Recent content by Mike W

Nice TT. Its all about creating memories with the kids. You said your kids are little and you have plenty of room to grow. I had a pop up when my kids were that small so your way ahead of the curve than I was. Enjoy and get out there and camp.

I like the idea of the separate room but the ones we looked at the bunks were to small. My 14 year old son is already 6'2". I needed the bigger bunks.

Are you looking at the separate BH room version.

I got mine from RV Wholesale Club. They have about 8 Dealerships. I got mine in Kentucky because it had the Theater seating we wanted. They had a Dealer in Georgia with a very similar layout and there is Dealer in Nashville with a larger couch/dinning table plan. The lady who does the...

Just got back from another camping trip and love our new bunk house. Open range Ultra Lite UT2802BH. It has a lot of cool options. The A/C is whisper quiet unlike our 2 year old Jayco. the Jayco A/C was really loud. It also has a PVC roof and has a 15 year zero maintenance warrantee. I...

I just bought a 2020 Highland Ridge Open Range Ultra Lite UT28002BH. Its 31'9" long and dry weight is 6380. The Tongue weight is 650 LBS I tow with 3.21 and have no problems. I just went camping last weekend and it was 117 degrees outside and towed up 6-7% 6 mile grade. I watched the temps...

Ya I know thats his job. Thats all I saw on 40 was peeps hauling TT and 5th Wheels to the west coast. All the dealers add crazy mark ups here. They show the list price and then you sit down with them and ask OTD price and its insane. I didn't search as far as Yuma. I used to go to Yuma on...

I live in Arizona and drove to Kentucky to save money. List on my camper is $42,000 and was able to get that down to about $36,000 in AZ. The dealers add the destination charge and dealer mark ups. That adds about $10,000-$12,000. This is the second time I drove out there to get a new...

On your drivers door look at the tire sticker. The top go it will list your Payload. that is your important number. the more upgrades and options your truck has that number will go down.

I have a 2019 Big Horn with Package 1 and the center console. The Payload on my door sticker says 1783 lbs

I will be taking my fist trip camping with new trailer in 2 weeks. Im still resting from my 3,000 mile trip to Kentucky to pick up the camper.

My payload is 1750 and my dry hitch weight is 520 lbs so with gear a bit more. So if we say 650 tongue weight thats gives me 1100 lbs for peeps and gear. I was just stating the total weight the truck was rated to do before.

My truck weighs 5150 lbs, trailer + gear without water is about 6700. I have a 51 gal water tank so with water its 7125 lbs. So truck+trailer with water is 12,275 and my max total weight for truck is 13900lbs. That leaves me with 1625 lbs for peeps and gear in truck. I will tow with water in...

Thats not a bad dry weight. My dry wight for my Open Range Ultra Lite UT2802BH is with battery and propane is 6300. I put all my stuff in it and that only adds about 350-400 lbs including generator.

My last camper was a Jayco X19h and the dry weight was about 3500 and I still only got about 9 mpg. I think its more about the wind resistance than the weight.