Our New Grand Designs 355TH
Picked up our new 355TH Saturday. From what I see so far, very well built unit. While our Raptor 3814 was a good trailer once we got all the minor bugs worked out, it was time for a trade. We are p...
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Short of it. Awesome unit! Love it!
Took the Momentum out on a 4-wheeling weekend. Chadwick ATV area south of Springfield, MO is one of our favorite riding/camping area's. Got a late start Friday afternoon so by the time my buddy and I got there it was not only dark, but raining. Not what I wanted for my first setup but what are you going to do? Site was very un-level front to back so figured we'd give the auto level a good workout. Unloaded the bikes first as I new the tail would be in the air with the nose nearly on the ground. Added a couple extra 2x12's under the rear jacks and pushed the Auto-Level button. Absolute marvel of engineering. It lowered the nose nearly to the ground, pauses a bit to calculate, drops the left side jacks, slight pause followed by the right side. Few adjustments side to side then fore and aft. Beeps complete and you are done!
The rest of the weekend was really uneventful. The unit performed flawlessly with absolutely no issues at all. EVERYTHING worked as it should. I'll list a few little things that I thought were odd but these are very minor (I'm nit-picking here) and could easily be rectified:
--There is no on/off switch for the fridge in the garage. No way to turn it off without flipping the breaker. First night my buddy ended up tucking his shirt in over the top so it would block out the blue light. Second night I just flipped off the breaker. I had already discovered the main TV and the vacuum are on this breaker as well. Next morning I was walking by the kitchen slide when I heard the main refrigerator running on propane. ??? Come to find out, kitchen fridge is on that same breaker. Shutting off the breaker for the garage fridge also killed the A/C to the kitchen fridge, causing it to switch to propane. Not really an issue I guess but wish I could shut off the garage fridge as I usually leave the unit plugged in and don't necessarily want the garage fridge running all the time. May end up installing a small hidden shut-off switch for this fridge.
--Love the fact that the generator has its own tank but I wish there was some way to draw fuel from the generator tank. When we go to the dunes, I can never carry enough fuel. I worry that with 30 gallons sitting in the generator tank, it could go bad before I get it used up. The boys always use the fuel station to fill up lawn mowers, ATV's ect. so it always gets used. If i could draw from the generator tank too, I wouldn't have to worry about it going bad plus would have the extra fuel station capacity when needed. May plumb up a crossover line with an isolation valve between the two.
--Miss my 14' garage when hauling more than 2 ATV's. My Raptor also did not have the beds in the back. That little bit of rail that the beds ride on makes it even more snug. We fit my Can-Am Renegade and my buddy's Honda Rancher side by side all the way to the front with a Honda 250EX behind the Rancher and a little Raptor 90 behind the Renegade. With my Raptor and the 14' garage, I could get 4 full size ATV's in there. But the usability of the Momentum garage is night and day better than the Raptor.
Again, no issues whatsoever. Making another run next weekend so I'll let you know if anything changes. Overall, extremely happy with the Momentum!
I'll post a couple pictures.
Matt
Short of it. Awesome unit! Love it!
Took the Momentum out on a 4-wheeling weekend. Chadwick ATV area south of Springfield, MO is one of our favorite riding/camping area's. Got a late start Friday afternoon so by the time my buddy and I got there it was not only dark, but raining. Not what I wanted for my first setup but what are you going to do? Site was very un-level front to back so figured we'd give the auto level a good workout. Unloaded the bikes first as I new the tail would be in the air with the nose nearly on the ground. Added a couple extra 2x12's under the rear jacks and pushed the Auto-Level button. Absolute marvel of engineering. It lowered the nose nearly to the ground, pauses a bit to calculate, drops the left side jacks, slight pause followed by the right side. Few adjustments side to side then fore and aft. Beeps complete and you are done!
The rest of the weekend was really uneventful. The unit performed flawlessly with absolutely no issues at all. EVERYTHING worked as it should. I'll list a few little things that I thought were odd but these are very minor (I'm nit-picking here) and could easily be rectified:
--There is no on/off switch for the fridge in the garage. No way to turn it off without flipping the breaker. First night my buddy ended up tucking his shirt in over the top so it would block out the blue light. Second night I just flipped off the breaker. I had already discovered the main TV and the vacuum are on this breaker as well. Next morning I was walking by the kitchen slide when I heard the main refrigerator running on propane. ??? Come to find out, kitchen fridge is on that same breaker. Shutting off the breaker for the garage fridge also killed the A/C to the kitchen fridge, causing it to switch to propane. Not really an issue I guess but wish I could shut off the garage fridge as I usually leave the unit plugged in and don't necessarily want the garage fridge running all the time. May end up installing a small hidden shut-off switch for this fridge.
--Love the fact that the generator has its own tank but I wish there was some way to draw fuel from the generator tank. When we go to the dunes, I can never carry enough fuel. I worry that with 30 gallons sitting in the generator tank, it could go bad before I get it used up. The boys always use the fuel station to fill up lawn mowers, ATV's ect. so it always gets used. If i could draw from the generator tank too, I wouldn't have to worry about it going bad plus would have the extra fuel station capacity when needed. May plumb up a crossover line with an isolation valve between the two.
--Miss my 14' garage when hauling more than 2 ATV's. My Raptor also did not have the beds in the back. That little bit of rail that the beds ride on makes it even more snug. We fit my Can-Am Renegade and my buddy's Honda Rancher side by side all the way to the front with a Honda 250EX behind the Rancher and a little Raptor 90 behind the Renegade. With my Raptor and the 14' garage, I could get 4 full size ATV's in there. But the usability of the Momentum garage is night and day better than the Raptor.
Again, no issues whatsoever. Making another run next weekend so I'll let you know if anything changes. Overall, extremely happy with the Momentum!
I'll post a couple pictures.
Matt
