Anyone have one? I had never heard of Glacier Peak until I saw one on CL earlier today in our search for a shorter fiver. This one is a foot or two shorter than we planned on getting and the floor plan is not quite what we had in mind. But from what I can tell from youtube vids, the quality and features tough to beat. Anyway, I am driving 7 hours round trip tomorrow to go look at a 2015 that has always been garaged. Anything I should look at closely? Thanks for any advice?

Don't have one yet, but I plan on it shortly. Looked at that very floorplan last week. They are known for their quality (and price) but nothing that really jumps out at you at first. You have to look closely at the details, especially underneath.You never hear about that 5er model series name, or their other model names, because everyone just calls them by their company name, Outdoors RV.

It has a lot more features than all of the others we have looked at so far, solar, backup camera, wind sensitive encased power awning, thicker walls, solid wood cabinetry, 50" and 32" flat screens, remote leveling and slide controls, 16" tires, 4 shock suspension, etc. Plus the original owner has two small generators that go with it. Pretty excited to go look at it.

I had a Timber Ridge TT, made by outdoors RV prior to my current rig. Outdoors RV's overbuild their frames, and generally give you plenty of Axle and tire for the weight, unlike most manufactures. They tend to be well insulated, capable of rough roads, and great for dry camping. Unfortunately, they didn't have any floorplans the wife liked when we were looking so we ended up with the bighorn, which isn't anywhere near as good of quality structurally.

Searching_Ut wrote:I had a Timber Ridge TT, made by outdoors RV prior to my current rig. Outdoors RV's overbuild their frames, and generally give you plenty of Axle and tire for the weight, unlike most manufactures. They tend to be well insulated, capable of rough roads, and great for dry camping. Unfortunately, they didn't have any floorplans the wife liked when we were looking so we ended up with the bighorn, which isn't anywhere near as good of quality structurally.You sound like what we are going through with floor plan. We prefer a table/chairs dinette over the U-shaped booth plus would rather have a the large rear window of a rear living unit instead of rear kitchen, but the high end features of this rv may sell us on it. We can get a new 2017 in the more common brands a foot or two longer for the same price as this lightly used 2015 Glacier Peak. But the others are severely lacking in the quality.

We have a 26RKS. The best unit we could find in the size range. Plenty big enough for two of us. The U shaped dinette is great because the wall section is on wheels and becomes an ottoman. We had a problem with the slide mechanism, all fixed now. Some minor trim issues that I fixed myself. Warning, these bad boys are heavy suckers, might want to double check the payload on your 2500.

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zbxb006rvnet
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
Don't have one yet, but I plan on it shortly. Looked at that very floorplan last week. They are known for their quality (and price) but nothing that really jumps out at you at first. You have to look closely at the details, especially underneath.

You never hear about that 5er model series name, or their other model names, because everyone just calls them by their company name, Outdoors RV.
Nevadastars
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
It has a lot more features than all of the others we have looked at so far, solar, backup camera, wind sensitive encased power awning, thicker walls, solid wood cabinetry, 50" and 32" flat screens, remote leveling and slide controls, 16" tires, 4 shock suspension, etc. Plus the original owner has two small generators that go with it. Pretty excited to go look at it.
Searching_Ut
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
I had a Timber Ridge TT, made by outdoors RV prior to my current rig. Outdoors RV's overbuild their frames, and generally give you plenty of Axle and tire for the weight, unlike most manufactures. They tend to be well insulated, capable of rough roads, and great for dry camping. Unfortunately, they didn't have any floorplans the wife liked when we were looking so we ended up with the bighorn, which isn't anywhere near as good of quality structurally.
Nevadastars
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
Searching_Ut wrote:
I had a Timber Ridge TT, made by outdoors RV prior to my current rig. Outdoors RV's overbuild their frames, and generally give you plenty of Axle and tire for the weight, unlike most manufactures. They tend to be well insulated, capable of rough roads, and great for dry camping. Unfortunately, they didn't have any floorplans the wife liked when we were looking so we ended up with the bighorn, which isn't anywhere near as good of quality structurally.

You sound like what we are going through with floor plan. We prefer a table/chairs dinette over the U-shaped booth plus would rather have a the large rear window of a rear living unit instead of rear kitchen, but the high end features of this rv may sell us on it. We can get a new 2017 in the more common brands a foot or two longer for the same price as this lightly used 2015 Glacier Peak. But the others are severely lacking in the quality.
rickeoni
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
We have a 26RKS. The best unit we could find in the size range. Plenty big enough for two of us. The U shaped dinette is great because the wall section is on wheels and becomes an ottoman. We had a problem with the slide mechanism, all fixed now. Some minor trim issues that I fixed myself. Warning, these bad boys are heavy suckers, might want to double check the payload on your 2500.
Nevadastars
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
rickeoni wrote:
We have a 26RKS. The best unit we could find in the size range. Plenty big enough for two of us. The U shaped dinette is great because the wall section is on wheels and becomes an ottoman. We had a problem with the slide mechanism, all fixed now. Some minor trim issues that I fixed myself. Warning, these bad boys are heavy suckers, might want to double check the payload on your 2500.

My truck should be fine. Towing capacity is 13,100, plus I added air bags. From what I can tell the unit weighs just under 10k with a pin weight just over 1600. No way will I ever add 3k pounds to it with just the wife and I.

Cool to know about the wall unit. I can see myself getting real comfortable on it. :B
work2much
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
Looking at them myself.
rickeoni
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
A member on another forum weighed his 26RDS and has 2500lbs of pin weight. Not being the weight police, just sayin, so you won't be disapointed on the hills.
work2much
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
rickeoni wrote:
A member on another forum weighed his 26RDS and has 2500lbs of pin weight. Not being the weight police, just sayin, so you won't be disapointed on the hills.

I would be interested to read the forum thread, can you post it?
rickeoni
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
work2much wrote:
rickeoni wrote:
A member on another forum weighed his 26RDS and has 2500lbs of pin weight. Not being the weight police, just sayin, so you won't be disapointed on the hills.

I would be interested to read the forum thread, can you post it?

Shot you a PM.

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