Tracey and I went to the Hershey RV Show this year (2021). We didn't really go looking for an RV specifically. However, while we like Abby (who's Abby? Read More Here) we are looking for an affordable toy hauler. But before we did that, we had some things to look at with the vendors.
Our Equalizer E2 keeps moving on us no matter how tight I seem to get it. We got to talk to the rep and found out that it might be too far back. Hmm, that was where the dealer set it up. So after getting home, I measured it; it is supposed to be between 24-27" from the center of the ball, ours was 28" to the front edge of the bracket. Mainly because of where our propane tanks were back too far. So that was fixed, and we shall see how it works.
We also ran into a YouTube couple, Brian & Michelle from LivinRVision; we follow and got to chat with them at the RVLife booth. They were really nice, and it was great to get to meet them. YouTube channels are great, but it isn't the same as getting to chat with the people on the other end of the channel in person.
RV Life: What can I say? We love it, well I love it since I'm the one that does the planning, etc. But it is a great platform. RVLife offers an App with RV-safe GPS, Maintain my RV, Campground Reviews, an RV community of forums, and of course, RV Trip Wizard. Which is a fantastic platform for planning a route and looking for places to stay. All for just $49 (special as of 10.1.21). Not sure if that will change or not, but if you want to check it out.
We went to the RVLife tent to ask a few questions about the program, particularly the RV Trip Wizard. They were super great and answered the two big questions; we couldn't get the RV GPS to work on our iPad. It turns out our iPad doesn't have GPS; we were using our phone to hotspot to the iPad, but that doesn't translate the GPS. Oops, our bad, well, you live and learn. Next, what would be HUGE for us would be to have Harvest Host locations on the app. They explained that they are trying to work it out with Harvest Hosts, and we shall see.
If anyone is interested in how to use the trip wizard, drop me a line at dan@tradndreams.com. But it is super easy, and you can sort and filter by all sorts of things. It also has a great feature on your estimated gas mileage.
While walking around, we did find a few toy haulers we hadn't seen yet. So we are looking for a toy hauler, not really for hauling toys, but that is a possibility down the road. The biggest reason we are looking for a toy haulers is we need office space. Both Tracey and I work, so we have a more serious spot than just a laptop on a dinette. Other things that we want are either no or a small dovetail; since that is where we are putting the office, it would be great not to have the chair roll down the dovetail. :
Forrest River IBEX 24MTH - we liked this one so much I'm going to do a separate post about it… here, but some quick bonuses
- High Clearance
- No Dove Tail
- Light colors
- A door on both sides of the trailer
- Vacuum system
- Tons of storage
- Patio system with screen
- Comes with Solar, Batteries, and Inverter installed.
Coachmen Adrenaline - we saw the 27KB. It had a few features we liked, but I don't think it jumped to the top. There are others we want, more like the Wildwood FSX 27RTK and even the IBEX 24MTH or CruiserRV's 2700TH.
CruiserRV MPG 2700TH - So we really liked this one too, and I will do a separate post about that here. Some quick bonuses.
- Large tanks
- King Size Bed
- Small slide for the kitchen (adds room)
- Dry Weight 6,202 GVWR - 9,632
- Room for chairs
That was pretty much it for the Hershey show for us this year. We only went up Saturday but got a lot figured out with some vendors and found a few more Toy Haulers to explore more. Hope you got something from this and join along for more.
