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RE: New Airstream toyhauler
The axle spacing is for a typical trailer, but too far forward to put 2 heavy bikes in the rear. The trailer balance could be a problem. Also, I wouldn't go far with the way they tied those bikes down! Yeah I know, just a photo shoot.
Airstreams are very nice trailers.
Are you *seriously* implying the makers of the finest travel trailers in history have engineers that are not competent enough to design a properly weight-balanced toy hauler?
http://www.airstream.com/files/library/cd173258fab20536.jpg
Here is one on Ebay right now = Buy It Now price .... gasp .... $94,395.00!
Yup. Like it or leave it. Work n Play have had similar problems for the exact same reason. Axles in the center with people loading toys in the far rear. Why do you think more traditional THs have heavy tongue weights when not loaded and have their axles slightly further back than a traditional TT? To balance them when they are loaded - that's why.
You can see in the picture the front axle is centered and the other two are rear of that and it has a 1475# tongue weight without options or any kind of load. It looks like by your criteria they got it just right.
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BiGG
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10/04/08 01:49pm |
Toy Haulers
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RE: New Airstream toyhauler
The axle spacing is for a typical trailer, but too far forward to put 2 heavy bikes in the rear. The trailer balance could be a problem. Also, I wouldn't go far with the way they tied those bikes down! Yeah I know, just a photo shoot.
Airstreams are very nice trailers.
Are you *seriously* implying the makers of the finest travel trailers in history have engineers that are not competent enough to design a properly weight-balanced toy hauler?
http://www.airstream.com/files/library/cd173258fab20536.jpg
Here is one on Ebay right now = Buy It Now price .... gasp .... $94,395.00!
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BiGG
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10/04/08 07:48am |
Toy Haulers
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RE: Dealer offering a lower interest rate
Get all the details on the extended warranty and find out if it's similar to one sold with a new car, most of those allow for prorated refunds after the purchase if you want to for some reason cancel the extended warranty. Get everything in writing and sign the deal with the lower rate then next week cancel the extended warranty and have them credit you 99.999% of the price of it.
Play them at their own game.
It doesn't work that way. The lien holder makes extra money no matter what in the posters "buy then cancel" scenario....
You are still paying for unreceived value if this is done due to the extended warranty raising the principal amount of the loan on the front side of the transaction.
If the extended warranty is canceled the premium refund will be generally applied as a payment towards satisfying the original principal (increased)plus interest and fees loan amount.
Just say no -if you don't want an extended warranty......and get your money elsewhere as your credit score must be decent.....
Map Guy
Good point, not a good idea to add that into the loan at all.
More info for those who do not understand finance it’s like this = here is a rate sheet example:
6.50% = 2.00%
6.75% = 1.00%
7.00% = 0.00
7.25% = (.375%)
7.50% = (.675%)
7.75% = (1.00%)
8.00% = (2.00%)
9.00% = (4.00%)
These are just made up examples but look at 7.00% Lets say with your credit score the lender will give you the 7.00% for your loan. If the dealer sells you a 9.00% they get a kick-back of 4.00% of the purchase price, if they sell you a 7.50% they get a .675% kick-back. If you wanted a lower rate like 6.5% you could buy the rate down by paying 2.00% of the loan amount upfront. This as I mentioned before is rarely worth it.
Besides this, the lenders will give dealers added incentives like lets say they get an additional bonus of $5000.00 if they put a certain amount of business through the lender per-month or something else like per-quarter. Many times they have other lenders offering a lower rate for your loan but will place you with the higher rate lender just to get their bonus.
This is two great reasons why it’s best to shop financing first before even looking. It’s the same with auto, home and just about every other loan out there. A “par” rate exists for every credit score and that’s what you should be getting. Some lenders have a much lower rates for the same scores as well.
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BiGG
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10/03/08 11:33am |
Toy Haulers
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RE: New Airstream toyhauler
Very nice but only if they x that worthless dinette and replaced it with a couple of decent recliners. :W
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BiGG
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10/03/08 07:37am |
Toy Haulers
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RE: Whose the manufacturer?
Take a look at the maverick line at Palamino RV. I've noticed those on EBay for a while. Don't understand why the seller won't/can't post the name of the manufacturer, but that's what they are.
Not just with RV’s but many other items as well the manufacturer sets a minimum published advertising price.
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BiGG
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10/03/08 07:23am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Truck Bed Storage?
Take a look at what Dodge did to the Ram 1500 for 2009. Scroll down to picture 13. Not much use with a camper on, even if you had one on a 1500, but it's nice to see manufacturers moving in this direction.
That new storage area is very cool. The greatest lacking on pickups is storage for even minimum basic survival items and that’s a great answer. I like seeing the innovative thinking also.
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BiGG
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10/03/08 07:07am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Whose the manufacturer?
Palomino
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BiGG
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10/03/08 06:31am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Winter Camping Questions
.... I also wish camper manufacturers installed propane lamps in addition to electric ones.
I’m having my new slide-in plumbed for a propane light fixture when it’s built. Always loved their functionality on the rigs my parents had. Here are some for those interested ...
Gaslite.net
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BiGG
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10/02/08 07:07pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Dealer offering a lower interest rate
I work in finance and this is what’s happening …
Lenders give dealers a rate sheet and let’s say 7% is the “par” rate for your credit score. The par rate is the rate the lender will give you the loan for but the rate sheet also shows higher interest rates and if the dealer can suck you into accepting one, they get a kick-back from the lender. This is the same for home loans. On some loans it is possible to “buy” the rate down by paying upfront for the lower rate but not generally worth it.
If I were you I would check the rates at your bank/credit unions along with other online lenders. The dealer is scamming you with that lie plain and simple; if they wanna dispute anything I said I will be happy to do a three-way call with you and the dealer.
P.S. Everyone should *always* shop financing first and the dealer is the last place I would look.
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BiGG
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10/02/08 11:05am |
Toy Haulers
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RE: Dodge/Outfitter Conquers the Alpine Loop - Part 1
Spectacular looking trip, thanks for sharing the great photos/commentary. :C
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BiGG
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10/01/08 09:47pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: 5er to TC & back to 5er??
After many slide-ins I bought one of the first Holiday Rambler toy hauler travel trailers and decided on the drive home after picking it up that it would be finding a new home soon and it did … fast forward a little and there is a new Bounty Hunter Class A toy hauler sitting in the barn that will be finding a new home soon also.
Once you have a go-anywhere truck/camper and start noticing all the places you can go with one as opposed too towing or larger rigs the lack of indoor space quickly becomes a non-issue. Truck camper owners are “free” unlike any other except for small Class B/C’s in that they can go pretty much anywhere while larger rigs are destined to be highway queens. I spent a lot on money figuring out I’m not one of them.
Adventures are more fun with less driving restrictions as truck camper owners know well!
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BiGG
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10/01/08 07:38am |
Truck Campers
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RE: What would you do? Opinions requested
My wife worked for attorneys for years and trust me--you won't win. Car and RV dealers have iron clad contracts that have been formulated by the best minds in the business. If you can no longer work with the dealer you better give it up, make the repairs you need to make and get on with life. Unfortunately that is just the way it is.
I don’t agree, the consumer bought a brand new rig and even if the dealer did not notice the damage at the time of signing the contract, it should have been disclosed/addressed at the time they did find it before delivery unless the consumer bought it “at is”.
If post-factory damage exists the consumer has every right to expect a new undamaged roof as that’s what his contract says he purchased.
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BiGG
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10/01/08 07:08am |
Toy Haulers
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RE: Replacing convection microwave with regular oven.
The meaning of “convection oven” has been muddied over the years in that a real convection oven has three heating elements, one on the bottom, one on the top and one around the fan.
There are other “convection” ovens that do not have the third element around the fan and these are vastly lacking to say the least (they sell these cheap rip-offs for home markets also, be aware if looking to buy!) as they do not do a very good job at all and nothing like a real convection.
You should be able to bake like a regular oven by leaving the fan off, yours doesn’t allow for regular baking? If you are using the fan are you lowering the temperatures while in convection mode?
The transition to convection does have a slight learning curve and I know of few that would ever go back to a regular oven after spending a little time with one but good luck either way!
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BiGG
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10/01/08 06:41am |
Toy Haulers
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RE: What would you do? Opinions requested
I would tell the dealer to deliver the unit as agreed or give me my money back = you have a legal standing here in that the dealer has zero right to alter or add anything to the agreement without your acknowledgement.
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BiGG
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09/30/08 08:39pm |
Toy Haulers
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RE: Interesting Vintage Camper
In the sixties & seventies Champion was a powerhouse in the RV world building Champion, Concord & Titan brands. I don’t remember exactly but I think the slide-in pictured would be early to mid seventies.
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BiGG
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09/30/08 08:12pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Chevy K2500 & 2002 Lance 1130 Camper
4dogscamping,
For the record people have been putting 11+ foot slide-ins on ¾ ton trucks and pulling trailers at the same time since I was a child in the 60’s. Proper tires, a quick set of overloads, an equalizer hitch and/or any of the other modifications you choose will get you on the road no problem. My parents owned several slide-ins, other family members have them, I have/had several along with many friends = all of them sitting on ¾ ton pickups = never an issue for any of us!
Looking back through history we see a rare one ton as just about every truck made was a ½ or ¾ and they all did just fine, today’s trucks will too. Tens of thousands of rigs out there since the ‘50’s and the vast majority of them are sitting on ¾ or one ton single suspensions, the dually wasn’t even around for the first several decades of camping yet 11+ foot campers were. The odds of something happening to you are so slight it isn’t worth buying a new truck for, what you have will work just fine.
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BiGG
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09/30/08 06:38pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: My new shell and roof rack
Very cool and boy is that a nice looking Dodge. Great looking rig :C
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BiGG
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09/29/08 01:32pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: $45,000 Truck Camper - Anyone Top That?
Well, here is a $55K TC.
It must come with a 2 acre water front lake lot to park it on. :)
$55K for a truck camper is ridiculous. :M
NASA could build one for less than that.
I agree. The days of free-for-all pricing excess’s for many things including slide-ins are quickly coming to a close hopefully and none-to-soon.
America/Canada are quickly wising-up to the notion that just because easy credit is available that doesn’t make things like slide-in campers worth a list price of over 60k and a high selling price to go with it.
Anybody ever check out the "Buy It Now" price on travel trailers on Ebay? When you spend a few minuets looking at selling prices there and other places you quickly see where some slide-in manufacturers/dealers have borderline insane mark-ups for what you are actually getting.
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BiGG
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09/29/08 11:21am |
Truck Campers
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RE: After market rear bumper?
Anyone know where to buy one?
I searched around with no luck...
Thanx, Bill
Search under RV Salvage
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BiGG
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09/28/08 04:32am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Final Feedback: Lance 1181 or Host Everest
I’m not much for the east-west configuration anymore either but its not that with the Everest, it’s the coffin-like walls on both sides of the mattress that would be an instant deal killer for me. I need a little air circulating around and a wall a few inches from my face doesn’t cut it, however, Host will build the Everest with a north-south arrangement also if one so chooses.
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BiGG
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09/28/08 04:04am |
Truck Campers
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