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stufarmer
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Nov 20, 2016

I thought we had a plan .. Again

I've been in and around Rv's since I was child. Growing up in N calif, our family camped year around. Dad mostly had Truck Campers in the 60's, Motorhomes in the 70's, and 5th Wheels thereafter.
For me, little has changed. Other than living in Florida, my wife and I have owned a Class A, Class C, a couple of Lance Campers and currently an Arctic Fox TT. Every Rv has it's pro and con's, but for us, the Truck Camper just works, easily making it our favorite. Last month we bought a 16' F350 Dually with plans to trade the TT in on a new Camper, a Lance 975. Unfortunately yesterday, we find out Lazy Dayz here in Tampa no longer sells Lance Truck campers. What ?? Why ?? They always had a huge selection of campers. We loved them.
Now our closest Dealership is in St Augustin Fla. not only do they not have a 975 they may not until after the first of the year. Just when you think your plan was coming together ..
  • Nice layout... I f I were looking at larger campers, I would consider a mid bath location. I wish mfgr's would show floor plans with slides in the "IN" for context.

  • Bumpyroad wrote:
    you want a 975, buy a 975 even if you have to wait for it.
    bumpy

    There's a lot of pros and cons and this and that, but really Bumpy is right.
    If that's the one you really want, don't spend five figure money on what you didn't want.
    Road trip!!!
  • Be careful working with Ocean Grove in St. Augustine. While shopping for a truck camper, they would not negotiate much at all. We ended up in Atlanta to buy. That dealer no longer sells Lance now.
  • d3500ram wrote:
    I am not fully versed in the Lance campers (maybe because model names as "numbers" are hard for me to keep track of especially with all of the new improvements and designs) ... and I am more into campers that are a little smaller than Lance.

    What makes this one so special that made it the right one for you? Are there other mfgr's models that you might consider.


    Why the Lance 975 is -the- Camper.
    for us the 975 is a really comfortable Camper, it's floor plan works well and we like the dry bath. Lance also has a model 1172 that we would consider. Side by side ?? could be a coin toss. As I mentioned, we have past experience with Lance Campers so I know what I can expect from them. It's kinda like Ford vs ?? I'm a Ford guy, theres not much I can tell you about a Ram or GM truck. But, now that we need to leave the area for a Camper, we're now going to look at Eagle Cap Campers. They have an 1160 and 1165 model that seem to compare to Lances 1172. IDK
  • I don't know if it helps, but looks fairly similar to the Arctic Fox 992. There's also always a potential road trip! :)
  • I am not fully versed in the Lance campers (maybe because model names as "numbers" are hard for me to keep track of especially with all of the new improvements and designs) ... and I am more into campers that are a little smaller than Lance.

    What makes this one so special that made it the right one for you? Are there other mfgr's models that you might consider.