Transcend or Pioneer
Anyone have any input on goods or bads that come with either of these trailers? thinking of buying one or the other and just wanted to touch base with possible owners and see what their takes are.
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- Had a 22' Fleetwood Pioneer Spirit for 4.5 years and thoroughly enjoyed it. A middle of the market {Ford/Chevy as it were} TT that was well made and never gave us a single issue in nearly 50,000 miles.
Traded it in on a nice Class C 5 years ago and got top dollar {$8,500} from the dealer. I paid $9,900 4.5 years earlier from a private party. All in all a great trailer that held its value well.
:C - The current Pioneer trailers are an entry level unit made by Heartland, whereas the transcend is a new entry level unit made by Grand Design.
Both are smaller makers, Heartland you dont hear a lot about, they apparently dont generate the derision you hear concerning some lines. Quality appears to be on a par with industry standards.
Grand Design has established itself in the time its been around as being somewhat above average in quality. The general comments tend to be positive on their customer service and support, which is something seldom heard on these boards.
If all else were equal and I were looking at both units, I would probably lean toward the Transcend. My one concern with it is that their switch on this line to aluminum siding is different than all their other units and lines. - I too would choose the Transcend. If they made a slightly smaller one, I might actually entertain it seriously. I can't imagine their quality is much different than anybody else, but they do have a good service reputation and that Transcend is good looking to me.
- thanks, looking at the Transcend 29TBS.
- Thought I would come back and update my opinion a bit. I had the opportunity to look at a Transcend yesterday. In general, I still like it, but the particular unit I looked at had some terrible issues. The wall paper was wrinkled very badly on a portion of one wall. That same wall was bowed in and had totally separated from whatever framing may have been behind it. It also separated from adjoining wall panels. This was a new unit at a show. I would NEVER have allowed that unit to be shown to anybody but the manufacturer. Definitely rattled my view of Grand Design.
