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Started by jeffrey, October 19, 2014, 12:00:42 AM

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jeffrey

Camping in my dad's side yard just east of Asheville nc right now.   Without exaggeration this things probably seen more than 20" of rain in the last 2 months and no leaks.  Got my 2015 20' quicksilver  at  eg trailer sales in Johnson city, tn.  Was leaning heavily on a 16 of some sort  but they just got this thing on the lot and I got a really great price on it.  They don't stock a whole lot of LL models but can order anything you want.  The price they quoted me on a 16db was very competitive also.  TV was doa and LL had a replacement delivered in about 7 days.  Love this trailer so far, taking it down to fl for a short stint than back to nm. Than up to north west.  Maybe as far as Montana.

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leslie

Very nice. Lots of room inside!
Located in Kentucky and Florida at present

jeffrey

[quote source="/post/4716/thread" timestamp="1414887237" author="@exploringcarolina"]Congrats on the new VRV![/quote]Thanks, skipped fl & back in NM now.  Towed pretty nice.  Some situations it started swaying a tiny bit.  Suspect it was the road surface being uneven, maybe some  side winds .  Seemed like  I was able to stop it by gradually drifting to the centerline than all the way back to the edge of the road.  I suspect I might have been unconsciously correcting it with tiny sharp turns left and right which probably aggravated the condition. Gas mileage was about what I expected with roughly 500lbs or so of cargo I got between 9 and 12 depending on the conditions.  And the type of gas.  I filled one tank with a medium octane gas which seemed to make the vehicle preform  a lot better.  I think in the future I'm going to only use  a higher octane gasoline.

jeffrey

[quote source="/post/4722/thread" timestamp="1414897827" author="@leslie"]Very nice. Lots of room inside![/quote]Thanks, one of the main reasons I like this is the bigger fridge.  Kitchen & bathroom is nice also.  Hard to heat though. I'm in the process of insulating the floor with Owens cornings foam board.
http://t.homedepot.com/p/Owens-Corning-FOAMULAR-150-1-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-R-5-Tongue-and-Groove-Insulation-Sheathing-68WD/100320355/

Seems  to support my weight relative to comparable styrofoam products very well. I suspect over time it's going to compact or crack on heavily  traveled areas but I like the 5 r value and that it emits virtually no voc's.  It's going in all the cabinet spaces with exposed floor also. I'm just going to throw a 5x8 shag rug I got at Walmart over it. Should make a big difference even though there are other areas with nothing but a thin sheet of aluminum between the inside and outside.  Namely one  shower Panel and the kitchen which butts up against storage and utility space in the very front of the trailer. That's going to be a little harder to address.

Of  course all this is one of the trade offs of getting a camper that's tailored more towards carrying atv's and motorcycles than comfort.  

shovelhead

Dave