We were at 4B Labor Day weekend and that was our second stay with them. You do have to fill up your tank at the barn before you set up camp (there are only electrical hookups at the campsites). They do have a nice, centrally located bath house so once we figured out we wouldn't be hooked up to water, we saved what we had for washing our face, brushing teeth, early morning potty breaks and took showers in the bath house.

I will say this. I don't know how or why it happened and we did not make a big deal out of it but both my trailer and another family's that was plugged into the same "port" had electrical fires (not sure if that's what you'd call it) with our extension cords. Our extension cord was destroyed and we had to replace the male end to the cord that attaches to the horse trailer. The owner had no explanation for our trouble but told the other family theirs was due to the cord being coiled (ours was not coiled). Maybe someone on the forum could explain it to me? All kinds of crazy, weird things happened that weekend so I figured it was par for the course, bought replacements, and prayed we'd get home safe by the time that weekend was through.

The riding at Uwharrie is great. Talk to the locals about which trails are difficult and lengthy. Horses need to have shoes all the way around and be relatively fit. We will probably stay at Canebrake from now on and just carry the generator with us. We enjoyed our last stay at Canebrake.

A coiled cord vs an uncoiled cord could be destroyed because of heat build-up.  The coils hold heat while a stretched out cord can dissipate the heat from too much power.

Length and wire gage are huge factors in extension cords.  Too long and too small for the power drawn will cause the cord to overheat.  The fuse/CB on the circuit will not protect the ext cord.

Having two LQ trailers on the same power post will aggravate the issue.  Two heavy power users will create a voltage drop causing more heat in the wires and connections.

Further, Cords too long and too small are very bad for motors in a/c units, refrigerators, furnaces, etc.  Motors are sensitive to voltage drop.  A/C units are particularly sensitive since the compressor motor is sealed and starts frequently

You would have been better served to plug the trailer cord directly to the power post.  (I'll bet that your ext cord is not as heavy as the trailer's cord.)

Hosspuller - You are right. The cord from the trailer was much heavier than the extension cord. When we bought replacements, we bought a 12 gauge extension cord because it was the lowest gauge that had the typical plug on it (we originally picked up the 10 gauge but couldn't find an adapter for it). That extension cord is the one we had used since buying the trailer in 07 but figured if the gauge was too high maybe it had finally given up. We think the burned up extension cord was a 14 gauge.

We're hoping for better luck and no surprises when we take it out next to Ward in November.  Thanks for the reply.

quote: "I would like to learn more about the endurance stuff...not to do it...just to see what it's all about."

Be careful. Once you learn, you might want to try ....

It's always a beautiful ride at HC. The trials have never bothered us.

Jackie,

Where are you in Galax? I'm in Laurel Fork.

Ken