OK all this new trailer buying by SCCampers gave us trailer envy so of course we started the search. The first was a mis advertised trailer on craigslist. Too small, and too bad of shape. The second was a REALLY nice new 07 Starcraft at a dealer with slide out dining area that was HUGE. But too expensive. Next was a Used Camplite on CL (what A MESS!!). Another stop at another dealer to look at New Fleetwoods.
What we found on Craigslist is a 2003 Coleman/Fleetwood Tacoma. (Wavery Clone, I may change my user name ;) ) We will be the 3rd owner, and if the story is true it sounds like its only been used a total of like 8 or ten times.
A/C, heat, awning, water heater two king beds. Pretty much what we were looking for. Its in really nice shape, but like our last purchase needs some TLC from lack of maintainence. (Wash wax water proof, bearings packed) Also does not have a aux battery, which I want to install.
It will be Great to have AC for lopez :-()
Look out Wayne, alot of questions coming your way :yikes:
Congratulations Dieter. I know what you mean about the a/c. I have been worrying about that for months. We will have to have a viewing of all the new trailers at the campout.
Jacqui
CONGRATS!!! :-()
I have my eye on the jayco 29X, 30U or the 311 :p
Congratulations on your new trailer. I hope you have MANY years of camping pleasure.
It took us 3x to find our dream trailer. #1 Coleman Santa Fe, #2 Fleetwood Niagara & finally our hybrid.
Can't wait to check it out. If your wife sews, I can show her how to make seatcovers for your seats.
Congrats on your new trailer Dieter!! Thanks for the shirt also, i got it in the mail Friday. Its really a nice looking shirt,.......Ed
So glad you found a nice trailer and you'll love having that A/C know we sure loved having it in our little pup.......Looking forward to seeing the new pup at Lopez. Carol
Congrats!!!
Lisa
Congrats Dieter.
Thanks for sending the T/Shirts. I'll pay you for the shipping the next time we see you.
I hope that you are as happy with your Tacoma as we are with ours. I've never had a single complaint about ours.
Quote from: waveryCongrats Dieter.
Thanks for sending the T/Shirts. I'll pay you for the shipping the next time we see you.
I hope that you are as happy with your Tacoma as we are with ours. I've never had a single complaint about ours.
I hope so too. You will have to give me a run down at lopez, I don't know how to use half of the stuff on the PUP!! :yikes:
Quote from: dkutzI hope so too. You will have to give me a run down at lopez, I don't know how to use half of the stuff on the PUP!! :yikes:
The best 2 mods that we did to ours was the "Drawer Mod" and the "Porta-pottie Mod"..Check out these links:
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/549352213lEjnyLhttp://outdoors.webshots.com/album/562215211pJyubW
Congratulations Dieter I know that you will like your new pop up A LOT!!!!
Quote from: waveryThe best 2 mods that we did to ours was the "Drawer Mod" and the "Porta-pottie Mod"..Check out these links:
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/549352213lEjnyL
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/562215211pJyubW
I have already looked at both of those. We like the drawer mod, but we have three kids and two adults. Maybe to drawers for the kids, but the DW and I will have to find a place for our stuff. We purposely avoid a trailer with a bathroom and shower, cause we won't use it, and don't want the mess in the trailer.
The one down fall to this trailer that I see is storage space. Of course I looked at the outside while wife checked out inside. It didn't look like it had the drawer space like our starcraft to store plates and silverware etc. We will know better when we bring it home and transfer equipment.
I suppose a congrats is in order....;)
Quote from: Dee4jI have my eye on the jayco 29X, 30U or the 311 :p
What???????????????????????????
Congrats on the new trailer...I wish we had a/c this past weekend and probably at Lopez too...
So are you sending out all the t-shirts or will we get ours at Lopez?
Hope you enjoy the NTU Pup, are you still camping this week at Dogwood ??
Quote from: TheVikingWhat???????????????????????????
yep I'm looking again....less stress on the back..This time will be a bit harder to convince Dan though... :banghead:
Quote from: Dee4jyep I'm looking again....less stress on the back..This time will be a bit harder to convince Dan though... :banghead:
You know how Kristi and I feel about Jayco. You won't be dissapointed. If we could have towed a Jayco Toyhauler we would have had one.
Try Richardson's RV over in Riverside. Talk to Gary Alexander.
10717 Indiana Avenue
Riverside, California 92503
877-205-8820
This is our next Hauler.................Kristi doesn't know yet, but I think she'd like it http://www.richardsonsrv.com/DesktopModules/DealerInventoryDetailPhoto/mrvaPhoto.aspx?ImageID=2116195
Quote from: TheVikingYou know how Kristi and I feel about Jayco. You won't be dissapointed. If we could have towed a Jayco Toyhauler we would have had one.
Try Richardson's RV over in Riverside. Talk to Gary Alexander.
10717 Indiana Avenue
Riverside, California 92503
877-205-8820
This is our next Hauler.................Kristi doesn't know yet, but I think she'd like it http://www.richardsonsrv.com/DesktopModules/DealerInventoryDetailPhoto/mrvaPhoto.aspx?ImageID=2116195
Brian,
The link you posted for richardson's rv is not working! What model are you getting sir?
Dieter
Congrat's on the new to you pup! We see you at lopez in a few weeks!
Quote from: TheVikingYou know how Kristi and I feel about Jayco. You won't be dissapointed. If we could have towed a Jayco Toyhauler we would have had one.
Try Richardson's RV over in Riverside. Talk to Gary Alexander.
10717 Indiana Avenue
Riverside, California 92503
877-205-8820
This is our next Hauler.................Kristi doesn't know yet, but I think she'd like it http://www.richardsonsrv.com/DesktopModules/DealerInventoryDetailPhoto/mrvaPhoto.aspx?ImageID=2116195
I can't get the link to work
anyway I won't even begin to look until the RV show in Oct...then again riverside ain't that far...
hmmmmmm I was going to do a meet in the middle with DK&3kids..I think richardson's in riverside is half way :p
Well....I am saving up for a Fleetwood Revolution LE. I might settle for the Fleetwood Excursion...still have to think about it. I like the cushions and such better in the Excursion, but the woodwork is better in the Revolution. Plus, the Revolution has higher HP. I've got time to mull it around.... :D
In the meantime, we are still having fun in our Fleetwood Hemlock.
Lisa
One of our ToyHo friends has a Revolution LE, very nice. But Lisa would never step outside if she had a rig like that.
dieter.you will LOVE the A/C!! and I'm assuming since you listed the water heater you don't have one in your current PU, you will love that alot, dishes go much faster. Just a note on the water heater. when I had my niagara they had the water heater temp thing set at half way...it was WAY to hot you could boil noodles with it. easily could get 2nd degree burns from it..I had my on the lowest and it was plenty hot enough..you may want to start at the lowest and go from there..hate for the kids to get their cute little hands burned
can't wait to check it out
Lisa..good luck with that new rv :rolleyes:
Quote from: oreo57Hope you enjoy the NTU Pup, are you still camping this week at Dogwood ??
yup sitting at the golden arches in arrowhead using wifi...
Quote from: dkutzyup sitting at the golden arches in arrowhead using wifi...
you forgot to add the neener neener neener behind that ..you brat..
Quote from: Chez WayCongrats on the new trailer...I wish we had a/c this past weekend and probably at Lopez too...
So are you sending out all the t-shirts or will we get ours at Lopez?
I only sent out to folks not going to Lopez, Wavery backed out. And the other is in Vegas. Otherwise I am bringing them all to LOPEZ
Quote from: BootheBunchWell....I am saving up for a Fleetwood Revolution LE. I might settle for the Fleetwood Excursion...still have to think about it. I like the cushions and such better in the Excursion, but the woodwork is better in the Revolution. Plus, the Revolution has higher HP. I've got time to mull it around.... :D
In the meantime, we are still having fun in our Fleetwood Hemlock.
Lisa
Lisa! I looked these RV's up and boy do they look nice. When you want to move up, you really move up!!!! RB tells me that I have expensive taste but I think that you out do me on this one.
How did your new trailer treat you on your trip? Did you enjoy the extra room, did everything work? ENJOY!!!
Quote from: kimrb266How did your new trailer treat you on your trip? Did you enjoy the extra room, did everything work? ENJOY!!!
We still haven't actually gotten the new one yet. Still waiting for her to get the pink slip etc. Hopefully by lopez....
Quote from: BootheBunchWell....I am saving up for a Fleetwood Revolution LE. I might settle for the Fleetwood Excursion...still have to think about it. I like the cushions and such better in the Excursion, but the woodwork is better in the Revolution. Plus, the Revolution has higher HP. I've got time to mull it around.... :D
In the meantime, we are still having fun in our Fleetwood Hemlock.
Lisa
Wholly cow those things are big! And more than we paid for our house. And at $5 a gallon, I don't want to know what it would cost to operate!
Would be fun to rent for a week though, if I could afford it....
Argh, well maybe not. When we went to look at the trailer the owner said, "oh and I meant to tell you I don't have the pink slip, I am still paying the original owners" So I said we would give her a deposit, but not pay until we saw the pink slip. Turns out the first owners don't have the pink either, because they are still paying off the loan. So I don't know whats gonna happen now. I am not buying something that someone elses bank still owns. Hopefully this works out, but it doesn't look good, and it doesn't look like it will happen soon...we'll see... Bummed
Bummer..Maybe you could contact the original owner and see if you can deal direct with them and the bank that holds the pink..??
Quote from: oreo57Bummer..Maybe you could contact the original owner and see if you can deal direct with them and the bank that holds the pink..??
yeah but the second owner actually paid off her debt to the first owners so technically its her trailer, really the first owners are the ones that are messin things up...
That sucks! You are in some sort of screwed up Trailer triangle. Hopefully it works out, if not, there are more deals out thee right now. With gas what it is people are jumping ship on camping everyday. Good Luck
I'm confused! If Dieter purchased Waverly's trailer then what is/did Waverly purchase in its place? I think I may have missed the post on this.
Quote from: kimrb266I'm confused! If Dieter purchased Waverly's trailer then what is/did Waverly purchase in its place? I think I may have missed the post on this.
"Wavery" (loose the "
L" will ya :p ) is trailerless........we feel naked. :(
We are trying to find a Trailmanor 2720SD. Not an easy task.
We want to stay with a PU but my back just can't take the set-up of the traditional PU anymore. The Trailmanor sets up pretty easily and we can still park it in our garage. It weighs about the same as my Coleman PU.. They're a bit pricey but it's the only way that we can keep on camping, the way that we like.
Quote from: wavery"
We are trying to find a Trailmanor 2720SD. Not an easy task.
They're a bit pricey but it's the only way that we can keep on camping, the way that we like.
Wayne look here:
http://www.rvbrokers.com/dealerfiles/ListingView.asp?ListingID=683 not to far to drive OR
http://www.trailmanorowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7575
Quote from: oreo57Wayne look here:http://www.rvbrokers.com/dealerfiles/ListingView.asp?ListingID=683 not to far to drive
Thanks but that guy is out of his mind if he thinks he's going to get $12K for a '96 2720.
I am currently looking at a 2006 2720SL in Nashville Tenn for $13K and there is a guy in Colorado Springs that has a 2000 that he wants $8K for. The one in CO has some hail damage and it's a long ways to drive to find out that I don't want it.
It sure would be nice to find one close to home. I missed a 2619 at Richardson's RV in Sun City CA by 2 hours. They sold it for $7900 (it was listed for $10K).
Yes it was high for the year, Here another local unit:http://www.trailmanorowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7609 (//%22http://www.trailmanorowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7609%22)
Quote from: kimrb266I'm confused! If Dieter purchased Waverly's trailer then what is/did Waverly purchase in its place? I think I may have missed the post on this.
Well I was gonna surprise everyone at Lopez, and wondering what the hell I am doing in Wayne's trailer, but I guess you can't keep a secret around here...
Quote from: oreo57Yes it was high for the year, Here another local unit:http://www.trailmanorowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7609
That one sold the same day that it was listed. I called him a day late..... :banghead:
Geeze Wayne....with all the listings you would think someone would hold one for you. Toni and I really liked the Trailmanors so good luck finding the one for you and Carol.:) If I come across anymore I'll post them.
Quote from: oreo57Geeze Wayne....with all the listings you would think someone would hold one for you. Toni and I really liked the Trailmanors so good luck finding the one for you and Carol.:) If I come across anymore I'll post them.
Thanks!!! :sombraro: