Heartland "Bighorn " ?

[sayoung]

We are looking into getting another 5er and it must have bath & a half. Our preferred dealer has 3 , a Bighorn and Jayco Pinnacle & Eagle. We have a 2011 Jayco now and it's been a pretty trouble free rig plus our local dealer was great on the few warranty issues we had .
For Heartland owners, have they been good reliable units ? Price wise it's between the Eagle & Pinnicle . This maybe what we will be living in as we are thinking of selling the house & moving onto our acerage we have setup now. Thanks.

[Me_Again]

neal10a wrote:
Jayco has better engineering in the suspension and other areas that promote for better traveling. Heartland puts their effort into glitz and glamor rather than engineering.

Heartland has many different names in it's stable, from higher end to the low end of the market. Are you trying to paint them all with the same brush? I think the Landmarks are over priced! The Landmark, Bighorn and Big Country all go not the same assembly line. The Bighorn has a nice balance between price and what you get for one's money. The elite models have the same high roof lines of the Landmarks.

Chris

[neal10a]

Jayco has better engineering in the suspension and other areas that promote for better traveling. Heartland puts their effort into glitz and glamor rather than engineering.

[Me_Again]

newman fulltimer wrote:

What’s is a accounts units? ac units *

I do not believe Heartland makes their own AC units! For that matter all new trailers will have the same Dometic or Coleman AC's. Our 2017 Bighorn had a recall on the AC regarding drain holes which I did myself. It has been a great unit.

Chris

[ReneeG]

justme wrote:
Both Jayco and Heartland are subsidiaries of Thor. Jayco has a better suspension and is better built in the most important areas like the roof and underbelly. The cabinetry and appliances are basically equivalent.

As of what year?

[justme]

Both Jayco and Heartland are subsidiaries of Thor. Jayco has a better suspension and is better built in the most important areas like the roof and underbelly. The cabinetry and appliances are basically equivalent.

[laknox]

mowingman wrote:
I would be real careful about Heartland. A good friend of ours bought a 40' Heartland with an MSRP of about $125,000. He had 48 warranty issues in less than a year. At the end of the first year, he got rid of it. After many talks with Heartland, he told me that that company has pretty much no quality control inspection, and leaves it up to the dealer to make sure the trailer is in good working order. FYI: He has a fantastic dealer who helped him all they could.

I think this is true of virtually =all= RV mfrs, these days, with the only exceptions being the true custom-built stuff.

Lyle

[ACZL]

FWIW, we bought a Big Country last year (made in April '17) and had 2 items repaired under warranty and outside of that, are very happy with it. Wet bolts and 5th Airborne added. Really nothing bad inside or out. Previous coach was a '06 Silverback and was very much considering another, but just couldn't find the right combo within their line. The BC is a heavier coach and so far, nothing moves inside while under tow. I won't say it doesn't have 100% QC, but overall very pleased w/ it and HL took care of our 2 issues w/o a fuss.

[ReneeG]

sayoung wrote:
I would be real careful about Heartland. . .
Ouch ! Surprised by all the bad. Off my list after looking at it today. Fit of the cabinet doors was really bad plus my dealer is discontinuing carrying them. Some of the fit/finish just couldn't be fixed no matter how good a makeready tech is. My list of possible new 5ers is getting short

When I posted about the excellent quality of our 2011 Bighorn, I should've added that the dealership we purchased it from quit selling them in 2014 due to a drop in quality with the newer years . . .

We're sticking with our 2011, built in 2010. If we had to purchase another, we would go with an older model, period, due to the better quality of them.

[sayoung]

garyp4951 wrote:
I vote for the Jayco Eagle, with 7K axles, and Salun G tires.:)

My local guy has the Eagle with the 1/2 bath with most options . We looked at it also & we could live with it but , & a very big but, we've seen the Pinnicle. Lots more $ but a lot more features. Should have upgraded before retireing, I'm getting too cheap . We could afford more but want to stay under 80k & that Eagle is only 56k. I may be wrong but a real good dealer is really important so have a lot of loyalty to my local guy from past experience.

[garyp4951]

I vote for the Jayco Eagle, with 7K axles, and Salun G tires.:)

[BarneyS]

cummins2014 wrote:
Snip...

I have heard everything bad about the Montana's you could possibly think of, and the same with your Heartland. Defend if you want ,but why ??????

Probably because the op asked and that is the purpose of this thread?
Barney

[sayoung]

mowingman wrote:
I would be real careful about Heartland. A good friend of ours bought a 40' Heartland with an MSRP of about $125,000. He had 48 warranty issues in less than a year. At the end of the first year, he got rid of it. After many talks with Heartland, he told me that that company has pretty much no quality control inspection, and leaves it up to the dealer to make sure the trailer is in good working order. FYI: He has a fantastic dealer who helped him all they could.

Ouch ! Surprised by all the bad. Off my list after looking at it today. Fit of the cabinet doors was really bad plus my dealer is discontinuing carrying them. Some of the fit/finish just couldn't be fixed no matter how good a makeready tech is. My list of possible new 5ers is getting short

[cummins2014]

Super_Dave wrote:

newman fulltimer wrote:
I wouldn't buy a heartland.

We love our Heartland and could easily live full time in it. OP could probably use reasons you'd not buy a Heartland rather than blanket statement, particularly if you haven't owned one.

We get defensive about our Rv's ,and trucks. Good ,and bad with all of them.

You ,and I have been lucky,. I have a nearly 11 year old Montana, and couldn't be happier. Just got back from a week of elk hunting, and dry camping with it, and it performed flawlessly . No issues, my wife ran the Honda 2000, and the furnace non stop for nearly the entire time 🙂 Among other things.

I have heard everything bad about the Montana's you could possibly think of, and the same with your Heartland. Defend if you want ,but why ??????

[cummins2014]

mowingman wrote:
I would be real careful about Heartland. A good friend of ours bought a 40' Heartland with an MSRP of about $125,000. He had 48 warranty issues in less than a year. At the end of the first year, he got rid of it. After many talks with Heartland, he told me that that company has pretty much no quality control inspection, and leaves it up to the dealer to make sure the trailer is in good working order. FYI: He has a fantastic dealer who helped him all they could.

I think I will stick to my old Montana, good friend has a Heartland, hasn't been that great. Even rims that have cracked, I think he has replaced all four, after having two of them crack.

On edit, but so has the Montana rims on some . 🙂

[memtb]

newman fulltimer wrote:

memtb wrote:
Accounts.....air conditioner! Looks like a little “unwanted/needed help from the computer!

New phone have not got the stupid word predictions turned off YET :S

I have that a lot! It helps me spell...but also says what it wants to!