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05-10-2011, 03:37 PM
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Senior Member
Texas Boomers Club Forest River Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 702
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Your Choice
Why did you choose your current RV?
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2011 Coachmen Concord, Ford E450
DRosedale, BRosedale and Yorkies, Max, Molly, Harley
Pineville, LA
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05-10-2011, 03:42 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Wellington, Florida
Posts: 13,599
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Hi DRosedale,
Floor plan sells the coach and that is why we purchased what we have. We have seat belts for 8 and sleeping for 7. If we had another air mattress we could sleep 8.
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Gary
2005 Newmar KSDP 3910 + GMC ENVOY XUV 37K lbs Moving Down The Road
The Avatar Is Many Times Around The USA
Nobody Knows Your Coach Like Somebody Who Owns One Just Like Yours
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05-10-2011, 04:56 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 6,401
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Our 1st MH had a major electrical meltdown at 15 months old. After 3 months of repairs, we decided that we weren't ever going to feel safe in it again. I had seen the UFO chassis at a couple of RV shows and really liked it. When we decided to trade we went looking at RV's on the UFO chassis. Bought the one we now have because of the floor plan, full wall slide and the king size bed.
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Wayne & Roberta
08 Winnebago Destination 39W Gas UFO Workhorse Chassis......It's really weird being the same age as old people. I thought getting old would take much longer.
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05-10-2011, 05:26 PM
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Senior Member
Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: N. NM
Posts: 191
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It was a fixer-uper, so the price was right, it had a big slide, new tires, good drive train and no real damage. It's now been modified to our liking and still under NADA.
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'99 Coachman Mirada F53 V10
TST monitors, Scangage, AGM house batteries
in the shadow of Latir Peak, NM
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05-10-2011, 05:26 PM
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Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Panama City, FL
Posts: 88
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Kitchen Counter Space. My wife needs enough counter space to roll out biscuits. Most RV's just don't have it. Our Bounder does. We have a great relationship: she likes to cook, I like to eat!
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Ray & Mary
aka Flotsam & Jetsam, The Wandrin' Waters
"Not all who wander are lost."
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05-10-2011, 06:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 8,638
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Test drove 2 other fleetwood models wife said it rode ruff test drove the rev. Boss said this is it and she liked the floor plan also.
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2007 Fleetwood Revolution LE 40V
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05-10-2011, 06:05 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Eyota MN
Posts: 138
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Ours had a floorplan we really liked, the drivetrain and 22.5 wheel size I wanted, was way under book and had low miles. It was the end of a 2 1/2 year search for us!
Rod
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2004 Adventurer W-22 8.1 35u Banks power pack, Brazel ultra trac rear trac bar, Koni fsd, Blue Ox Alpha towing '06 HHR
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05-10-2011, 06:22 PM
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Senior Member
Damon Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 24,024
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Why did I choose my Damon INtruder.... Well we went to the RV show and it was the only bath and a half model. 2-holes, no waiting, you can't know how good that is till you live in a one-hole house.
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Home is where I park it!
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05-10-2011, 06:43 PM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 705
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Had 3 different 5ers over the years while young enough to do all the set up, hook up, etc. etc. Got lazy when I retired and wanted something that all the 5ers had plus a livable floorplan.
You'll see that word "floorplan" in almost every reply.
Dave
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David & Gail Salisbury, NC
2003 American Eagle 42'
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05-10-2011, 07:15 PM
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Senior Member
Mid Atlantic Campers Forest River Owners Club Coastal Campers
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Thornburg, VA
Posts: 938
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It wasn't a pop-up, it was new, we already had the truck, and the price was right. Oh and the floorplan too.
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Hope to be on the road starting this summer...
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05-10-2011, 07:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 5,336
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I knew I wanted twin beds. I wanted a classic MH that didn't cost a lot to buy. I wanted another MH (my third) to see if the new wife likes campng in one. I didn't want to spend a great deal of money to find out she didn't and/or to have it sit outside unused since she still works. Spent much more on fixing it up that it cost to buy, but it gets us to the campground, she (da wife) likes to go and am in the process of finding a much newer model. When I buy my next one this one may go to the national kidney foundation as a donation.
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Tom
2016 Newmar Bay Star Sport 3004
2021 Jeep Gladiator Sport Willys
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05-10-2011, 07:51 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Bryan, TX when not traveling.
Posts: 22,948
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It maybe 22 years old, but you cannot get the quality now that is in this old Avion and we have less than $15,000 total invested in the trailer.
Ken
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Amateur Radio Operator (KE5DFR)|No Longer Full-Time! - 2023 Cougar 22MLS toted by 2022 F150, 3.5L EcoBoost Tow Max FX4 Lariat Travel with one Standard Schnauzer and one small Timneh African Gray Parrot, retired mechanical engineer
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05-10-2011, 08:31 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 167
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Floorplan, motorhome, build quality. We needed a larger rig than our 5th wheel and wanted bunk beds so the main living area doesn't have to go dark and quiet at bedtime for kids and we didn't have to convert a couch or dinette daily to their bed. We wanted a motorhome for the travel convenience over the 5th wheel. We liked the build quality of the Winnebagos. All of that led to our new motorhome.
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Cliff
2011 Winnebago Vista 32K - Ford F53 chassis
Southern California
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05-10-2011, 09:24 PM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 2,660
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We had been looking at all kinds of RVs and happened to see a class 'A' Bounder 35U or something like that...(1&1/2 bath model). We really liked it but there was no way we could buy new (didn't make sense anyway...to us).
Saw our coach on E-bay just 7 minutes before the bidding closed. Great pictures of the RV and it had 17K miles on it. The HR has the 1&1/2 bath feature w/two toilet bowls instead of the one in the Bounder...NO WAITING! The price was RIGHT and we bid $100 over the current bid with 2 minutes to spare. We won! Let the heart attack begin. All turned out well and although we are VERY happy with the purchase, we definitely don't recommend buying large purchases this way. We both were physically ill until we layed eyes on it and SWORE we'd not do that again...too stressful! So what did we do? Bought the Jeep the same way...GEEZ, I can't take this any more!! Bob
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Jan and Bob
'05 Monaco Windsor 40 DST - ISL / '08 Wrangler
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