Forest River Flagstaff 26RLWS
DW & I went to the Allentown RV show last night. Walked around for nearly 3 hours looking at dozens of trailers. Didn't like any of them (topic for another time). On the way out about 8 minutes...
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Our previous TT was a Flagstaff in a similar category & larger size than what you're looking at. It served us reasonably well for 6 years and a LOT of miles, but we did have a lot of wheel hub problems. As a result, I'm a bit gunshy with Al-Ko axles. Fit & finish was decent - nothing "lite" is going to be super solid - and the rest of the works didn't give us any major problems. We toured the Indiana factory where our unit was built (a couple years after we bought it) and were impressed with how they are put together. All in all, if the unit you're looking at has a CCC of at least 1000 lbs, I'd say go for it, and don't overload it. :)
When we decided to downsize, we looked at several different brands, including Lance. Although we liked a lot of the details of the Lance TTs we saw, there were problems with fit & finish with them too; they also were more expensive than the Forest River products in general. We ended up with another Forest River (but it does have Dexter axles :)). That may tell you something. Oh, and our new smaller TT still has the window above the head of the bed. (We found we didn't use it that much with the bigger TT, though, since we were almost always in private CGs, with a front view of our truck and other campers.)
When we decided to downsize, we looked at several different brands, including Lance. Although we liked a lot of the details of the Lance TTs we saw, there were problems with fit & finish with them too; they also were more expensive than the Forest River products in general. We ended up with another Forest River (but it does have Dexter axles :)). That may tell you something. Oh, and our new smaller TT still has the window above the head of the bed. (We found we didn't use it that much with the bigger TT, though, since we were almost always in private CGs, with a front view of our truck and other campers.)
