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12-28-2014, 04:30 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 95
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New member Springdale 253fwre
Hello everyone. Back to rv'ing after 30 year absence. Kids all grown and looking at retirement in a couple of years. Just bought a new fifth wheel Springdale 253.
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12-28-2014, 05:31 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Modesto
Posts: 20,350
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Welcome to the forum
And back to the greatest lifestyle there is (RV'ing)
Second best will be retirement!
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2012 Copper Canyon 273FWRET being towed by a 1994 Ford F350 CC,LB,Dually diesel.
Airlift 5000 bags, Prodigy brake control, 5 gauges on the pillar.Used to tow a '97 Jayco 323RKS.
Now an RVIA registered tech. Retired from Law enforcement in 2008 after 25+ yrs.
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12-28-2014, 05:42 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: MA
Posts: 3,153
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Congrats and enjoy. Have fun getting back at it.
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2013 Premier 31BHPR
2014 F350 6.2L
Soon to be just DW and I
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12-28-2014, 06:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Currituck, NC
Posts: 356
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from Virginia.... Enjoy
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Steve & Amy
2017 Winnebago Aspect 30J
Previously :
2015 Jayco 31UL MH
2015 Cougar X-Lite 29RLI
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12-28-2014, 07:03 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 95
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Thanks for the warm welcome. I have been lurking around the other areas of the forum and after looking at some of the posts in the service and complaints section I am getting worried. I'm not sure I would have bought my Springdale had I seen all this before. I understand the Springdale is a less expensive RV and I expect to fine tune some things to make everything work like I want it to but sure hope I have better luck than some others. I have found several things that were not up to par like the TV mount screws not screwed into anything backing them up inside the wall. The bottom screws were in solid wood but the top screws were only in the paneling. I dropped the mount about three inches to get all six screws into solid wood which fixed the problem. That is just one of several things I've already taken care of and most everything else is OK. Please tell me there are many more owners having good luck with their keystone RV's!
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12-28-2014, 07:16 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Modesto
Posts: 20,350
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Don't fret, even the big money units have issues. Fix what you can and enjoy yourself
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2012 Copper Canyon 273FWRET being towed by a 1994 Ford F350 CC,LB,Dually diesel.
Airlift 5000 bags, Prodigy brake control, 5 gauges on the pillar.Used to tow a '97 Jayco 323RKS.
Now an RVIA registered tech. Retired from Law enforcement in 2008 after 25+ yrs.
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12-28-2014, 07:22 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 95
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I sure will try. I am a machinist by trade and can fix most things so will carry on!
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12-28-2014, 08:20 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Gaylord
Posts: 26,997
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Our first fifth wheel was a Springdale. It was probably the least problematic RV we've ever owned. The only issue we had was a refrigerator failure (Dometic's issue, not Keystone) and then the tree that fell on it and destroyed the roof. Other than that, we would still be camping in it. We had it for 4 years and other than "piddling" with things and changing out bulbs to LED, those types of things, it was every bit as good an RV as our Cougar.
Enjoy it, don't worry about the things that "might" go wrong, just have fun breaking the things you can with use, not with cleaning dust off it every spring LOL
Oh, and welcome to the forum !!!!!
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John
2015 F250 6.7l 4x4
2014 Cougar X Lite 27RKS
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12-29-2014, 01:15 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 95
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Nice to hear good things about Springdale. Thanks
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12-29-2014, 05:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Central Massachusetts
Posts: 616
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Welcome to the Forum. Enjoy your new 5th wheel
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JimQ
2012 Ford F 250 Super Duty Lariat 6.2 ; 3.73
2022 KZ C271BKHSE
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12-29-2014, 06:44 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 95
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Thanks. The wife and I are pretty excited.
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12-30-2014, 03:33 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: W. Texas
Posts: 17,695
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to the forum from W TX! Enjoy that new RV and have fun. Don't worry too much about Keystone. From my research they're not any worse than any other RV manufacturer and better than most.
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