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10-27-2020, 07:23 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Mount Vernon
Posts: 8
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Hello, my name is Brendan. My wife and I just recently purchased our first camper. It is a used 2018 Keystone Springdale Summerland 2600TB. It is a 28 foot travel trailer bunk house floor plan with no slides. I will be pulling it with my 2016 Ram 1500 with the 5.7 Hemi.
We are extremely excited to start camping with our 7 and 4 year old little girls. I grew up camping and have missed it so much as I have not been in 15 years. I'm sure as I go over our camper more I will have lots of questions. I love to tinker with and fix things so I am actually excited for this part of owning a camper. I look forward to getting involved in this forum!
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10-28-2020, 06:29 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Woodbridge New Jersey
Posts: 823
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Nice look rig,Congratulations and Welcome from New Jersey.
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10-28-2020, 06:55 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Fort Thomas
Posts: 339
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Welcome Have Fun and Enjoy!!!
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2020 Keystone Passport GT 2521RL 30 FT.
Blue Ox Sway Pro WDH 1000 LBS Bars.
2016 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4X4 All Terrain V8 5.3
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10-28-2020, 06:58 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Posts: 330
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 from Oregon
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2020 Keystone 291RLS
2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel 4x4 Crew 3.92
EAZ-Lift Recurve R3 #1200
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10-28-2020, 08:49 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Markham, Ontario
Posts: 1,942
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Congrats and 
Enjoy the forum and the trailer 
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Dan & Serena
2019 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD SLE
2015 Cougar X-Lite 29 RET
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10-28-2020, 01:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 990
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Great enjoy
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 Bob/Kay
Jacksonville, Nc
2020 Keystone Cougar 5th wheel 29 rks traded now
2021 3761 fl Montana 5th wheel
Pulled with a 2022 F350 King Ranch
Retired LEO after 35 years just enjoying life now.
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10-28-2020, 04:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Shavano Park
Posts: 115
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Awesome, we just got ours also. Happy trails.
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10-28-2020, 05:36 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Monroeville
Posts: 1,549
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Welcome from Pennsylvania and enjoy the Hideout!
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2014 Bullet Premier 29bh in Charocal
2019 Ram 2500 HD 4x4, CC, 6.4L
2011 Passport 2510RB (Sold)
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10-28-2020, 07:20 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Mount Vernon
Posts: 8
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Thank you all for the warm welcome! Unfortunately the temps have dropped here, so I am gonna have to winterize it before we get a chance to take it out. But that doesn't rule out a night in the driveway with the little ones!
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10-28-2020, 09:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Oregon High Desert
Posts: 1,553
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Hello Brendan, and welcome to the forum!
Nice looking setup you have, so get out there and have fun.
Travel safe!
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Gary & Deb (44 years)
RV: Keystone 2013 Alpine 3495FL
TV: 2014 RAM 3500HD Laramie Long Box, 6.4 HEMI, 4x4, 4.10's, with Mopar Puck system, and a B&W Companion hitch.
Retired Firefighter/EMT.
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10-31-2020, 01:08 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Gilford
Posts: 93
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Welcome from NH! We bought a new TT two weeks ago & cant use it either as we’re in NH....will be a long few+ months for both of us!
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Marie
2021 Keystone Cougar Half Ton 32 rli
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11-03-2020, 05:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Saginaw Mn
Posts: 1,728
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Welcome from northern MN.
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11-09-2020, 09:57 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Mount Vernon
Posts: 8
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First Trip
Well we decided last minute to de-winterize and take a quick trip to Gun Creek campground at Rend Lake (only about 1/2 hour from home). So glad we did! The weather was beautiful and so were the trees. The girls had a blast and are ready to go again!
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11-12-2020, 09:09 AM
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Member
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Charlottesville
Posts: 90
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Welcome from Virginia! You have a newer model of what I have! Mine is 2013. Love it! I'm quite happy with mine, and I'm sure you'll be happy with yours, too.
Enjoy and let us know how everything goes with your Summerland.
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2006 Winnebago Sightseer 30B
2019 Toyota Tacoma 4X4 SR V6
TINSTAAFL - "there is no such thing as a free lunch" Any farmer can tell you:
"you don't work, you don't eat." It is that simple.
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11-12-2020, 11:38 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Shawnigan Lake
Posts: 125
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Welcome Bendan, Like LadyFaire, I have the same model as well, just a little older. Really happy with it. It's in bed for the winter but looking forward to April/May and hope the borders open up one day next year.
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 Roy
2013 F-150 5.0
2012 Springdale 260TBL
"He was bred in Kentucky, but he's just a crumb out here." - Curly Howard
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11-12-2020, 11:58 AM
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Member
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Charlottesville
Posts: 90
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Ours is getting winterized in the next week or so. Thankfully, we've had a very MILD fall, thus far. If no one has suggested it (they had to tell me, as I didn't know) be sure to check the born-on date for your tires!! About the 1st thing I needed to do with ours! I think mine turned out to be the ORIGINAL tires!
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2006 Winnebago Sightseer 30B
2019 Toyota Tacoma 4X4 SR V6
TINSTAAFL - "there is no such thing as a free lunch" Any farmer can tell you:
"you don't work, you don't eat." It is that simple.
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11-12-2020, 12:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Shawnigan Lake
Posts: 125
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Yeah my tires are original as well and by the date on them, they're coming up on 10 years so I think it'll be a new set for the new season. I'm probably living on borrowed time.
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Roy
2013 F-150 5.0
2012 Springdale 260TBL
"He was bred in Kentucky, but he's just a crumb out here." - Curly Howard
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11-12-2020, 12:21 PM
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Member
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Charlottesville
Posts: 90
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crowbar
Yeah my tires are original as well and by the date on them, they're coming up on 10 years so I think it'll be a new set for the new season. I'm probably living on borrowed time.
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We bumped ours up a couple of classes. I didn't want 'good enough'. Hubby told me about Americans in Germany and the autobahn. I didn't realize tires were SPEED rated. I know, it has to do with the heat buildup from driving, so I wanted tires with a higher heat rating. Didn't even cost much more - about $15 per tire, and I made sure to replace the SPARE as well. Seriously thinking about getting a second spare tire, too. After all, if one tire on a side goes, the 2nd is likely to go as well. So 2 spares only makes sense to me.
OH, one more thing, traffic cones for the pass through tool/accessory area. I got a round dozen traffic cones on Amazon for not much at all! Had planned on using them to get DH accustomed to driving/towing the camper and for backing up lessons [grin].
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2006 Winnebago Sightseer 30B
2019 Toyota Tacoma 4X4 SR V6
TINSTAAFL - "there is no such thing as a free lunch" Any farmer can tell you:
"you don't work, you don't eat." It is that simple.
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11-16-2020, 07:49 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Northville, NY
Posts: 374
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bmcghee
Well we decided last minute to de-winterize and take a quick trip to Gun Creek campground at Rend Lake (only about 1/2 hour from home). So glad we did! The weather was beautiful and so were the trees. The girls had a blast and are ready to go again!
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Those pictures just brought back some fond memories. Your daughter with the training wheels did it. Ours was a used pop-up and we would go about 1/2 hour away to a state cg.
Now we spend the winters in the South at our daughters in our 5th wheel. Her husband put in a full h/u site with a concrete pad for us. And now we watch our grand daughter grow.
These are times you will cherish your whole life.
Life is Good.
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Jim & Deb
50 years happy
2018 Montana 3731FL
2017 F-350, psd,4x4, lariat, c-c, swb, srw
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11-21-2020, 05:47 PM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Port Royal
Posts: 98
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Welcome and enjoy. Our first was a similarly equipped 1998 27' Salem. Pulled it for ten years.
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2018 RAM 3500HD, CC, DRW, 4X4, 6 Sp., 408 Cu.In. CTD 3.73
2020 Carbon 348
USMC Vet 
Retired Asst. Fire Chief 
Keep Calm, Play Tuba
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