Trip Report: 2014 Texas TC Rally
Texas Truck Camper Rally – hosted by Princess Craft, Round Rock, TX Friday evening there were 64 truck campers dispersed throughout the Guadalupe River RV Resort, Kerrville, TX. Arctic Fox – 6 L...
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Thanks for the picture-posts, Jumbo-Jet. Great meeting you there as well.
As for the number of Lances, this rally was put on by a dealership that sells a great number of them, (as well as other brands of course). The "Princess Craft" sticker on the back of them was often seen.
I must say, even though this was a dealer sponsored event, 'marketing', 'sales-pitches', or 'commercialism' one might expect was awfully LIGHT on the part of Princess Craft. To those that might have thought to avoid a dealer-sponsored rally, from entering the door to register, we met sponsors who acted as FRIENDS and FELLOW CAMPERS first. Only if needed or requested, did they change their hats to that of owners/operators from a business standpoint.
Their tech staff was there, and stood on stage at the microphone for 2 hours on 2 days answering questions of the audience. Topics of solar, air, water heaters, tie-downs, load enhancers, waxes, batteries, etc. were covered, often with a lot of humor thrown in.
One question was about old pairs of batteries, and if one should just change the first one that went out. The answer that caused a laugh was.."They're like hearing aide batteries; If one goes out, you should change them both."
And to top that, they laid out a sign-in sheet, and made 'house-visit-appointments' to come to your camper for a 30 minute free visit to trouble-shoot, or attempt to fix a problem with your camper. They showed up in golf carts filled with tools and got right to work. I saw one case where a visitor bought some Torqlift Stable-loads, and they ganged up on his truck like a NASCAR team, and installed them, right in his camper slot.
As for the number of Lances, this rally was put on by a dealership that sells a great number of them, (as well as other brands of course). The "Princess Craft" sticker on the back of them was often seen.
I must say, even though this was a dealer sponsored event, 'marketing', 'sales-pitches', or 'commercialism' one might expect was awfully LIGHT on the part of Princess Craft. To those that might have thought to avoid a dealer-sponsored rally, from entering the door to register, we met sponsors who acted as FRIENDS and FELLOW CAMPERS first. Only if needed or requested, did they change their hats to that of owners/operators from a business standpoint.
Their tech staff was there, and stood on stage at the microphone for 2 hours on 2 days answering questions of the audience. Topics of solar, air, water heaters, tie-downs, load enhancers, waxes, batteries, etc. were covered, often with a lot of humor thrown in.
One question was about old pairs of batteries, and if one should just change the first one that went out. The answer that caused a laugh was.."They're like hearing aide batteries; If one goes out, you should change them both."
And to top that, they laid out a sign-in sheet, and made 'house-visit-appointments' to come to your camper for a 30 minute free visit to trouble-shoot, or attempt to fix a problem with your camper. They showed up in golf carts filled with tools and got right to work. I saw one case where a visitor bought some Torqlift Stable-loads, and they ganged up on his truck like a NASCAR team, and installed them, right in his camper slot.
