Riley01 wrote:SideHillSoup wrote:
We own a 2018 NL 8-11 and the 2 of us have no issues with the camper and we have over the last 2 years put on well over 50,000 kms on the camper. We even went book docking in AZ durning the winter of 2019. We can usually last 4 to 5 days with out dumping the tanks and re-filling. We have never run out of fresh water, however we do carry two 5 gal drinking water in the back seat of our truck. We pull a trailer with out sxs on it which we also use for hauling storing other items we may want to bring with us. On the 2 month trip to AZ we didn’t have the trailer or SXS with us, and we didn’t want for nothing. Remember, your outside the rig 80% of the time. We have spent a number of days stuck inside because of heavy rains on the north coast of British Columbia, but we are both alive.
One of the reasons we ordered and bought our NL was because it did t have a slide, which by the way we have had on two of our past 5th wheels, and the less moving parts the better and the camper weights less also when they don’t slides.
We do a lot of off road camping up here in the mountains of B.C. and I would never get a slide on a camper for that reason alone.
Good luck with your new camper what ever it is.
You have given me some things to think about. Maybe I'll at least take a ride and check them out. From what I can tell they sure look a cut above the others I've seen as far as quality.
Thanks,
Rick
Facebook has a huge following for people with NL Campers. Go on there and see what those people are saying and doing. There are a lot of pictures available to look at that shows trip, travels and a lot of modifications that people do as well.
A couple of the things we do is pack for two people when it comes to cups, plates, glasses etc... we have all our stuff like that in a sliding drawer under the oven. We also didn’t order ours with an AC or a Microwave as we are usually in the Bush with no hook ups and rarely ever used our AC on our 5th wheels, so we saved $1500 and less wheight. The AV wiring is in the ceiling incase you ever wanted to install one later. Where the Microwave goes is our pantry. all our cutlery is also in one drawer where I built a sliding insert drawer for the knives and spoons etc, all the bigger utensils go under the sliding insert. Lots of tricks out there.
We own a 2018 NL 8-11 and the 2 of us have no issues with the camper and we have over the last 2 years put on well over 50,000 kms on the camper. We even went book docking in AZ durning the winter of 2019. We can usually last 4 to 5 days with out dumping the tanks and re-filling. We have never run out of fresh water, however we do carry two 5 gal drinking water in the back seat of our truck. We pull a trailer with out sxs on it which we also use for hauling storing other items we may want to bring with us. On the 2 month trip to AZ we didn’t have the trailer or SXS with us, and we didn’t want for nothing. Remember, your outside the rig 80% of the time. We have spent a number of days stuck inside because of heavy rains on the north coast of British Columbia, but we are both alive.
One of the reasons we ordered and bought our NL was because it did t have a slide, which by the way we have had on two of our past 5th wheels, and the less moving parts the better and the camper weights less also when they don’t slides.
We do a lot of off road camping up here in the mountains of B.C. and I would never get a slide on a camper for that reason alone.
Good luck with your new camper what ever it is.
One of the reasons we ordered and bought our NL was because it did t have a slide, which by the way we have had on two of our past 5th wheels, and the less moving parts the better and the camper weights less also when they don’t slides.
We do a lot of off road camping up here in the mountains of B.C. and I would never get a slide on a camper for that reason alone.
Good luck with your new camper what ever it is.
Good luck on your search.
To add some long term experience about slides, when they add a lot to comfort and usually takes 5 seconds to open, the bad part is more gaps for leaks.
The floor under the slide needs to be inspected every season as most of manufacturer don't spend money on making it to last.
Earlier models do have poor engineering in the slide corners, who often come apart. That seems more a problem with Lance, than other brands, but I had to repair Fleetwood with aluminium skeleton as well.
The slide mechanism seem to last.
I took apart 19 yo mechanism and it looks in perfect shape, even we don't hesitate to use it 2-3 times a day when we travel and quite often I operate the slide while letting my wife sit on the dinette.
To add some long term experience about slides, when they add a lot to comfort and usually takes 5 seconds to open, the bad part is more gaps for leaks.
The floor under the slide needs to be inspected every season as most of manufacturer don't spend money on making it to last.
Earlier models do have poor engineering in the slide corners, who often come apart. That seems more a problem with Lance, than other brands, but I had to repair Fleetwood with aluminium skeleton as well.
The slide mechanism seem to last.
I took apart 19 yo mechanism and it looks in perfect shape, even we don't hesitate to use it 2-3 times a day when we travel and quite often I operate the slide while letting my wife sit on the dinette.
