Purchase Dilemma: Forest River vs Nexus
Ok, my wife and I are ready to purchase our first RV. My sister and brother and law have been RVing for 20 years or so and full time for over five years, so I've gotten some insight from them. Beyon...
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I purchased a new Forest River Sunseeker after doing a lot of research on Class C's. We were downsizing from a diesel Class A, and were looking for certain features in a C. I did not like the fact it would be difficult "kicking the tires" of the Nexus, since I live far from the factory.
We ended up with a 31' Sunseeker with the full wall slide. Did we have some problems with it? Yes, nothing major but I have never heard of a new coach without some quality control issues. The closest was my Holiday Rambler 36' diesel, but even then the $260,000 coach still required several trips to the dealer.
Ours is a E450 with the newer V10 and 6 speed transmission for 2016, which has a hitch capacity of 7,500 lbs. They have a fiberglass roof and a one piece front cap.
One of the reasons that I chose Forest River is that they are part of the Berkshire Hathaway group with some 23 manufacturing plants in the US making a complete range of RV's from towables, 5th wheels, Class A, Class C, park models, transit vans, and even pontoon boats. I don't think they will go out of business too soon.
We ended up with a 31' Sunseeker with the full wall slide. Did we have some problems with it? Yes, nothing major but I have never heard of a new coach without some quality control issues. The closest was my Holiday Rambler 36' diesel, but even then the $260,000 coach still required several trips to the dealer.
Ours is a E450 with the newer V10 and 6 speed transmission for 2016, which has a hitch capacity of 7,500 lbs. They have a fiberglass roof and a one piece front cap.
One of the reasons that I chose Forest River is that they are part of the Berkshire Hathaway group with some 23 manufacturing plants in the US making a complete range of RV's from towables, 5th wheels, Class A, Class C, park models, transit vans, and even pontoon boats. I don't think they will go out of business too soon.
