Jayco vs Forest River Salem vs Open Range
Looking to finally make the plunge and get our 1st RV and are torn between a few units and curious if anyone can shed some light as to quality or anything else.... Looking at these guys: Whitehawk...
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Thanks for all the replies. It's about how I figured it would be - Jayco and Open Range at the top and the Salem near the bottom. While at the show Saturday we say another FR brand, Shasta Liked the layout but it just seemed "meh".
With the Jayco and the Open Range I felt that "this is it" feeling when we walked in. Similar to when we bought our house.
I have been keeping a close eye on the weights. With my particular F150, according to the yellow sticker I've got 1800 lbs of payload. Figuring 600 or so lbs for me, the wife, and dog that should give me 1300 lbs. According to my spreadsheet, @ 10% of GVWR I'm under on these trailers by about 75 lbs and @ 15% GVWR I'm over by 500lbs. Since it's only the 2 of us, I doubt we'll ever be at GVWR. At least that's what the paper #'s are saying. At least that's what works in my mind and on paper.
With the Jayco and the Open Range I felt that "this is it" feeling when we walked in. Similar to when we bought our house.
I have been keeping a close eye on the weights. With my particular F150, according to the yellow sticker I've got 1800 lbs of payload. Figuring 600 or so lbs for me, the wife, and dog that should give me 1300 lbs. According to my spreadsheet, @ 10% of GVWR I'm under on these trailers by about 75 lbs and @ 15% GVWR I'm over by 500lbs. Since it's only the 2 of us, I doubt we'll ever be at GVWR. At least that's what the paper #'s are saying. At least that's what works in my mind and on paper.
