Grand Design question

[Doncom]

We are considering the purchase of a new Grand Design 2800BH.

We are long time and very satisfied Jayco owners, but really love the floor plan and especially the storage of the 2800BH.

Curious about real life experiences with Grand Design in general and the 2800BH in particular.

TIA

Don

[Doncom]

MikeJulieGDImagine wrote:
We have a 2017 2800BH and we love the trailer and the layout. The things I specifically like about it is the 81 inch tall radius ceiling (i'm 5 ft 11) so I don't feel cramped, nice finish, large bunks, residential queen, you can walk around the bed since it doesn't go all the way to the wall, theatre seats (its nice to basically have 2 recliners), plenty of storage, and the shower is probably one of the biggest I saw when we were looking. Having a door by the bunks doesn't concern me. To the comment about not having a door to the bedroom, Grand Design addressed that issue in the 2018s and the 2800BH now has 2 doors, one by the bunks and one for the bedroom. Also, in the 2018's the theatre seats have a massage function but I'm not sure how well it works since the 2017 doesn't have that option.

Thanks, now I understand about the bedroom access in the earlier response. I hadn't seen anything except the 2018 with two doors.

[MikeJulieGDImag]

We have a 2017 2800BH and we love the trailer and the layout. The things I specifically like about it is the 81 inch tall radius ceiling (i'm 5 ft 11) so I don't feel cramped, nice finish, large bunks, residential queen, you can walk around the bed since it doesn't go all the way to the wall, theatre seats (its nice to basically have 2 recliners), plenty of storage, and the shower is probably one of the biggest I saw when we were looking. Having a door by the bunks doesn't concern me. To the comment about not having a door to the bedroom, Grand Design addressed that issue in the 2018s and the 2800BH now has 2 doors, one by the bunks and one for the bedroom. Also, in the 2018's the theatre seats have a massage function but I'm not sure how well it works since the 2017 doesn't have that option.

[Sgeorge]

When we where shopping for a new trailer we looked hard at the GD. The one area that was a big minus was the CCC of their trailers. We dry camp a lot and with full tanks, we often have to travel with them full. The 2600RB that we were looking at had very little CCC left over for stuff. The 2800RB wasn't much better from what I remember. Might want to check this out to be sure your not going to be over your CCC.

[downtheroad]

Have herd good things about Grand Design...
Make sure you order it with a 10 gal. water heater, not the 6 that comes standard.
Also get the 15000 btu air conditioner...

[2oldman]

Doncom wrote:
I've read about 40 pages but didn't find much about the 2800BH...thus the question.

You also asked about GD "in general."..thus my response.

Search within results for 2800bh

[Doncom]

APT wrote:
Two cautions I have with that model:

Door right next to kids sleeping
Access to master bedroom when slide closed

Otherwise, I like the design and features of the Imagine line. Some friends have this model and love it.

Seems like you could use the grandkids as steps and it wouldn't bother their sleeping. ??

We had some concern abou the bedroom access, but I guess you could always go out and come in the other door.

Thanks

[Doncom]

2oldman wrote:
GD posts search

I've read about 40 pages but didn't find much about the 2800BH...thus the question.

Thanks

[APT]

Two cautions I have with that model:

Door right next to kids sleeping
Access to master bedroom when slide closed

Otherwise, I like the design and features of the Imagine line. Some friends have this model and love it.

[2oldman]

GD posts search

[ScottG]

If you were happy with the build quality of your Jayco then you will be very pleased with the GD.