Question How many RV's have you owned?

[Jim]

This is our second Class A. We wanted a way to pull our Jeep to Moab and to to bring the dogs with us. We bought a 2004 Windsport with 45K miles for $20,000 as we wern't sure we were going to like the RV lifestyle. But we did, and unfortunately the V10 didn't perform as well as we had hoped. Sold that and bought the Tiffin W/Diesel and all the good stuff that a diesel brings.

I'm pretty sure that a new(er) model is in the future as well, but right now we're having fun with the one we have.

 

[Tip&Tina]

We've owned one so far.

2017 Newmar Canyon Star. Just sold last month. We are looking to upgrade to a DSDP after the lockdown and we sell our home. Goal is go FT. Hopefully, things will resume and our dreams will go forward.

 

[Joe Dutchstar]

We have owned only one to date new in 2018. The new 2021 CanyonStar with the diesel is of interest. The new CanyonStar has included almost every one of my " wish it had" list. Diesel power, extra GVWR 30k vs 26k, air ride, independent front suspension, air brakes, etc. For us a DP is just too much: size, money, operating cost, etc.

 

[Nobaddays]

In 23 years of camping....
1968 Scamper popup
1983 30 ft Fleetwood Southwind MH
1995 36 ft Coachman Santara MH
1998 38 ft Dutch Star MH Freightliner
2000 40 ft Mountain Aire MH Spartan
2006 42 ft Travel Supreme MH Spartan
2012 43 ft Mountain Aire MH Freightliner

 

[AuntieDodo]

We are on our second we started with a Class C in our 30’s after renting many to go to car races only. We weren’t campers we just wanted the ease of not having to pay through our noses for hotels rooms and sitting in traffic for hours. Not to mention the exchange rate for all costs associated.

After scouring the RV traders weekly I would be begging my husband to buy one instead of having a corvette sitting under blankets albeit sunny days? He only wanted a class A and that was out of our price range at the time. I would race out each Friday morning to buy the RV trader as internet was just becoming a thing (in my world anyway) I would go through it first while doing so I would leave notes on the ones I wished for hubby to ponder. He would get to look second?

In the meantime our good friend a single lady owned a Class C that she would store at our house and have all maintenance done with my husbands work and in return we would use it to go to races instead of having to rent one.

On one of these trips doesn’t the tranny act up in her motorhome and we were stranded overnight and not getting to our vacation spot. We ended up getting going but all the way home I was griping how we had to pay for a new transmission and it not even being ours not to mention our whole vacation scrapped.

It ended up just being a transmission linkage.

We were home and within an hour he referred to one of my notes in the RV trader and said “call that guy to see if we can go look at that motorhome”. I thought I died and went to heaven.

We went and looked at it, it was perfect at the time. It was a 1997 Georgie Boy Maverick, 31 Feet no slides, 3 yrs old and we could pay cash in replace of the rag top Corvette that was sitting under blankets. Just perfect! Turquoise paint on the bottom half to boot. Yeehaw!

Moving along I think maybe 3 yrs we started becoming campers instead of two times a year to NASCAR races. Well the Class C with no slides started to become quite cramped and the dam neighbours would pull in in their Class A’s. The stars were in my eyes. I was out at lunch one day and decided I would just go look at the dealers down the way. Well didn’t I hit the jackpot, the salesman just started that day after being layed off from Nortel and didn’t he divulge the markup on new ones to me. Wow!

Well our current one is the one I made a deal on the day after and it didn’t take too much convincing this time on my part. No love notes were required! It is a 2004 Georgie Boy Pursuit, nothing fancy, certainly not top of the line but within the budget and brand new. The damn thing has been hand washed and dried after each use with MY help and bickering. Did I mention “He” is anal?

Fast forward 17 yrs later the damn thing is still in perfect condition and those neighbours with the big diesel pushers keep pulling in and the stars in my eyes are twinkling. Back to square 1!

I am currently working on him but time’s have changed to the complete opposite. “MY” wants far exceed ”HIS” budget. He has just retired and I’m still working.

I do have a way of convincing him and if it wasn’t for COVID and us not being able to cross the border I may have succeeded by now but you know...

With all of what has happened in 2020 I just hope we all make it through this BS and be able to eat everyday and do the things we love while being safe to do so. Either of which I have been doubting allot lately. A diesel pusher in the yard is the last of my worries.

At this rate I will take what I have and just be happy to get across the border and do the things we normally do with our old girl that still looks and acts new! That in itself will be a true blessing.

 

[dJohn]

We pick up our 4th Rv on Friday, our first A class, Newmar Bay Star 3414, I am wondering if we did the right thing. Our previous unit was a Brookstone 315 RL 5fer and we pulled it with a 2012 Ram 3500. We had 2 bumper pulls before the 5fer and found that neither suited our needs. The 5fer was great and I loved pulling it with the Ram, 28000 km's in 6 years but it was starting to show some of it's age so the Newmar came into the picture. Hope it does the trick and we love it, but who knows. Wish us luck.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

I think I was born in a tent (not really) but don't remember not camping so lets see.

56' 24ft terry
58' 30ft Vagabond
Tent trailer don't remember much about it
Kit cab over camper
30ft Catalina 30 sailboat
73 streamliner princess
95' Winnebago adventurer 30ft
83' 30ft chieftain
60' seista 12ft
2 homebuilt sleeper popups
cargo trailer converted toy hauler
83 Alpinelite 26ft fifth

I guess 13 in all. Best rigs were those I took the time to modify or make mine. that makes 8 best rigs.

 

[AbdRahim]

2014 Forest River Tracer Executive
2015 Forest river Forester 2801 QS
2020 Newmar Baystar 3626

 

[JRW-NAW]

Coleman Sequoia pop up
Wilderness 23.5 ft 5ver
Sunnybrook 24ft 5ver
Sunnybrook 24ft 5ver (yup another one)
SunnyBrook 31ft 5ver
Big Horn 35 ft 5ver
2018 Ventena 3412

Safe travels.

 

[whereRVapp]

2018 Bay Star

With well over 300 nights out in it we couldn’t have asked for a better first experience RV’ing!

 

[J&JD]

I’m thinking of giving @TJ&LadyDi a lowball offer for their beautiful 2018 MADP???

 

[J&JD]

I’m thinking of giving @TJ&LadyDi a lowball offer for their beautiful 2018 MADP???

But, they will have to throw in their Polson lot.

 

["EZ"]

We went from tent camping off the back of a motorcycle to a 40' diesel pusher. We skipped everything in-between!!! To be honest, I'm glad we did.

 

[flyboy013]

Only one - 2018 Newmar Mountain Aire. We were told to buy our third one first, so we did. No desires yet to upgrade.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

I think I was born in a tent (not really) but don't remember not camping so lets see.

56' 24ft terry
58' 30ft Vagabond
Tent trailer don't remember much about it
Kit cab over camper
30ft Catalina 30 sailboat
73 streamliner princess
95' Winnebago adventurer 30ft
83' 30ft chieftain
60' seista 12ft
2 homebuilt sleeper popups
cargo trailer converted toy hauler
83 Alpinelite 26ft fifth

I guess 13 in all. Best rigs were those I took the time to modify or make mine. that makes 8 best rigs.

oops, forgot one. Kwik Kamp. found a pic after taking @redbaron s advice. Spent 2 seasons traveling with this one. Pic at Costco pumps in missoula, montana after a couple weeks on lolo pass.