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Lonnie07
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Mar 20, 2021

Rear Kitchen - good idea or bad idea?

Hi all,

I am very interested in the Highland Ridge Open Range 2804RK, so I asked my local dealer about it. He said that Open Range has discontinued this model because rear kitchens take a beating during towing due to the bounce effect.

This was surprising since I still see it this model on the Highland Ridge website, but whatever - there are some used ones available, so I thought I’d check here.

Can people with rear kitchens please comment? Do you love your RK? Hate it?

Thank you!

23 Replies

  • Your local dealer is a fruit cake as he/she wants you to buy what floorplan they have in stock.
    Get the trailer you desire and suits your needs.

    I actually left a solo cup of wine in the rear of our 30 ft trailer and found it sitting upright apon arriving home.
  • Although I have not had a rear kitchen, I really like to have my big window there, and chairs to look out from. I enjoy being on the outside edge of a campsite, and looking away, rather than sideways.
  • Our last trailer had a RK, new one has mid kitchen. We see no difference at all in how much things move around and we would happily get another rear kitchen if the rest of the floor plan met our needs.