Adventurer 89RB/ Lance 855 Comparison

To the OP,

There are a lot of factors to consider as some day you will want to sell or trade the TC in on and you want to have the best retained valuation on the TC you have.

1. Lance used NO "wood" in their TC's construction. Thus, NO dry rot ever or soaked up wood for mold to form or grow on like in other TC's.

2. Lance uses a precision cut and welded tubular frame with Lance-lock capture construction. Very strong and extremely long lasting! Be aware of the filling the filling of an aluminum tube with wood issues as it repeatedly sweats in temperature differences and leads to wood rot and mold as the years pass. It's because aluminum itself is an excellent thermal conductor and sweats naturally with cold air on one side and warm air which naturally holds more humidity/water vapor on the other side. That's why things like roof vents and window frames drip in winter or during a cold rain when the warm inside air moisture condenses on the cold aluminum surfaces. The condensed water droplets run down to the lowest point they can do to gravity and mildew, mold and rot is the result.

3. No. 2 is why Azdel composite panels which is impervious to water, mold, or rot and it adds insulating value is used by Lance instead of any wood or wood fiber sheets on both the inside and outside. It's under the Tpo roof and the fiberglas sheet exterior sidings and over the CNC machined to exact dimensions, high density foam, that's stuffed between all the precision welded frame openings on all 6 sides of the Lance so there are NO insulation voids on Lance TC's or TT's. ONLY Lance builds their units this way and their system is patented!

4. Lite-Ply, CNC precision cut and screwed together with no screws showing is used for all cabinets etc inside. It's the same stuff they use in corporate jets for strength and being lite weight and a very long service life and you know how much those jets cost! Not cheap but by far the best to use!

5. Lance TC's are all true 4 season TC's with the 4 season package included. Even insulated enclosed drain and water valves. Also, all the fastners etc used that can be exposed to moisture or the elements etc are Stainless Steel in a Lance.

6. Just a few of the many reasons why Lance is and has been the best choice in TC's made and continues to be.

Lance is celebrating their 50th year of making quality TC's. Lance builds and sells more TC's by far than any other TC manufacturer and has for many decades and have enjoyed excellent resale values. Lance is the leader in sales by far every year as documented and for so many reasons. The multitude of these reasons is why so many choose and have chosen Lance TC's over ANY other brand for so many years, bar none!

NOPE! I do NOT have anything businesswise or financially to do with Lance Corp in any way other than having been an extremely happy owner of a 3 purchased new Lance TC's over the last more than 20 years now and still have one of their gems presently.

All 3 of ours have been bullet proof and have never needed any repairs to the structure or even the appliances in them and they were and are used a lot every year. Have replace a few burned out light bulbs though. They have been driven to Alaska more than once and to every US state repeatedly except Hawaii. been driven all over Canada from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia to Prince Rupert, BC and from Dawson, YT to Windsor, Ont. More than 300,000 miles total for the 3 Lance TC's so far. Very warm inside and draft free even at lower than minus 10 F when in Michigan's U.P. or in Canada in mid-winter and the TC furnace doesn't even run half the time in these very frigid temps. We love winter camping in Michigan (where we live) and northern part of Ontario as it's gorgeous and there are no leaves to block the views.

Been doing it for over 40 years with a TC and not about to quit now! Just doing it less now as my wife is disabled and has to be very careful on slippery surfaces. Then, there's "Ole father time" who has been doing his clock ticking for 72 years but we still escape between the ticks when we can.

does the adventurer have a EW bed instead of a NS one?
bumpy

Tom, we just traded our (non-slide)Adventurer 810WS after 10 yrs. It was a great camper-but it was time for more room (single slide). The Adventurer was the most trouble free RV's we ever owned...in fact that is one reason we stayed with the same Mfr (AMLRV).

I would not worry about wood frame, in fact there are some advantages to wood framing. In any case, I would not let that be deciding factor. I would buy wood frame again if the floor plan suited us.

We did a lot of research earlier this year, and ruled out Lance. Cost was one reason.

We purchased from Bill Penney in NH also...do yourself a favor and go visit Bill and his Son Ryan.
They will be at the Springfield show this winter also. At this point in the year, I would probably wait for the show before I purchased anything...

Good luck, don't rush. Look at as many brands/floorplans as you can. Take notes, and pics on your phone so you can compare. Look at storage in/out. Sit in the bathroom. Look at kitchen space/storage...spend time sitting in each camper you like...

Have fun-keep us posted!

Bill

If you live in the New England area take a drive over to NH and visit Truck Camper Warehouse...

...I hope Truck Camper Warehouse is getting more Wolf Creek 850s into inventory; they show only 1, and it is sale pending status!

If you live in the New England area take a drive over to NH and visit Truck Camper Warehouse, He sells just about everything but Lance. He seems to keep a decent inventory on the lot. Northstar, Adventurer, and Wolf Creek all make comparable TCs to what you are looking for. Id look at them all.

I have a 855 and the only thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't have any outside storage at all. Inside doesn't have much more. Mine has the op. upper bed above the table that is the main storage area for me. I don't need a bed so I put a shelf in the area and divided the space giving me plenty of space to carry what's need. Another thing you need to address is the weight. Both of these campers are heavy.

Lance camper owners have a Forum where they discuss all manner of things: camper quality; camper comparisons; repair strategy; up-grades; etc, etc...

You can join and pose your questions there, too (the more intel you can gather pre-buy, the better your decision will be)...

...also, have you looked at Wolf Creek (850 model, with side storage boxes for the short-bed model) ? Their unit is also substantially aluminum-framed, use wood inserts into the aluminum frame (solid core aluminum framing) in key areas around wall base, has steel reinforced bolt-through structure where camper tiedowns are mounted, exterior side-saddle storage (the short-bed model) and appears to be very well built in general, and winter rated.