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JoeTampa
Mar 20, 2016Explorer
What I wish I knew before my first TT purchase:
1. What to look for. Signs of delamination, manual jack, how well (or not) the appliances worked, etc.
2. Weight distribution hitches. The dealer was going to let me buy a simple receiver and ball from WalMart.
3. Never trust the dealer. Do your homework. (You are! Yay!)
4. How much of a pain it is to take down and put up the dinette every day. Now we have a bunkhouse.
5. How easy it was to put a backup/rear view camera on the TT. Makes backing into spots and seeing traffic behind you so much easier.
6. How much manual awnings can decimate your will to live. Well, you realize how bad it was WHEN you get an electric one.
7. That I needed a TV with a larger wheelbase and that not having it would scare me silly on every tow, and vastly limit how far I was willing to tow the TT.
1. What to look for. Signs of delamination, manual jack, how well (or not) the appliances worked, etc.
2. Weight distribution hitches. The dealer was going to let me buy a simple receiver and ball from WalMart.
3. Never trust the dealer. Do your homework. (You are! Yay!)
4. How much of a pain it is to take down and put up the dinette every day. Now we have a bunkhouse.
5. How easy it was to put a backup/rear view camera on the TT. Makes backing into spots and seeing traffic behind you so much easier.
6. How much manual awnings can decimate your will to live. Well, you realize how bad it was WHEN you get an electric one.
7. That I needed a TV with a larger wheelbase and that not having it would scare me silly on every tow, and vastly limit how far I was willing to tow the TT.
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