Unloading the inside to trade it in !!

rockhillmanor wrote:

john&bet wrote:
When we traded TT for 5th they were parked side by side and we just moved it over. No big deal. Guess we didn't have much. Only took about 15 minutes.

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Unloading the trade in into your garage at home only to have to move it back into the new one is wasted steps and unnecessary extra work!

Same here, you park next to the new one at the dealership door to door and transfer you stuff. Dealerships suggest you do it that way all the time to help you out.

That might work if you have a couple of hours, plus we took out our new theater seating and put the original sofa/bed back in. Reconfigured the interior to stock. Removed the built-in Surge Suppressor, swapped out the 120AH AGM for the original RV/Marine battery, put the stock TV antenna back on it, ETC

Try all that in the dealers lot.

We're going thru the same thing too! Amazing how much stuff we collected over the years!! Some we will transfer from old to new at the dealerdhip, the rest we will pack after we take selivery.

Dutchmen Sport, I see coiling waterhoses is not your area of expertise.

Hate the idea of cleaning house in ours. There is stuff like a spare water pump, a spare landing leg, trailer brake drums & brake plates, salvaged bits & pieces from a previous grill, all matter of odds & ends that might have a use someday.

john&bet wrote:
When we traded TT for 5th they were parked side by side and we just moved it over. No big deal. Guess we didn't have much. Only took about 15 minutes.

X2
Unloading the trade in into your garage at home only to have to move it back into the new one is wasted steps and unnecessary extra work!

Same here, you park next to the new one at the dealership door to door and transfer you stuff. Dealerships suggest you do it that way all the time to help you out.

minnow wrote:
Hey Dutchmen Sport, after looking at your pictures I had to wonder if there was actually any room left in your Springdale for people ? ...

When our Outback came home with us, we put back in the camper only the items we knew we would use again. I had a bunch of Coleman cook stove equipment. But since the Outback came with an outside stove, we felt we did not need all this any more. We gave it away.

What went back into the new camper was minimal to what we took out of the old one. A year and 3 months later (this last Christmas), we went to Florida. Our adult son wanted to come with us, so we had to make room for his "junk" too. We ended up cleaning out 3 entire cabinets and consolidating a few items to give him room for his stuff for the week. When we returned home, he took his stuff back out. Currently we have 3 completely empty cabinets. And funny thing is ... the junk we took out ... probably will never be missed! This .... only after 1 year of owning the new camper!

When we upgraded from our 1998 Jayco 30' TT to 'The Beast', I was amazed how much 'stuff' came out of the Jayco. It was like professor Whoopies closet...*s. Putting that stuff into The Beast was a daunting task 'cause you had to think about where it all could go efficiently. A lot only made it to the dumpster.

GPG52! wrote:
We took possession last spring of our new Cougar 327 RES after trading in our KZ 287. Dealer was awesome... he had both trailers parked facing each other on a clean paved surface. Should have been a quick switch over smaller trailer to bigger sized RIGHT... NOT!!!
After about 6 hours we had to revert to simply dumping from one trailer to the next and wait until we got home to properly glean and store. Now remind me again why did I need three hoses, two axe, two tool kits and six chairs when we are only two? Enjoy your new rig... GPG

The six chairs are for guest. :B

We took possession last spring of our new Cougar 327 RES after trading in our KZ 287. Dealer was awesome... he had both trailers parked facing each other on a clean paved surface. Should have been a quick switch over smaller trailer to bigger sized RIGHT... NOT!!!
After about 6 hours we had to revert to simply dumping from one trailer to the next and wait until we got home to properly glean and store. Now remind me again why did I need three hoses, two axe, two tool kits and six chairs when we are only two? Enjoy your new rig... GPG

Hey Dutchmen Sport, after looking at your pictures I had to wonder if there was actually any room left in your Springdale for people ?
Not picking on you as we probably have the same amount of stuff in ours but your pictures speak a thousand words on why having a decent carrying capacity is so important. We've been looking for a new fifth wheel for a couple of years now in the under 32' class. Found a couple in the Forest River family whose floor plan we like. Guess what ? The NCC on all of these units we've seen is between 900 and 1100 lbs. WAY too little. I wonder how many new buyers actually look at the weight stickers ? Then they wonder why they have problems with blowouts and bent axles.

Someone once told me that RVs are like the rest of us; as they get older, they add on weight