opnspaces wrote:
I like it, it looks sharp. The carpet in the wet bath is a nice touch.
I've thought about selling my 27bh and going strictly popup. Actually since my Suburban is currently dead I'm having to use the popup anyway. And with the kids out of school I was thinking about hitting a local campground in the middle of this week. This post made me want to go all the more. :)
Thanks for the compliments.
I camp mostly at state parks that are very unlevel so with a large 29' travel trailer, it was time consuming with lynx levelers trying to get the camper side to side and back to back level, many times had to block up both tire sides to get rear up high enough to be level with front when on an unlevel decline.
The pop up being very short from jack to axle, makes leveling much MUCH easier.
I also always had to carry my heavy 80# Blue Ox Sway Pro or Reese Strait-Line (HP Dual Cam) anti-sway hitch system to the shed on the other side of the yard. That was real work right there. Since my driveway and street are so narrow, I'd have to almost jack knife the camper into the driveway and doing so, required taking the WDH spring bars off while parked on the street, before backing into the driveway. Yet another pain that I never have to do with the pop up.
Unbelieveable how much cheaper plates and insurance are I'm saving about $500 - $600 just on those a year and that's from a 2012 Jay Flight to a new 2020 Rockwood Premier.
Even though the pop up has longer setup time, backing and leveling are very quick so it's about a wash overall.
It's so nice not worrying about hitting low hanging trees limbs and needing to back up and turn around like I had to do several times with the Jay Flight. Older campgrounds just don't always keep their trees trimmed for higher profile campers in the more scenic spots. Out in treeless green grass you didn't have to worry a lot but I wanted wooded, scenic sites that weren't on top of everyone like a parking lot.
So I'm starting to see the benefits of the pop up already with my first trips which negate the setup of the pop up.
