New Heartland Toy Hauler Uses 'Hidden Garage' Technology

[Bakersfield]

Story is here

"The 270HG can be towed by a light-duty truck, and is priced $20,000 less MSRP than competitive models, according to the company".

I wonder what "hidden-garage-technology" is?

[lakings10]

They took it off because they were getting call after call daily on it. Its going to be revealed in Dec. The cyclone brand manager says we will not be disappointed so we'll see.

[carringb]

Maybe this has something to do with it:

http://www.roamingtimes.com/a/articles/RTPIA-exposes-supersize-trailers.asp

[WhitehouseLV]

Aquaholic502 wrote:
Anyone notice they took the Cyclone 4200 floor plan off the web site? It has been on there site for a long time and now its not there. If I remember right, on heartland forum someone from heartland said they were just waiting on a patent. Wonder what happen now?

Just looked. Your right, I wonder what happened.

[Aquaholic502]

Anyone notice they took the Cyclone 4200 floor plan off the web site? It has been on there site for a long time and now its not there. If I remember right, on heartland forum someone from heartland said they were just waiting on a patent. Wonder what happen now?

[miboje]

Aquaholic502 wrote:

miboje wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:

miboje wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
But how do you get the bedroom down and usable if the bike is parked all the way in? Or can it be used with it all the way up? And how much room is under it with it in a usable position? More pictures! More pictures! 🙂

Take the cargo out and the bed drops down. More pics on the Heartlandrvs Facebook page.

So you have to remove the cargo if it's too tall to allow the room to drop down? That doesn't sound very well thought out.

Yes, you would have to move the cargo to drop the bed down. You would have to do the same in any toy hauler to lower the bottom bunk. Chances are that when you get to your destination, you will remove the cargo anyhow, right?

Not if you have a bed up front. Some people would like to put there toys back in the garage for security reasons also.

Right...and there are many, many toy haulers that do offer just that. The same thing won't work for, or appeal to, every person/family.

[miboje]

fj12ryder wrote:
Very true about the beds in the rear but they are usually the extra beds, there is the master bedroom over the nose of most toyhauler. This has no master bedroom in the nose. The only sleeping area is in the garage, so if you want to have a quick stopover to rest, you'll have to unload your gear to get to the bedroom, or sleep on the couch. That's a deal breaker for me for sure.

Yes, but for those people looking for a smaller, lighter toy hauler, this offers an alternative. Not everyone is looking for smaller and lighter.

I totally understand what you are saying, though. Yes, it will be an inconvenience if you want to lay over somewhere. However, they did say this is something that has not been done before.

It's not easy trying to come up with new ways to arrange and use the same basic space. I suggest to anyone who wants to try it to download Google SketchUp (the free version) and try your hand at it. At one time I thought I could come up with better stuff myself, but it's just not so easy. I have been playing with different ideas in SketchUp for over a year, and I just now came up with something I think could really work. Some people would complain about my idea....that they can't stretch out on the couch and watch TV. To me, if I want to sit around and watch TV, I can just stay at home and not spend money on fuel.

[Aquaholic502]

miboje wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:

miboje wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
But how do you get the bedroom down and usable if the bike is parked all the way in? Or can it be used with it all the way up? And how much room is under it with it in a usable position? More pictures! More pictures! 🙂

Take the cargo out and the bed drops down. More pics on the Heartlandrvs Facebook page.

So you have to remove the cargo if it's too tall to allow the room to drop down? That doesn't sound very well thought out.

Yes, you would have to move the cargo to drop the bed down. You would have to do the same in any toy hauler to lower the bottom bunk. Chances are that when you get to your destination, you will remove the cargo anyhow, right?

Not if you have a bed up front. Some people would like to put there toys back in the garage for security reasons also.

[miboje]

fj12ryder wrote:

miboje wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
But how do you get the bedroom down and usable if the bike is parked all the way in? Or can it be used with it all the way up? And how much room is under it with it in a usable position? More pictures! More pictures! 🙂

Take the cargo out and the bed drops down. More pics on the Heartlandrvs Facebook page.

So you have to remove the cargo if it's too tall to allow the room to drop down? That doesn't sound very well thought out.

Yes, you would have to move the cargo to drop the bed down. You would have to do the same in any toy hauler to lower the bottom bunk. Chances are that when you get to your destination, you will remove the cargo anyhow, right?

[miboje]

Bumpyroad wrote:
just what I want to do. spend a couple of hundred $$$K on a RV and sleep on a jack knife sofa.
bumpy

There is a bed and a jack-knife sofa.

[Bumpyroad]

fj12ryder wrote:
Nice to see something new, but I think this one falls under the "Close but no cigar" category.

how is that one unit with the all glass Veranda thingy selling?
bumpy

[Bumpyroad]

I thought a few months back we had a thread about a Class A that had a garage that moved a car into it hydraulically in the rear, under the master bedroom. seems to me like a better idea than this one. also there was one that loaded a car from the side?
bumpy

[fj12ryder]

Nice to see something new, but I think this one falls under the "Close but no cigar" category.

[Steve_O_Reno]

So it sort of like a stacker race car trailer. I thought about doing a 10 garage with a stacker for 2 layers of toys. This would get a few more feet of living area.

If I had to unload my stuff to have a quick sleep over I would just sleep in the truck or a hotel both defeating the purpose (for me at least)

I am glad to see some innovation though.....

[Bumpyroad]

just what I want to do. spend a couple of hundred $$$K on a RV and sleep on a jack knife sofa.
bumpy