tuckr2

Forest river has a good forum. Just sold my 29ft 262bhxl. Single slide, large double bunks and bathroom in the back. Upgraded to a Rockwood 2304DS 25 Ft with double opposing slide. Really, when you start looking travel trailers are like buying f150’s with different levels. You have xL, XLT, Lariat, and grades higher from the same manufacturers.
If you look at used you can also get values through NADA. This has a pretty good breakdown of features relative to prices. Also, on new prices I would expect to negotiate down 25-30 percent of MSRP. Most dealers will work this depending on the model purchasing. Best of luck in your search.
http://www.nadaguides.com/RVs

Olotti76

Thanks I really like those forest rivers they have exactly what we're looking for. Found a Cherokee model grey wolf and wildwood x-lite that are perfect for us and they fit the weights, prob go with one of those if they have them at the rv show this weekend as theirs a dealer there that carries both models.

1stTruckGuy

Also keep in mind the "stick and tin" construction trailers are quite a bit heavier. If it has aluminum siding, it's made with wood framing and expect it to be heavier than its dry weight sticker lists. If it has smooth fiberglass sides, it's going to be made of welded aluminum structurally which saves gobs of weight. There are pros and cons to both, the fiberglass trailers are typically lighter, but cost more and are harder to repair if you get water intrusion that causes delamination (bubbling of the fiberglass skin).

Wood framed trailers are heavy but the siding can be removed and wood framing repaired if there is water damage. They also tend to hide water damage from view far longer. Plan on keeping the trailer covered whenever possible but definitely for the winter if you live where it snows. These things depreciate at an alarming rate and water damage is easier to prevent than it is to repair.

Olotti76

Great advice. We are lucky in that we store our camper in a pole barn every winter so it stays out if he nasty elements here in Michigan.

acdii

When I was shopping, the very first thing I did was look at the interior seams by the ceiling, and found so many of the fiberglass ones had water damage vs the metal sided ones that I wrote them off the list as a first time trailer. The weight claim though doesn't always hold true, I have found smaller fiberglass ones that weigh more than my Coleman, and similar sized ones with similar floor plan weigh the same or more, rarely less. All depends on the builder.

I also store mine in the barn during the winter, it just fits when I remove the cover off the AC.