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bobsallyh
Jun 08, 2014Explorer II
We started with a tent trailer in 1974 for vacation and travel purposes. Sort of out grew that and bought a 1977 Prowler Travel Trailer 21' in '77. We destroyed it when it flipped on an interstate in fall of 1987. The 1988 models had just come out and we bought a 1988 Terry Travel Trailer 29' which served us very well until we went fulltime in fall of 2003. We knew we were going to go fulltime in 2003 and started looking at what was out there to fulltime in about 18 months before. Whatever we chose HAD to work and that is why we took our time and along the way PO'ed many salespeople and stealerships. Eventually we narrowed it down to Travel Supreme, Hitchiker, and Alfa. In time, we passed on the Travel Supreme, ended up at a place in Mesa, AZ. that handled both the Hitchiker and Alfa. They stocked both models and floor plans we were interested in. We could walk across the row and back and forth, taking notes and comparing what would work best. After spending seven hours there we went back down to Yuma, telling the salesman we would call him the next day telling him what we decided. About 24 hours later after much discussion we took the Alfa. That was in October 2003 and right now we are parked in Denali, AK. with that Alfa and still fulltiming. Trading or selling for something else, won't happen as there is nothing on the market that compares to what we have. All three of the makes I mentioned are now orphans, but in talking to people who have those brands, they repeat what we say. So the count for fulltiming is one. DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
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