Lance Trailers

[cdubyac]

Went to look at pop ups today and noticed the Lance trailers.
Liked the 2285 and2185 floor plans. Anyone have one? Looking through them, the quality looked good, fit and finish was great. What kind of prices are being paid? Goods/bads?

TIA

[TrailerTravele1]

Love our Lance 1685. Perfect for us. It is lower than the Nash or Artic Fox, but it's also light enough for us to tow cross country with a 6 cyl Toyota 4 Runner.

After 10,000 miles+ we've had a warranty covered slideout issue (rollers tear bottom slideout cover - easy fix at dealer or at home - or so we're told). We also replaced the hot water heater check valves with metal ones before the plastic ones from the factory cracked. As said above the Lance Owners Association is a wealth of information.

Ours is the 4 season (weathering several 24 degree nights in our 2 month spring trip west), and roomy enough for us to live for 2-3 months at a time.

Do your shopping, every trailer is a compromise, figure out what you need and have FUN!!!

[xteacher]

I loved them until I saw their prices - yowser! I assume you get what you pay for, but I don't like them well enough to pay that much for one.

[Tequila]

Pretty good trailer, not quite up to the quality of Northwood, I compared both, but better than most. At least they do not use a Lippert Frame. I do not like front windows on any RV, They are asking for trouble. Their low profile is an advantage to some. Also I am a member of the Lance owners, although I do not own one and from what I can see their customer service is better than most.

[2milesup]

We bought our 2285 in March of this year and have been very happy with it. Like Rob's 2185, it has 2 doors so getting into the bathroom with the slide in is no problem. The large front window lets us lay in the bed and stargaze. Very nice.

[ycswat]

We love our 2185. You can access bathroom on this model with slide in, it has two doors. It is low to the ground, which has never created a problem for us. Great quality but like any other trailer they are not perfect but I like it enough to recommend it. It is expensive but we have not regretted paying for it.

Rob

[kknowlton]

We also looked at Lance before purchasing our current TT (see sig). Our turnoffs were no access to the bathroom when the slideout was in travel mode, and the price, which was almost twice what we paid for our TT (granted, ours was 2 model years old, though never used). We were disappointed in some of the fit & finish on the Lance we saw; we had expected high quality but it had definite issues, just like a lot of other brands.

[bailer6334]

We looked at them before buying our Rockwood. Thought they were well built adequate floor plans, but what turned us off was the "big" window up front. Thought there was to much possibility of a damaged window, water leakage and the heat transfer into the TT would be excessive IMHO.

[3oaks]

I have read a lot of Lance camper and trailer reviews. Owners either love them or hate them so much they say they would never buy another Lance. No different than any other RV as far as people liking or disliking.

Do a google search for Lance reviews.

[4aSong]

Do a search for Lance Owners of America (LOA) which is a very active forum of Lance owners and prospective owners.

Lance Owners of America

[MarkTwain]

cdubyac wrote:
Went to look at pop ups today and noticed the Lance trailers.
Liked the 2285 and2185 floor plans. Anyone have one? Looking through them, the quality looked good, fit and finish was great. What kind of prices are being paid? Goods/bads?

TIA

You won't go wrong with a Lance trailer. Good quality and built for RVers. The biggest problem you will have is finding a used one! RVers like them to much and/or just trade in for newer bigger Lance's.

[Dirtpig]

I had a look at them, they are very nice and seem like good quality. Biggest thing is that they were so low to the ground, not something you would want to take off pavement. I think they are gearing these trailers towards people with med/large suv's and trying to keep the wind resistance down.