First RV
My spouse and I are looking at purchasing our first RV, he grew up camping, I did not.... We have a 2019 Chevy Silverado 6.2L with max trailering, manufacturers tow rating of 12,200 pounds and are ...
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It’s not a done deal but we decided on a lacrosse 3399se, i know a lot of people shared concern about the tow weight and payload and I really appreciate it. After talking to several people at the dealership, my spouses dad (30+ year master GM auto tech), the techs at the dealership my spouse works at (Chevy/Cadillac) and General Motors we feel comfortable with our decision. We plan on using a high quality WD hitch with sway control and If there’s an issue, we’re prepared to alter our plans for camping ( packing bare minimums/close to home etc), swapping trucks with my dad and/or upgrading our truck in a few years if necessary. We knew a general idea on what we wanted in a TT before buying our truck but I didn’t consider the tongue weight until a few of you mentioned it, we already had the truck by then and I knew there were certain things that we wouldn’t be happy without and we just couldn’t get them in a smaller TT, so rather than buying a smaller one and being unhappy and upgrading camper AND truck in a year or so we decided to buy the one we want knowing we might not be able to use it as much and pack very sparingly, if we have to upgrade our truck then we’ll deal with it. I want you all to know I very much appreciate all of your advice and I didn’t just disregard it, we weighed our options and made our decision.
So moving forward, my original question was how do I prevent getting a lemon, let me tell you all this story. After we worked out final numbers on the price of the TT I told them I wanted to go look at the unit again, it had been pouring buckets while we were inside. Lo and behold there was water in the unit near the corner of one of the slides, go look outside and one of the seals had gotten caught in the slide and was buckled, pulled it out like it was supposed to be and it’s shape was distorted, the unit had been on the lot since March and we’ve had record rainfall. I know that seal had been like that since they set it up and I can only imagine the amount of water that went into that unit over he last few months. Told them it was a hard pass for us and were able to get the same price on a 2020 that hadn’t been prepped yet. So I’ll take that as a win win!
There’s a really nice campground about 15 min from our house that has full hook up with pull through sites, figure that will be a nice easy maiden voyage trip for us, especially since I’ve heard there’s a lot of fighting amongst couples when backing into spots.
I’ve been reading and watching lots of videos of setting up and tearing down camp, not gonna lie I’m a bit intimidated but everyone’s got to learn sometime. Wish us luck!
So moving forward, my original question was how do I prevent getting a lemon, let me tell you all this story. After we worked out final numbers on the price of the TT I told them I wanted to go look at the unit again, it had been pouring buckets while we were inside. Lo and behold there was water in the unit near the corner of one of the slides, go look outside and one of the seals had gotten caught in the slide and was buckled, pulled it out like it was supposed to be and it’s shape was distorted, the unit had been on the lot since March and we’ve had record rainfall. I know that seal had been like that since they set it up and I can only imagine the amount of water that went into that unit over he last few months. Told them it was a hard pass for us and were able to get the same price on a 2020 that hadn’t been prepped yet. So I’ll take that as a win win!
There’s a really nice campground about 15 min from our house that has full hook up with pull through sites, figure that will be a nice easy maiden voyage trip for us, especially since I’ve heard there’s a lot of fighting amongst couples when backing into spots.
I’ve been reading and watching lots of videos of setting up and tearing down camp, not gonna lie I’m a bit intimidated but everyone’s got to learn sometime. Wish us luck!
