Considering Heartland North Trail 24BHS
We currently have a 2005 Keystone Zeppelin Z11 Hybrid that we bought new in 05. We have done extensive research on moving into a TT with queen bed and bunks with a slide. NT 24BHS looks like it fills ...
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Gaffer222 wrote:eluwak wrote:
We love our NT! It has the Azdel construction. We don't have the Caliber Edition, and glad I didn't get it because I probably would never use that rear rack (I had to move stuff forward to get more tongue weight). Yours will have a higher starting hitch weight than ours, so you may be better off.
One nice thing about the NT line is that the entertainment wall isn't shoved right up against the mattress. I'm 6'2" and sleep comfortably in the space we have.
GL :)
Do you have the standard 74" matress or the optional 78"? How is it having a camper that long. How long was your previous unit? We are currently at 23' and concerned with an extra 5 feet in regards to being able to get into the type site we like to camp in along with our exisitng favorite sites. I'm not concerned with towing or backing 28', just concerned with being able to get into sites.
The rear rack solves how we will bring the bikes as our current HTT has a factory installed receiver hitch on the back for a bike rack rated for 150lbs.
We have the standard 74" mattress, and my feet hang off the end which I find very comfortable.
I'm not sure how much of a difference the 4-5' will make getting into a site, but I did have some fun getting into our site last weekend. I'm sure it will require a little more patience maybe.
As far as fitting in the site itself we've not run into any major issues since we park the TV at an angle or accross the front. When we were out last Labor Day we stayed at a site that was pretty tight, and a shorter TT would have fit better in there, but it still worked out OK.
The biggest issue I have with the trailer though is the low height. I liked it because of the low profile, but it has turned into stress because there is a lot less clearance on my unit to go through dips and up driveways. The back end has scraped the ground a couple of times when I just barely didn't make it. Some have done axle flips to fix this, and I may eventually, but for now I'm just really careful about were I go.
