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Got excited yesterday!

thetroutman4
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Saw a Palomino Mavrick TC with a slide yesterday (Saturday) driving into downtown Tulsa. A rare sighting in this TC-poor part of the country! Looked well outfitted on a Ford I think, with bikes mounted on front. Guess I get excited easily! HA!
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btggraphix
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If you are in PA, there is the big dealer in WV that carries Lance. Outdoor Express or something like that...."OERV?". My Lance was originally purchased at that dealer and I had the impression they were a pretty big one. I wasn't terribly impressed with one repair they did for the old owner but whatever....might be a good place to go look at some new ones and it sounded to me like the guy was pretty happy with them.
2006 LanceMax 1191 - loaded and well-used
2005 C4500/Kodiak 4x4, GVWR 17,500

mark_be
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joerg68 wrote:
@Mark_Be: you need to come to one of the german TC rallies 😉 There is one on September 20-22 near Mainz... I'll provide details if you are interested to come.

Same goes for everyone else, of course!

Regards, Joerg


I'm interested, but I'm not sure if I can go. What can I expect there to happen? Does this event have a website?

Thanks,
Mark
2001 Ford F350 7.3 Diesel (DRW Crew cab Long bed)
Sonnax TQ and Sonnax 4R100 rebuild - 6.0 transmission cooler and OTW cooler.

2011 Arctic Fox 992 - 2.5kW propane generator - 315AH Trojan batteries - 2kW pure sine wave inverter - 140Wp solar

RVnMC
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OK...Thx for the heads up!

timdan94
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Where did you purchase yours? Unable to find a 6601 to walk through. (
Did you check with Kelly RV in West Milton, Pa.?


Don't waste your time at kelly rv they had one palomino pop up and that was it. and I called for pricing on a maverick max and they were 8000 higher than other places

RVnMC
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We camped at Waterside in Lewistown in 2011.
Oh - That's on the Juniata.

kerry4951
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RVnMC wrote:
No...I have to look to see where west Milton is. 😉
Maybe Boyertown too.

Its in east central Pa., along the Susquehanna River. As far as I recall they do sell Travel Lite and Palomino, and usually have a few on their lot. I bought my AF TC thru them. Susan is very nice to work with.
2009 Silverado 3500 dually D/A, Supersprings, Stable Loads, Bilsteins, Hellwig Sway Bar.
2010 Arctic Fox 1140 DB, 220 watts solar, custom 4 in 1 "U" shaped dinette/couch, baseboard and Cat 3 heat, 2nd dinette TV, cabover headboard storage, 67 TC mods

RVnMC
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No...I have to look to see where west Milton is. 😉
Maybe Boyertown too.

kerry4951
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RVnMC wrote:
steve68steve wrote:
I rarely see them around SE PA, either. I get a LOT of attention with the TC. People do double-takes, stop and look at it, walk around it...

We went to several local RV shows looking for TCs before we bought. Even the dealers 'never heard' of a TC. At a show in NJ, a dealer told me (true story): "we don't carry those - there's just no market for them. Everyone wants a trailer... Oh wait, I remember we took one as a trade once - boy that thing started a bidding war."
...
Uh, that's the opposite of "no market for them", isn't it?

We finally saw a Maverick at a show in PA - people were mobbing it, amazed that such a thing existed. One lady climbed the steps and loudly proclaimed, "oh my God - it's like an RV in here!!"


Where did you purchase yours? Unable to find a 6601 to walk through. (

Did you check with Kelly RV in West Milton, Pa.?
2009 Silverado 3500 dually D/A, Supersprings, Stable Loads, Bilsteins, Hellwig Sway Bar.
2010 Arctic Fox 1140 DB, 220 watts solar, custom 4 in 1 "U" shaped dinette/couch, baseboard and Cat 3 heat, 2nd dinette TV, cabover headboard storage, 67 TC mods

joerg68
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@Mark_Be: you need to come to one of the german TC rallies 😉 There is one on September 20-22 near Mainz... I'll provide details if you are interested to come.

Same goes for everyone else, of course!

Regards, Joerg
2014 Ford F350 XLT 6.2 SCLB + 2017 Northstar Arrow

RVnMC
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Thanks.
I'm looking to sell/consign the toy hauler (I can't tow/park it - Hubby did that)and get a small TT like T@B or a 12-14 RB/RBC model to be pulled by a 6cyl Escape or a small TC for the F250 Super Duty.
It will be used by me and 1 cocker spaniel.
MC for solo trips ON the bike.

steve68steve
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RVnMC wrote:
Where did you purchase yours? Unable to find a 6601 to walk through. (

Good luck - they're like hen's teeth in the Lehigh Valley.
We ended up with a Travel LIte, not a Maverick.

Berks-Mont Camping in Boyertown carries Maverick truck campers, but they only ever have one or two campers in stock. I had a hard time dealing with the guy there and formed a pretty negative opinion.
We purchased from Keystone in Greencastle, PA: there's another terrible dealer story there, but at least they made it right.

Google, Craigslist, and patience are your best allies. Then you have to be willing to travel: Our search took us to Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Greencastle, Boyertown, Hamburg, and Nichols, NY over the course of a few months.
Dealers are not knowledgable, don't carry a lot of inventory, and seem unwilling to deal - they want to sell you what they HAVE (TT's, mostly), not what you want. If you appear desperate to find a TC, well, then they'll attempt to feed on that desperation, too.

Sorry to sound a bit jaded - we had a miserable time finding and buying ours... but it was worth it.
2013 Travel Lite 960RX
2001 Ford F350 Diesel Super Cab Long Bed

RVnMC
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steve68steve wrote:
I rarely see them around SE PA, either. I get a LOT of attention with the TC. People do double-takes, stop and look at it, walk around it...

We went to several local RV shows looking for TCs before we bought. Even the dealers 'never heard' of a TC. At a show in NJ, a dealer told me (true story): "we don't carry those - there's just no market for them. Everyone wants a trailer... Oh wait, I remember we took one as a trade once - boy that thing started a bidding war."
...
Uh, that's the opposite of "no market for them", isn't it?

We finally saw a Maverick at a show in PA - people were mobbing it, amazed that such a thing existed. One lady climbed the steps and loudly proclaimed, "oh my God - it's like an RV in here!!"


Where did you purchase yours? Unable to find a 6601 to walk through. (

mark_be
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thetroutman4 wrote:
mark_be wrote:
I would get excited as well if I saw an (other) American TC (than mine) over here. 🙂


I could understand that!

It has never happened before, unfortunately. Two days ago I saw a Ford Superduty truck. The previous one was at least 2 years ago. "Lots" of Dodge Ram's, though.

Once in a blue moon, we do see an American class A or C while traveling, but that's about it. And they're usually pretty old as well.
2001 Ford F350 7.3 Diesel (DRW Crew cab Long bed)
Sonnax TQ and Sonnax 4R100 rebuild - 6.0 transmission cooler and OTW cooler.

2011 Arctic Fox 992 - 2.5kW propane generator - 315AH Trojan batteries - 2kW pure sine wave inverter - 140Wp solar

thetroutman4
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steve68steve wrote:
I rarely see them around SE PA, either. I get a LOT of attention with the TC. People do double-takes, stop and look at it, walk around it...


We finally saw a Maverick at a show in PA - people were mobbing it, amazed that such a thing existed. One lady climbed the steps and loudly proclaimed, "oh my God - it's like an RV in here!!"


HA! That's a good one! They do resemble an RV now that you mention it... :B