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Which travel trailer?
« on: September 10, 2022, 03:56:15 PM »
The wife and I have narrowed it down to two travel trailers, this will be our first one for dry camping and hookups. We will camp year around and for hunting.

Keystone half-ton

Grand Design Transcend

On paper the half ton has more and is also more expensive. But i read reviews and people say go with GD because they have less issues. I’d love to hear from any of you that might own either of these trailers.

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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2022, 04:25:29 PM »
I have a 2007 Keystone Spinter and it has been great but the quality on anything Keystone has gone to crap.  Gramd Design is a good trailer from what I have heard and their customer support is pretty good.

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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2022, 04:30:09 PM »
Thanks Russ. That’s pretty nuch what I’ve been hearing. 👍

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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2022, 04:30:41 PM »
Stick built trailers are all having a issue with quality . Look carefully and make sure they fix what you find. Try all the systems to insure they work as they should.

I bought a fiberglass trailer to get better quality and resale down the road.
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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2022, 04:41:32 PM »
 :yeah:

They had a massive market demand and built a flood trailers as fast as they could, flooding the market with absolute junk

Buyer beware!

I walked through some $150k 5th wheels brand new and crap was falling off the walls from dealer transport to an rv show, I got there when they were pressure washing them and hadn't had time to stick the trim and things back on

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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2022, 04:43:28 PM »
I just found out the hard way they didn't seal the awning structure to the walls on my TT,  water ran down inside the rails and damaged the wall where its screwed in


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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2022, 05:22:43 PM »
 Ow that makes sense. They took short cuts.  Ow I’m nervous that I’ll get a lemon now matter what.

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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2022, 06:58:06 PM »
Ow that makes sense. They took short cuts.  Ow I’m nervous that I’ll get a lemon now matter what.

I, know you had two picked. But I would look long at fiberglass. No leaks.
If you need a large one look at big foot.
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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2022, 07:16:04 PM »
Ok, I’ll take a look. Hadn’t thought a out fiberglass.

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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2022, 07:30:00 PM »
Grand Design is tough to beat !

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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2022, 07:48:02 PM »
Yeah my tt is fiber glass.  Had a aluminum one a while back nothing buy issues.

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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2022, 08:21:37 PM »
We went with the rockwood ultralite when we bought our first TT earlier this year.  Amish built, and a bit better in quality than most others, even though as mentioned above the market was flooded with crap due to high demand. 

It took is 4 years to finally pick ours out.  I would suggest hitting up a couple shows and actually walking through as many as you can. 
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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2022, 08:38:23 PM »
Thanks Asmith. We’re actually planning on going to the rv show at the Tacoma dome Oct 6th for the reason you stated. Lome you, we’re pushing 3yrs of looking.

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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2022, 05:11:22 AM »
Of your two selected options, hands down the GD is superior by leaps and bounds IMO.

Also, it doesn’t matter what brand or skin you have if you have to maintain and reseal caulk joints. Especially if you don’t keep it inside or under cover.  Fiberglass skin doesn’t mean you won’t have leaks.  Look for it on fiberglass trailers while you drive around, you don’t have to see many before you see one with a rippled skin which indicates leaking. 

At a minimum, invest in a Adco cover if you can’t keep it under cover.  They last around 3-5 years and aren’t cheap but well worth the investment.
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Re: Which travel trailer?
« Reply #14 on: September 11, 2022, 06:24:52 AM »
I have a GD momentum 5th Wheel toy hauler I have been living in full time for the last year. Their quality is superior to most other models I have experience with. And warranty items were fixed asap and customer service is great.
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