Well, I've been working heard on the new Terry since we picked it up in early December. A few folks have been asking for photos, but just haven't had the time to get out there with the camera.
We finally decided on the Terry 280 FQS, with the optional floor plan the eliminated the bunks and gave a large bath. Overall length is 32', dry weight of 6600 lbs, GVWR of 9200 lbs.
Here's what she looks like:
The front has the one-piece molded fiberglas cap:
The floor plan has a front queen bedroom with walk-around bed, pretty standard:
Looking from the back, the entertainment center is located in an island at the end of the bed:
Two pocket doors slide from behind the entertainment center to close off the bedroom. Looking from the bedroom side, closing the pocket doors reveals the 19" LCD TV for watching in bed:
The trailer was pre-wired for a TV from the factory, with a panel that removed from the rear of the top cabinet to mount the TV. I re-mounted the panel with 3" spacer blocks after I installed the TV to provide a more finished look. I also installed a second antenna booster and an inverter:
The inverter and antenna booster are wired to a 15A wireless 12v switch, so after the TV is off, you can turn off the antenna booster and inverter from bed. Thanks to the folks in the Tech Issues forum for helping me to locate that doo-dad.
The living room side of the entertainment center has another 19" LCD TV. The factory stereo has a built in DVD player that connects to the TV. There is subwoofer in the left side of the canbinet:
I installed another inverter for this TV also. The on-sale Insignia brand I got at Best Buy is very picky about clean power, so I needed to get a pure sine wave inverter, the modified sine wave I had for the other TV produced a lot of static.
I also replaced the factory speakers with Infiniti 6002Si 6-1/4 " coax:
The couch is a full pull out sleeper, not a jacknife:
We also opted for the table and chairs instead of the dinette. The table has a drop leaf that pops up, and the whole table top also tilts up to reveal storage for games, etc. The table was a little wobbly, so I added some small oak triangles by the top trestle in the table to provide a little rigidity, although you can't see them in this picture:
I added a bottle rack to the cabinet by the dinette. I made it from oak, and the base has six 4 1/4" holes for bottles. The top piece is a keeper that slides on two 1 x 3/4 pieces of oak fastened to the top of the cabinet:
The optional floorplan for the rear gave us a huge bath with corner shower instead of the bunks. We also have a huge wardrobe back there. One of our criteria in shopping for the new TT was that we wanted enough room to walk around the bed so we could get dressed in the bedroom. The models we saw with bedroom slides were all 35'+ and we wanted to stay smaller. So even though our bedroom has the "standard" amount of walk around space, we have plenty of room to get dressed in the bathroom, especially with the wardrobe right there.
The kitch has a good amount of cabinet space and countertop area, another criteria that was high on the list when shopping. That 12" or so of space between the stove and fridge is unbelievably handy:
I also added the accumulator tank to help qiet the pump a little:
I even sprung for the Hensly hitch cover with embroidered logo:
We also got a bunch of stuff that we can already tell will be nice, like the double-glazed and tinted windows, day/nite shades on all windows, heated holding tanks with enclosed underbelly, power vent in the living room, extra skylight over the galley so it's nice and bright inside even with the door closed.
Last but not least, I also added the Marinco 30A shore power disconnect:
And the back-up lights, powered off of a relay tied to the TT batteries:
So, that's it. This is the BurbMan, saying good night, and good camping.
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Fish cleaning???? DW barely tolerates that outdoors! I forgot to mention that there are outside speakers built into the sidewall on the curb side....but they stink just like the ones that came inside. A tin can and piece of string would sound better, so they are next up for replacement with some Infinity Kappa Marine speakers....
Super nice! Really enjoyed the pics. Thanks for sharing and congrats on the new rig.
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Hey that's the same floorplan I have but I opted for the bunks as I have a 7-year-old DD. She often brings one of her friends along so the bunks work out nicely. The family just loves this floorplan.
Our "island" TV is on a turntable of sorts. Pull a pin at the top of the wall inside the island and the whole island wall rotates. This allows placement of the 19" TV/DVD to be either in the living area or the bedroom, the other side being a mirror. The kids love to play with it.
Burbman, did your TT come with a heater vent in the bathroom? Mine did not. I just added one yesterday. I had to go through the underside of the bunk and through the bathroom wall. It was pretty easy although I had to add a 4" muffin fan to the vent outlet since the run from the heater to the bathroom was about 20'. Blows a lot of air now! Keeps the bathroom nice and toasty.
Another difference I noticed between the floorplans was that my TT has regular door instead of pocket doors that close off the bedroom. Interesting how different manufacturers solve the same design "problems".
Next on the mod list is to soundproof the furnace which is quite noisy, install a Wave 6 catalytic heater, and have a platform built to mount the generator out back. I have mod fever...
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