Think I will keep mine a little longer
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โAug-13-2014 08:10 PM
I was in mine tonight getting ready to head out tomorrow for the weekend and said to myself..... there's nothing wrong with the one I have! I do like the new features that come on the new ones, many changes since 2006. Think I'll wait till winter to start my search again.
2015 Keystone Montana Mountaineer 356TBF
2005 Chevy duramax dually
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โAug-31-2014 12:08 PM
...Yet there are some manufactures who still do not get it. You should be able to travel with the trailer, stop someplace for food, and be able to put it away in the refrigerator without opening the slides. Or stop and make a sandwich...
3 months later we found our current rig: 2011 Chaparall. Triple slide yet still weighed in at 8050 dry. Aluminum structure/hardwall. the bonus was that the fridge was in the opposite slide as the door and totally accessible when the slides were in. The Financial Superintendant decided this was the unit...walked up to our sales guy and said:
"we have 27k .. we want this trailer .. make it happen.!! A 5.0 Italian that does not put up with any BS..!! with the taxes incl., we got it for that..including a pair of 6V batts to boot. We were tickled and it has proven to be an absolutely awesome trailer.
My mileage has risen from an avg of 10.5 - 11 mpg with pretty much any of the bumper pulls we have had all the way up to 13.5mpg and that was travelling in the BC Rockies: Calgary to Shushwap Lake just this month .. impressed to the nines I was. I also splurged and added a 160W solar pane...worth every penny.
I don't think we will trade/sell this unit anytime soon. It has pretty much everything we could have asked for. For $40 added a small inverter to run the 32" LCD TV and that pretty much filled things out as we do camp in Oct up here..when the snow starts to fly.
Soon to come will be a set of shocks and thats pretty much all we would like to do. New, this unit this year was selling in the $48,000 range...with little to gain over a 4 yr old unit 2nd hand unit. Our main criteria was dry & pin weight and fridge accessibility
We be good.!
Cheers,
stk
'06 GMC DMax CCSB 594,545 km
(368,890 miles)
2003 Citation 26RKS
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โAug-31-2014 10:27 AM
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โAug-30-2014 04:36 PM
Our current fifth wheel is named the "last resort".
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โAug-30-2014 10:51 AM
Yes sir, I'll have one of those. Basically new & all of the new rig bugs worked out of it.
40+ night per year overnighter
2007 Alpenlite 34RLR
2006 Chevy 3500 LT, CC,LB 6.6L Diesel
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โAug-30-2014 10:25 AM
ChopperBill wrote:
Done quit buying new. Sold my bought new 11 Bighorn and bought a used HH.
We are of the same philosophy...we sold our, bought new, 2011 Big Country and just purchased a 2001 Alpenlite 35RK from the original owner. New is really nice but I am very happy with this rig understanding there will be some issues along the way but payments are not one of them!
Just commented to the DW on our last trip, this year we have seen an abundance of older rigs and noticeably fewer new ones here in the Northwest. May be coincidental or perhaps others are beginning to think the same way.
Regardless...go camping, have fun!
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BD Variable Vane Turbo Brake
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2010 FLHTC Electra Glide Classic Red Hot Sunglo ๐
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โAug-30-2014 10:12 AM
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โAug-30-2014 10:08 AM
Water-Bug wrote:
Define "bad year". A lot of folks haven't had a good one in the past eight.
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โAug-30-2014 08:21 AM
On edit: never financed a trailer, just makes it more expensive.
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โAug-30-2014 07:43 AM
Yup, many new features I'd love to have but with the economy and a hopefully soon retirement happening, I don't see it in our future unless the financial advisor gives me the green light. That plus the truck is getting on in years so that's be a double whammy!
At least like others, they're paid for and I know them inside and out.
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2000 Cedar Creek 30RL / 2001 GMC 2500HD
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โAug-16-2014 08:09 PM
abc40kids wrote:
Been shopping fifth wheels for some time now and I'm wore out! I can't really find what I want at the price I want to pay.
I was in mine tonight getting ready to head out tomorrow for the weekend and said to myself..... there's nothing wrong with the one I have! I do like the new features that come on the new ones, many changes since 2006. Think I'll wait till winter to start my search again.
1996/2010 Triple Slide Carriage, Mor/Ryde Susp, Kodiak Disc Brakes, Big Foot Auto Leveling System, TST TPMS
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โAug-16-2014 04:51 PM
Edit to add: I wish I would have kept my old truck too.
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โAug-16-2014 11:25 AM
...of course, there's no harm in looking at the fancy new ones, just to admire them. ๐
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โAug-16-2014 07:03 AM
NC Hauler wrote:
Agree with all...5er in my sig is paid for, I've upgraded the suspension...also have a washer/dryer combo and the HD Sat. on the roof...Unit looks almost as good as it did the day I purchased it brand new in 07'....Solid as a rock, no issues with slides, (4 of them) and the interior looks very good...(of course a lot depends on how well one has taken care of their rv and I'm "OCD" when it comes to taking care of the interior and exterior of my 5er....
yeah, I'll be keeping mine...really don't give a flip about a "10 yr. old rule"...wouldn't frequent one of those camp grounds anyway, even if unit was brand new.....Those types of camp grounds are Elitist and Egotist....they can have them...
We stay 6 months each year at a ten year rule park. Egotist, and Elitist are terms that do not apply because after the folks get older than 55 as is our rv resort they wear ya out smiley and waving as you walk or bike or drive in the par MH only resorts seem to be as you say from what we have seen and told by others. Comment to me was when I was wearing a River Bend hat, from a Twisp Washington st. good sam campground a lady who has a big MH asked me very firmly WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAT? MH only resort in Florida has this name and she saw we had an awesome alpenlite fifthwheel that didn't meet her standards so it does happen at times.
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2019 rockwood 34 ft fifth wheel sold
2005 3500 2wd duramax CC dually
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โAug-16-2014 05:50 AM
Money has been put in where it really matters such as re engineering all spring hanger areas, upgrading springs from 6 to 7 leaf, replaced shocks, replaced cheap tires, replaced cheap converter with pure sine wave 2 kw inverter charger, etc.
Thousands worth of upgrades. Start again? No way.
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2007 Alpenlite 34RLR
2006 Chevy 3500 LT, CC,LB 6.6L Diesel
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