2015 Arctic Fox 25Y or 2015 Timber Ridge 240RKS?

WesHawkins wrote:
Brulaz
I think I am still leaning toward the Creek Side or one of the Outdoors RV line trailers. I've got a 2000 Dodge 2500 Diesel that has a towing capacity of 9400# but I still want to keep the weight down if I can. The small things that I find not to my liking can be changed out to suit what I want relatively easily. I do all of my own repairs and modifications, except for replacing major things like walls and panels. Their chassis and frames off set the minor issues I'm looking at. With our 2011 Heartland North Trail I had to reinforce the underside of the shower, replace the water pump, repair hinges on the cabinets and have the front bonded panel replaced because it separated in about twenty places all in about a year and a half. Of course when I contacted Heart Land all I got was sorry its out of warranty. Had to contact the Pres and they finally provided the materials to fix it but it still cost me over $900.00 to have repaired. It was like pulling teeth to get them to do anything with that issue, so of course I won't buy another Heartland product.

I've done all the repairs on my Timber Ridge as we're several thousand miles from the nearest dealer. The guy I've dealt with has been very good about sending replacement parts under warranty after sending in a photo of the problem.

Brulaz
I think I am still leaning toward the Creek Side or one of the Outdoors RV line trailers. I've got a 2000 Dodge 2500 Diesel that has a towing capacity of 9400# but I still want to keep the weight down if I can. The small things that I find not to my liking can be changed out to suit what I want relatively easily. I do all of my own repairs and modifications, except for replacing major things like walls and panels. Their chassis and frames off set the minor issues I'm looking at. With our 2011 Heartland North Trail I had to reinforce the underside of the shower, replace the water pump, repair hinges on the cabinets and have the front bonded panel replaced because it separated in about twenty places all in about a year and a half. Of course when I contacted Heart Land all I got was sorry its out of warranty. Had to contact the Pres and they finally provided the materials to fix it but it still cost me over $900.00 to have repaired. It was like pulling teeth to get them to do anything with that issue, so of course I won't buy another Heartland product.

If you are looking at the Arctic Fox in the Northwood line then look at the Wind River in the OutdoorsRV line. My 2014 250rdsw is a great floorplan. Both factories are about 5 miles from each other. There is a nice RV park close to the factories that Northwoods has their rally at and is close if you need warranty work done. I think it might be easier to get a good price on a Wind River over a Silver Fox.

WesHawkins wrote:

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I looked at a OutdoorsRV Creek Side 23rks yesterday and was a little disappointed with the medicine cabinet over the sink in the unit. It was a cheap plastic cabinet. It just didn't fit with the rest of the quality in the trailer. I know it seems insignificant but it makes me wonder about their supposed quality now. I do like their chassis on these units but it just seems like they got cheap on the little things. Faucets also seemed cheap and felt like they were plastic.
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I think our medicine cabinet is the same. It is light weight, as are the faucets. The sinks are also plastic. Only the toilet is porcelain.

But having lived in ours for over 4 months, they do still work fine (knock-on-wood). And the shell/frame seems pretty solid, but heavy.

It's always a compromise in trailers between more solid/heavier/expensive components and lighter-weight stuff. At least with these little things you can upgrade them. Can't really do that with the shell/frame.

Actually there are areas where I've thought they could cut weight more. Much of the interior "wood" trim is very heavy composite board. But maybe there isn't enough of it to make much difference.

After 11 years in a 40 ft Monaco Dp were moving to a trailer. We just looked at the timber ridge 24 and 25. We spoke to the factory rep from Oregon and not a salesman. A few problems but fairly nice construction. Next is the artic fox j and y. To help you decide which one, call around and see who will work on them. I've been personally told that since I hadn't bought it "here" they either couldn't or wouldn't help with factory warranty stuff. Also how far is the factory from you in the event you need repairs there. Deal with service managers when asking about warranty work. Not sales people. There are a lot of fairly good trailers out there. The question of customer service after the sale is important. We have a fairly expensive DP. It still occasionally needed warranty work. Factory people were great, other dealerships were hit and miss. Customer service after the sale is what I look for

I know you need to be up into the Timber Ridge and above to get of the additional upgrades/quality items. Not sure about the quality of the Creek Side, as this wasnt one we even considered.

I have been pretty impressed with the OutdoorsRV product. I currently have a Heartland North Trial 21FBS. Looking to trade up and liked the quality of the Outdoorsrv and Northwood products until yesterday. I looked at a OutdoorsRV Creek Side 23rks yesterday and was a little disappointed with the medicine cabinet over the sink in the unit. It was a cheap plastic cabinet. It just didn't fit with the rest of the quality in the trailer. I know it seems insignificant but it makes me wonder about their supposed quality now. I do like their chassis on these units but it just seems like they got cheap on the little things. Faucets also seemed cheap and felt like they were plastic. Don't know, just didn't leave with the great feeling I had when I first started looking at them.

Sifter wrote:
Well we settled on the 240RKS. Heading out to Utah on Thursday to take delivery of it.

Congrats. We're off to Florida with ours in a couple of days.

If you're like us, you'll enjoy the trailer.

Well we settled on the 240RKS. Heading out to Utah on Thursday to take delivery of it.

UPDATE: (We ended up passing on this unit. The quality just wasn't there.)

carringb wrote:

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BUT.... I am having trouble withe the Schwintek drive system on the main slideout (which is a giant slideout). It's going to require a trip to the factory to correct it. Looks like the 2015 might have went back to a conventional slideout drive system?

My 2014 240RKS has the same, non-Schwintek drive as shown in the picture above. But it's not a "giant" slideout. Just a single motor in the middle, seems to work ok, except the original shear pin popped. Maybe they need the Schwintek for the really wide slide outs.