Finally! It's RV time!

[Cranky]

29 foot Holiday Rambler Aluma-Lite. It's old but very well taken care of and it has new appliances in it including potty. The bathroom in this thing is big too!!

Think the yard cart will pull it ok??

Just kidding about the Dakota but will probably use it to move it around the place. It's a lot easier than trying to use the 'train' which is an extended cab long bed 97 Dodge diesel.

 

[fla 66 cuda]

Congrats nice unit i was gonna say my favorites are Numar they are high end but very nice units secondly would be holiday rambler another nice coach and can be slightly less expensive than numar. I have been looking for a race car hauler myself for a retirement residence but finding one with at least 28 feet of living quarters and 21 feet of garage makes it expensive [used] and will probly be hard to find a campground it'll fit in. So i have decided to go the fifth wheel rv route with a enclosed car trailer for a garage. When we go to out of state car events i'll have to stay in a motel.

 

[YY1]

I was wondering if the Dak WAS the yard cart, or if you were saying it was so light the lawnmower could pull it.

Let's see inside...

 

[Cranky]

I was wondering if the Dak WAS the yard cart, or if you were saying it was so light the lawnmower could pull it.

Let's see inside...

Yeah, the Dakota is the yard cart lol. I'll get some pics of the inside shortly. I'm out in the shop and my old camera uses a floppy and I have one on the desk top in the house but my shop laptop only takes the 'newer' stuff....

 

[Budnicks]

Cranky, You should have said your towing with the Dakota, man you would have got a ton of snide remarks on that one... Trailer looks great...

 

[dave5237]

Looks nice. All right when can I hook up. Going on vacation somewhere with the family this summer.

 

[FatJack]

Good choice Cranky, I have sold Holiday Ramblers for about the last 25 years. Good insulation and well built. All aluminum frame with I-Beam construction.

 

[Cranky]

First 3 pics are pointed towards the front and the last 3 are towards the back....when I first saw this thing, I figured it was maybe a 98 or so and was shocked when they said it was an 87 lol.

 

[alleyoopmgv]

Nice looking camper!

 

[Ron 73]

Cool home away from home Cranky, inside looks like its in real great shape for 87... nice! Need a couple dirt bikes mounted on it for some afternoon fun!

 

[Endangered Species]

Nice score!

 

[MoparMitch]

Real nice Cranky. Looks awefully new for an 87. Sure someone didnt switch the VIN . LOL

 

[Cranky]

Cool home away from home Cranky, inside looks like its in real great shape for 87... nice! Need a couple dirt bikes mounted on it for some afternoon fun!

We have a couple of trail bikes. My wife rides a Honda 100F CRF and I have a 150F CRF. The PO installed a receiver hitch on the back but I'm sure it's not sturdy enough to put two bikes on. He used to carry a 3000W gen back there. I might can put the bikes in the truck bed if I take my tool box off and then lay the bikes over a bit....

And thanks everyone for the Kudos!

 

[Budnicks]

Looks great inside for an 1987 trailer, either they didn't have any children around, didn't use it very much or took extremely good care of it, in a dry climate... You probably already thought of this but, I will say it anyway.. If you plan on putting the 2 small motorcycles in the truck bed near the cab, make absolutely sure you have more than enough room for turning the trailer {"jack knifed"} at it's extremes left &/or right & at weird angles up & down, you could crush either the bikes &/or trailer front overhanging the fifth wheel/goose neck otherwise... Have fun throwing your money away on stocking the trailer with STUFF, fuel/gas for traveling this next summer...LOL... Make sure you have all the stuff in the cabinets secured well, line the bottoms with no-slide materials stuff & no glassware or no expensive china/plates, use plastic cups bowls & plates, otherwise they will be in a thousand pieces & all over the trailer, make sure your refer, stuff on the counters, drawers, cabinets, antennas, vents & awning are down & secured... I speak from experience...

 

[tpodwdog]

Dat'sa nice'a camper !

 

[Cranky]

Still can't pull it yet tho. When I bought my diesel back around 2000, I was using it a good bit but haven't so much as of late since I sold my race car but also, the rear gears were starting to whine a bit so I changed the rear end oil and added some STP and that helped but I knew they were not long for this world. Anyways, I got my hitch install in it the other day (man, those are a pita!) and I'm ready to make a test tow. I want to see if I should change my ratio before tearing into it. It has a 3.54 now but it also has 31" tall tires. The trailer isn't that heavy (5800 title weight) but has a fairly high profile...

 

[Ron 73]

We have a couple of trail bikes. My wife rides a Honda 100F CRF and I have a 150F CRF. The PO installed a receiver hitch on the back but I'm sure it's not sturdy enough to put two bikes on. He used to carry a 3000W gen back there. I might can put the bikes in the truck bed if I take my tool box off and then lay the bikes over a bit....

And thanks everyone for the Kudos!

You see so many of these, or i seem to that has mountain bikes bracketed on them, I like your idea, give me a motor.... I had a 185 Suzuki street and trail bike years ago, small for me but great price, good on gas and a ball to ride on trails.

 

[Cranky]

You see so many of these, or i seem to that has mountain bikes bracketed on them, I like your idea, give me a motor.... I had a 185 Suzuki street and trail bike years ago, small for me but great price, good on gas and a ball to ride on trails.

Yeah, I was surprised at the fuel use and we have bicycles too but haven't been riding anything much lately. You can go a long ways on a tank lol. And I'm probably too big for mine too but I've lost 20 lbs lately...down to 210 and want to lose another 20. The 150 should really outrun my wife on her 100 unless she starts losing weight too which she really needs to do. Her's runs hard for a 100!

 

[66belvedere2]

We (the ol lady and I) fulltime in a 5er.

38' Travel supreme. 13,300 loaded.

Welcome to the club. I feel your pain about installing the hitch. I had to remove a gooseneck setup and install mine by myself.

 

[Ron 73]

Yeah, I was surprised at the fuel use and we have bicycles too but haven't been riding anything much lately. You can go a long ways on a tank lol. And I'm probably too big for mine too but I've lost 20 lbs lately...down to 210 and want to lose another 20. The 150 should really outrun my wife on her 100 unless she starts losing weight too which she really needs to do. Her's runs hard for a 100!

Well, they say mountain bikes are good for the cardiovascular system, but again, give me the motor, i thought the wife was to strengthen the cardiovascular system.. Im at 225 now, i was 186 when i had my bike, but im 6-5, string bean comes to mind.. back then, a year and 1/2 ago i was 332, got sick, lost it fast... now im steady at 214-225.. wife could stand to loose a little but im not tellin her. Love dirt bikes, lots of fun, cheap on fuel, easy and smooth.. Hope you have a great summer with all this...