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08-29-2018, 09:51 PM
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Junior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2018
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Excited for our new Glacier Peak!
My wife and I decided to upgrade from a small off road camping trailer to a 5th wheel this year. After lots of shopping and comparisons, we settled on an ORV 5th wheel. We couldn't find but a couple new ones and only one used one in the country with a simple search so we ended up ordering a new titanium 26rks. We didn't want anything longer than 30' and those are pretty hard to come by in the market.
It's amazing how cheap many trailers out there are built! They do a good job of making them look pretty until you pay attention to the details.
We just received word that our trailer is slated to come off the assembly line sometime around the 3rd week of September and arrive here around the 2nd week of October! Needless to say we are excited!
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08-29-2018, 10:41 PM
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Senior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2016
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That’s great. I hope you have many miles of safe and happy travels. Welcome to irv2 and welcome to the Outdoors RV family.
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2019 Outdoors RV Timber Ridge 27 bhs
2017 Ram Cummins 2500
Soggy side of Oregon
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08-29-2018, 10:53 PM
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Senior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Hillsboro, OR, USA
Posts: 1,293
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Congrats on your choice - happy camping
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2017 Chevy 2500HD LTZ DuraMax Diesel Silver Ice Metallic
2017 Outdoors RV Timber Ridge 25RDS Mountain Series 4X Off Road Suspension Pkg
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08-30-2018, 07:07 AM
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Senior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Northern Ca
Posts: 418
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bikemanx2
My wife and I decided to upgrade from a small off road camping trailer to a 5th wheel this year. After lots of shopping and comparisons, we settled on an ORV 5th wheel. We couldn't find but a couple new ones and only one used one in the country with a simple search so we ended up ordering a new titanium 26rks. We didn't want anything longer than 30' and those are pretty hard to come by in the market.
It's amazing how cheap many trailers out there are built! They do a good job of making them look pretty until you pay attention to the details.
We just received word that our trailer is slated to come off the assembly line sometime around the 3rd week of September and arrive here around the 2nd week of October! Needless to say we are excited!
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Congrats on the new rig! Now be prepared to come down with the RV mod bug. Its very contagious.
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2017 Chevy 3500 DRW D/A LTZ 4X4, 50 gal Transflow Aux Tank, Trailersaver BD5
2020 Arctic Fox 32-5m
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08-30-2018, 09:02 AM
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Senior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 486
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Congrats on the new rig. I am sure you will love the new rig. We love ours. Haven't done a lot of repairs in over 3 1/2 years of ownership of our GP.
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2015 Dodge 3500 Laramie 6.7 cummins
2015 Glacier Peak F26RDS Hensley Trailer Saver BD3
Holly the Golden
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08-30-2018, 09:42 AM
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Senior Member
Forest River Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: So Calif
Posts: 3,594
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Great that you picked the GP from ORV. We love ours.
Small things will crop up over the next few months.....check back on this forum for advise and assistance dealing with the small repairs and mods. The idea is to stay away from the dealer if you can. They will keep your trailer for weeks waiting on parts and tell you tales.
Congrats!
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2020 Coachmen Leprechaun 270QB (COA Member)
Jeep Wrangler toad for the dirt
"Well done is better than well said"....Ben Franklin
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08-30-2018, 02:14 PM
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Senior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 1,663
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Great choice, DW loves ours.
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2008 F450, 2016 Outdoors RV Glacier Peak 26 RKS
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08-31-2018, 09:04 AM
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Junior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 8
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Thanks everyone, there is lots of good info on this forum! We did order it with the 2 x 160w solar panels installed as well. We plan to spend most of our time off grid in the woods. My plan is to have it set up to where the only time I need to run as generator is if we need to run the AC.
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08-31-2018, 11:57 AM
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Senior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 1,804
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Nice choice!
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2018 ORV 24KTS 30,000+miles
2017 Ford 3.5 TwinTurbo w/MaxTow
640 Watts solar/600 Ahr
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11-23-2018, 07:40 PM
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Junior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 8
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Sorry I never posted pics. Here are a couple pics from when we picked it up.   Then of our first camping trip at Carter lake just 15 min from home, just in time to make sure everything worked.  the dogs loved it!  And then we decided to upgrade our tow vehicle to something that would be more comfortable and had more room. 
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11-23-2018, 08:08 PM
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Senior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 486
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Originally Posted by bikemanx2
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New truck and 5er look great. Your old truck looked beautiful but I'm sure you will love pulling with the new truck like we do
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2015 Dodge 3500 Laramie 6.7 cummins
2015 Glacier Peak F26RDS Hensley Trailer Saver BD3
Holly the Golden
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11-23-2018, 08:28 PM
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Junior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 8
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The old truck did the job, the new one walks through the park with it! Had to take it for one test pull after getting our hitch installed and it is night and day difference.
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11-23-2018, 08:32 PM
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Senior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Northern Ca
Posts: 418
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Nice pics, I love the pic with the dogs lounging in the rig.
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2017 Chevy 3500 DRW D/A LTZ 4X4, 50 gal Transflow Aux Tank, Trailersaver BD5
2020 Arctic Fox 32-5m
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11-23-2018, 09:33 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 2,009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bikemanx2
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Congrats...great looking outfit. The pooches look like they're adjusting quite well to the new digs.
All the best and safe travels... 
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Mike, Betty & Sophie (Guard Cat)
Full Timers from the Great Lakes State of Michigan
2013 Silverado 3500HD Duramax Diesel & 2013 Cedar Creek Silverback
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