Crossroads Cruiser experiences and Shortbox Ram clearance

Thank you great info. That's the kind of thing I was interested in. I had convinced myself not to buy another Thor brand after our heartland but the one we looked at was quite a bit better built then our Heartland. It doesn't change the wall problem but Crossroads did upgrade the roof for 15. Our first camper was a Forest River Rockwood that was rock solid. We liked the sound of the KZ but the floor plan fell through. Now I guess its time to start plugging through Forest River and Jayco's websites and see if I can find a similar floor plan. I wish the smaller bunkhouse models weren't mostly budget models for their respective lines.

The Crossroads Cruiser Aire does NOT have the cutback front nose that would clear the rear cab of your Dodge in a tight turn or while backing into a tight space. CrossRoads is a Division of Thor, note that what you CAN'T see does in fact matter.

I treat an RV purchase like an investment, and purchase the best quality with the most ammenities as well as Dealer and Factory Support. You also want to research the "nuts and bolts" of the unit...how it's made, design, workmanship, quality, how well it fits my needs and who builds it.

The Crossroads does NOT have high pressure laminated roofs (and thus 10 times more likely to spring a leak!) and floor construction either...unlike all Jayco's, Forest River, Starcraft and many other RV brands.

High pressure vacuum lamination is 10 times less likely to leak than hung wall construction, and with "vacuum pressure lamination"...several tons of even pressure is applied to the high tech glued walls for 20 minutes in a giant vacuum bag...this bonds it into a solid, foam/aluminum core sandwiched leak proof structure.

Crossroads side walls are "hung wall", not vacuum laminated, and is glued in place foam board insulation! In the roof, floors and slides are merely spun pink fiberglass glued in between the walls, with a minimal R-value of R-7..and that spun glass can settle with age leaving "voids" of uninsulated space in the walls. They also ad a thin foil sheet of "astro-foil" which is basically mylar and in order to work needs an air gap above or below it, and in this case does not.

For comparison all Jayco's and Starcraft, 35 other brands and all Forest River RV's have higher R-Values...vacuum lamination and standard Better insulation than the Thor Crossroads.

For example the other brands mentioned have as standard 3 times the insulation by as much as R-29 Floors, R-27 Roofs, R-8 walls...all High pressure vacuum laminated vs Crossroads more prone to leaking hung wall R-7.

Plus the other brands of light weight 5ers are more likely have front nose caps that are contoured to clear your cab! I merely point out there are in my opinion better choices and better brands!

Try looking at Jayco Eagle HT's, Prowlers by Heartland, Rockwood Signature Ultra Lites, Salem Hemisphere Lite, Wildcat Maxx, Keystone Cougar UltraLite, Open Range Lite and Prime Time Avenger. All very good brands, all vacuum laminated, all progressive customer friendly companies, great value and quality too. The Jayco even has a 2 year warranty! Good luck!

All the above is just my opinion based on my observations and research including 30+ years of RVing, 11 years and 19,154 posts on this Forum as well as several other RVing blogs and ownership of over 15 different RV's including 8 Jayco's. :C