staring at an empty system that’s supposed to keep your Passport 221BH livable. Sound familiar? The freshwater pump is sitting under your trailer right now, probably seized or leaking internally, and you’re asking yourself whether this is a fifty-dollar fix … Read more

I was pulling into a campground outside Flagstaff in late September when I spotted the stain spreading across the ceiling near the bedroom—a wet mark that hadn’t been there two days earlier. By the time I got up on the roof of my Grand Design Imagine 2500RL to track it down, I could see exactly … Read more

Walk into a Grand Design dealer’s service bay and you’ll hear one story: stabilizer jacks fail so often that you should just accept it as normal wear and budget for replacements every few years. Step into an RV forum and the advice flips completely — owners swear their jacks last decades if you actually maintain … Read more

The Jayco Eagle 321RSTS ships with a Suburban water heater that’s reliable enough—until the anode rod gets forgotten. I’ve pulled more than a handful of these tanks apart where the magnesium core had already dissolved completely, leaving nothing but a bare steel wire and a tank wall that’s turned into Swiss cheese from the inside … Read more

Jayco doesn’t print it in the owner’s manual, and a service writer won’t volunteer this information: a roof membrane leak on the Eagle 321RSTS almost never means the membrane itself failed first. What actually happens is an owner spots water staining inside, assumes the rubber is shot, and orders a full membrane replacement—only to discover … Read more

I was backed into a pull-through at a New Mexico campground when I first heard it—a grinding sound that didn’t belong, followed by a hesitation mid-slide. The bedroom slide on the Jayco Eagle 321RSTS would extend about halfway, then strain and slow down like it was fighting through mud. By the third cycle, the motor … Read more

Most people buy a used RV and assume the toilet just works — that it’s either functional or it isn’t, with nothing in between. That’s wrong. A Jayco Jay Flight 174BH toilet can leak for months without you ever knowing it’s happening, draining black water slowly into the subfloor, rotting wood, breeding mold, and creating … Read more

I’ve got my workbench set up in the shade bay of my current site outside Tucson, and spread across it right now are the remains of three failed slide-out seals from three different rigs I’ve serviced in the past month alone. The Jayco Jay Flight 174BH keeps showing up in that pile. That’s not coincidence … Read more