B+ motorhomes
I just bought a Trail Lite B+ 211s with 8.1 Chevy engine. This is my fifth motorhome (others range from an old 20' Vagabond, and three Winnegagos, from 19 to 32'. This vehicle is fantastic. I am...
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I posted to this forum in September, expecting delivery of my 224 B+ in early October (actually a 225, dealer modified to be a 224 with twin couches). Well, we just took possession of the motorhome on December 20th. It was a circus of problems, mostly with the dealer and not with the unit itself or with the Trail-lite people. So I am now a new owner on the forum.
We haven't had a chance to go out in it yet. I have only put about 120 miles on it so far, and more that half of that was put on it when I picked it up and drove it home. This was on a quite windy day, and the unit did drift a bit in the gusts. Even at that it was not an unenjoyable ride.
The unit appears to be water-tight (it does not have a slide, but the windows and door and other seams are staying dry). There are no major rattles or creaking when the unit is in motion. The generator set and appliances are pretty good quality, and the convection/ microwave oven is superior to the one we have at home.
With the cold weather, we plan only one trip before spring. However, that trip will be a two-weeker to Florida. We are in the process of buying those items that we think we will be needing.
The only negative impression I have of the Model 224 so far is that it is woefully short on storage space. I have compared it to small Gulfstream and Born Free units, and the thing that stands out is that the Trail-lite has no "basement" storage areas. There is a single opening accessible from the outside, and it opens into the area under the second couch. This will make it tough to store any ground covers for under the awning, blocks for leveling the unit, tools, hoses, cables, lights, and all of the other "stuff" that is nice to be able
to get to from the outside.
Inside there are lots of cabinets, but it would have been nice if they could have been made a bit deeper. This is especially true of the cabinets over the refrigerator and over the couches. They are about 9 inches deep at the bottoms, and even shallower at the tops. As it is, we are going to be hard pressed to get enough stuff into it to support a two week trip. We are planning a barebones wardrobe and pantry, with several stops for laundromats and additional food.
We are still pretty optimistic about the whole thing, though still short in experience with it. I will keep issuing updates here as time goes on and I get more experience.
*This Message was edited on 04-Jan-03 05:03 PM by Voyager2000*
We haven't had a chance to go out in it yet. I have only put about 120 miles on it so far, and more that half of that was put on it when I picked it up and drove it home. This was on a quite windy day, and the unit did drift a bit in the gusts. Even at that it was not an unenjoyable ride.
The unit appears to be water-tight (it does not have a slide, but the windows and door and other seams are staying dry). There are no major rattles or creaking when the unit is in motion. The generator set and appliances are pretty good quality, and the convection/ microwave oven is superior to the one we have at home.
With the cold weather, we plan only one trip before spring. However, that trip will be a two-weeker to Florida. We are in the process of buying those items that we think we will be needing.
The only negative impression I have of the Model 224 so far is that it is woefully short on storage space. I have compared it to small Gulfstream and Born Free units, and the thing that stands out is that the Trail-lite has no "basement" storage areas. There is a single opening accessible from the outside, and it opens into the area under the second couch. This will make it tough to store any ground covers for under the awning, blocks for leveling the unit, tools, hoses, cables, lights, and all of the other "stuff" that is nice to be able
to get to from the outside.
Inside there are lots of cabinets, but it would have been nice if they could have been made a bit deeper. This is especially true of the cabinets over the refrigerator and over the couches. They are about 9 inches deep at the bottoms, and even shallower at the tops. As it is, we are going to be hard pressed to get enough stuff into it to support a two week trip. We are planning a barebones wardrobe and pantry, with several stops for laundromats and additional food.
We are still pretty optimistic about the whole thing, though still short in experience with it. I will keep issuing updates here as time goes on and I get more experience.
*This Message was edited on 04-Jan-03 05:03 PM by Voyager2000*
