My 2017 quest for the perfect TT!

rjxj wrote:
That Fox Creek is almost identical floor plan to a 1997 Jayco Hawk I had. We couldn't snowbird in it too tight with no slide. furnace was under couch next to bed!!!! I woke up every time it kicked on. The good: anything without slide is probably lighter and stronger less potential trouble. Bad: stepping on each others toes????

I'm repeating some of this but I don't know about your experiences but I have certain requirements burned into me such as furnace distance etc from bedroom being VERY important. Obviously the bigger the rig the more likely that is or more possible. I never hear our furnace in our FW.

That's all good info for me to take into consideration. My Experience with RVs is pretty limited, although I have lived in them for quite a few years. When I was very little I traveled with my Dad (an street Evangelist) all over the country and we lived in a 23' Shasta. It was me, my brother and sister and a 18 year old boy my Dad picked up along the road that had a drug problem and Dad was trying to help him escape that life (Which he did). We lived on the road for years in that thing until a horrible wreck, which we all lucky to survive. That was back in the early 1970s. I did not own a TT until 1998 When I got the Wilderness 29S. I bought it because it was durable and on a steel frame. It was durable if nothing else. It had the insulation factor of 0 and you were either sweating or freezing to death. But it went through three winters in the Arctic in storage and not one single leak or damage, so something was made good. Of course I completely drained it before storing it, so there was nothing to freeze, but still; 50 below zero can still break stuff even with no water. Anyway, I brought it back to Texas and lived in it on my homestead land until I finally got my double-wide in 2011. I gave it away last year to a young couple that needed it and it is still going. Like I said, durable, if nothing else.

I got my 2005 Kodiak in 2014 because my truck had a had 4500lb towing limit and I needed something small and light. Even the 3100lb Kodiak was too much for the transmission and I had to install and aftermarket Derale Atomic Trans cooler to keep the temps down. Even then I still burned up the transmission and had to have it rebuilt.

So, long story short. I have never really have taken a real close look at all the aspects of TTs when purchasing them before. With the Wilderness, I was just looking for durable and cheap. With the Kodiak, I was just looking for lightweight and cheap. Now though, I am not looking for cheap. I am looking for reasonable and well built. I plan to use this TT heavily over the next five years and plan to keep it for many years after.

There Arctic Fox keeps coming up as the TT that fits all of my criteria, except for bedding. I wish I could find and owner of one that could tell me how long the dinette is when it makes down to a bed. That was the problem with Kodiak. The dinette made down to a 5'10" bed and I have a 6'2" son. Some models have a couch, but I can tell form the pictures that it is too short.