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mudshark
Mar 14, 2013Explorer
This is my first post to this site. Hope the link to my pics works.
After camping for the last 20+ years in different sized tents, a 1970 Coleman tent trailer and then a 1990 Starcraft tent trailer, last summer we finally decided to purchase a 2013 Roo 19' Hybrid. It was a great trailer, and we really liked it but after about 2 months and a rainy long weekend with 5 kids and a big dog we decided that as much as we liked the Roo, it just was still a little too small. When I purchased, I originally planned on hauling it around but after finding a decent campground where some of our family stays seasonally we decided on parking something there full time. Something around the size of a 32BHDS.
After looking around online and a few RV shows we found a 2013 Catalina 38BH from a local dealer and for a great price. Sold! I guess this is a new layout/model for 2013 so I haven't been able to find a whole lot of customer reviews on the trailer.
For us this floorplan works awesome, there's alot of storage, nice finishes, large bathroom, more features than I can go through on here and from what I could tell on a few walkthroughs so far, the build and finish quality seems nicely done. The dealer will be towing it and setting it up at our seasonal site as soon as the CG opens so I don't have to worry about hauling it. Probably a little heavy for a civic
Nice site, lots of info. Cheers!
The Roo...
2013 Catalina 38BH
Having issues resizing the floorplan pic, sorry.
After camping for the last 20+ years in different sized tents, a 1970 Coleman tent trailer and then a 1990 Starcraft tent trailer, last summer we finally decided to purchase a 2013 Roo 19' Hybrid. It was a great trailer, and we really liked it but after about 2 months and a rainy long weekend with 5 kids and a big dog we decided that as much as we liked the Roo, it just was still a little too small. When I purchased, I originally planned on hauling it around but after finding a decent campground where some of our family stays seasonally we decided on parking something there full time. Something around the size of a 32BHDS.
After looking around online and a few RV shows we found a 2013 Catalina 38BH from a local dealer and for a great price. Sold! I guess this is a new layout/model for 2013 so I haven't been able to find a whole lot of customer reviews on the trailer.
For us this floorplan works awesome, there's alot of storage, nice finishes, large bathroom, more features than I can go through on here and from what I could tell on a few walkthroughs so far, the build and finish quality seems nicely done. The dealer will be towing it and setting it up at our seasonal site as soon as the CG opens so I don't have to worry about hauling it. Probably a little heavy for a civic
Nice site, lots of info. Cheers!
The Roo...
2013 Catalina 38BH
Having issues resizing the floorplan pic, sorry.
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