DENVER RV SHOW (January 9 - 12, 2008) |
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Lea and I
attended the 2008 Denver RV show on Saturday morning, January 12. The
Outbacks were front and center right at the entrance, so they got
attention all day long. What a sweet new logo and aggressive front end on
this fifth wheel.
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I wonder if we are looking at
some new Outbackers?
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If money is no object and you want to coolest camper ever made, you can put down $45,000 on a little AirStream trailer.
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This Chipotle-on-wheels was
priced near $70,000. And that is the show price. AirStreams are usually not
discounted.
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Not a lot of space, but
plenty of cool.
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Every year the owner of
Trailer World in Denver offers a brand new camper for under $10,000. The
larger pop-up tent trailers usually cost more than $10,000. That is the draw
on this camper...you don't have to settle for a pop-up tent trailer if your
budget is limited.
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The Coyote line of camper
trailers are built for small families.
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The interior of this fifth
wheel was unique. We had never before seen a faux stone accent wall inside a camper.
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Here is a Lance truck camper
sitting on a Ford F-350 dually. A little overkill in my opinion regarding
the truck to camper ratio, but then again, a Ford F-250 would
probably struggle carrying such a big heavy truck camper. Doh!
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This is an example of the
modifications required to your Ford truck if you want to tow a camper...any
camper. Alternatively, if you already own a Chevy / GMC truck that is stock
from the factory, you are good to go.
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This fifth wheel deserved the
Best in Show award in my opinion. As you can see, the rear of the camper
slides out on both sides. Guess what part of the living space is in the rear
of this camper? See next picture.
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The rear living space of this
Kingston fifth wheel is a kids apartment! Through each door is a couch, a
bunk, a dresser, and a TV stand. So that is two couches that fold flat into
beds, two bunk beds, two dressers, and two TV stands. What is in between
these two areas? Would you believe a jack-and-jill half bathroom? The vanity
sink is right behind the wall where the LCD is mounted, and the toilet is
behind another door at then end of the trailer. So cool.
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Lea thought this
was a great kitchen.
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Here is another good-looking
kitchen.
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Yet another nice kitchen.
This one even has hanging pendant lights.
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Montana claims to sell the
most fifth wheels in its class. We do see a lot of Montana's when we are on
the road.
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Instead of a fold-out outside
cooktop like we have on our 2004 Outback, most manufacturers now offer
slide-out outside cooktops.
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Here is a Raptor toy hauler
showing how the bunks beds take the place of toys after they are removed.
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Love those triple axles on
the Raptors.
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We had never seen a Seville
fifth wheel before. Neat front-end cap.
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I don't know...that is a pile
of money for a camper you can't stand up in. I never see these on the road.
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Same goes for this camper.
Neat, but a bunch of money.
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For all the Toyota guys, here
is a nice-looking Tundra.
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