How much off retail to start haggling? New TT
Looking for a TT for my wife and kids. Want something smaller we can pull behind an SUV but want it to have rear bunks, front queen and an outside kitchen. We have been looking on RVTrader at a few ...
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Our first 2 TT's did not have slides (Dutchmen and Springdale). It was just the wife and I (and dog). The Dutchmen was 18 feet and it became too cramped. Sold it within 2 years. Got the Springdale (31 feet). Worked OK for about 6 years then we simply quit using it. One day we sat down and evaluated our lack of usage. Turned out, we both agreed, we did not like the floor plan, and it seemed too cramped up. We almost gave up camping completely. Still, we hung onto the Springdale a while longer.
By the way, never had ANY roof problems with either of these.
After 8 years with the Springdale, we finally came to the reality if we wanted to enjoy camping again, we needed something different. Thus ... enter the Outback; three slides, 36 feet long, and set up for only 2 people! What a world of difference. Since purchase, we have literally been living in it now and no desire to stop. Use it every day, parked at home and through the winter. Love it! (3 years now).
And, by the way, .... no issues at all with the roof or the slides. No leaks, but I do treat the roof, inspect and wash it about 3 times a year, and treat the seals and slide mechanism on the slide-outs twice a year too. I think that is the success to keeping slides "healthy". Use the rubber seal conditioner and keep the gears and tracks lubed.
You'll enjoy that Springdale (for a while), but if you have kids (thus the need for the bunks), you will probably find yourself cramped also in a couple years.
By the way, never had ANY roof problems with either of these.
After 8 years with the Springdale, we finally came to the reality if we wanted to enjoy camping again, we needed something different. Thus ... enter the Outback; three slides, 36 feet long, and set up for only 2 people! What a world of difference. Since purchase, we have literally been living in it now and no desire to stop. Use it every day, parked at home and through the winter. Love it! (3 years now).
And, by the way, .... no issues at all with the roof or the slides. No leaks, but I do treat the roof, inspect and wash it about 3 times a year, and treat the seals and slide mechanism on the slide-outs twice a year too. I think that is the success to keeping slides "healthy". Use the rubber seal conditioner and keep the gears and tracks lubed.
You'll enjoy that Springdale (for a while), but if you have kids (thus the need for the bunks), you will probably find yourself cramped also in a couple years.
