Buying new Travel Trailer

[mehwwh]

Any thoughts about the 2017 KZ E181RB travel trailer?

[Lwiddis]

Well, I'm not a fan of single axel trailers of this length, and 20 gallons of fresh water isn't enough for serious...or even two, three day....boondocking.

[1stgenfarmboy]

Go over it with a fine toothed comb before you sign, make them fix antthing that you find sub-parr, there is not much difference in the brands these days, I owned a Lance supposed to be one of the best, I now own a 2017 forest river and I have found very little that was better on the lance.


have fun with the new rig.

[Dick_B]

For previous posts on KZ try searching this Forum.

[SoundGuy]

mehwwh wrote:
Any thoughts about the 2017 KZ E181RB travel trailer?

We owned a 2008 KZ Spree for 6 yrs and had no major issues with it but that was when KZ was a privately owned company, now it's part of Thor Industries so who knows whether this is good or bad. :h

This particular model is a single axle so with a GVWR of just 4000 lbs it's CCC is quite limited, it has a too small 20 gal fresh water holding tank, a too small 4 cu ft fridge, is just 7.5' wide instead of 8', has a too short 10' awning which is smaller than some popups, I believe has a short queen bed instead of a full length 80" bed, has just one 20 lb propane tank instead of dual tanks, and the standard A/C is just 8000 BTU. In stock form it's ~ 500 lbs lighter than my own fully equipped dual axle Coachmen Freedom Express but hard to believe is just 7" shorter ... I guess if weight is a critical issue for you this would be a viable alternative but don't see much advantage other than that compared to a more conventional dual axle couple's trailer in the same size category. JMO.

[tnrv_er]

Have a KZ Sportsman Classic 17RBS almost 2 years old been problem free.

[shar3890]

We had a KZ travel trailer a few years back. Really liked it. Had absolutely no problems with it. If that's the one you like-go for it!