AlbertJohn
Senior Member
Hello:
I'm a new owner of a 2013 Redwood 36RL, and I'm very pleased with the unit. This our 5th 5ver, we moved up from a Titanium for more comfort and storage space. We are "half timers", we spend about half of each year in the trailer.
We just got back from a month and a half trip through Northern Ontario and Manitoba, we had just enough time to pack the Redwood before taking off on the trip, now that the Redwood is back in the driveway some repacking and adjustments are being made so the trailer works better for us.
A couple of comments and questions:
The trailer handles well and is smoother going over bridge approaches and road undulations and the addition fresh water and waste capacity is great for provincial campgrounds here with only electricity. I can feel the fresh water load when hauling with a full load, those extra thousand pounds or so make a difference!
The trailer was relatively trouble free although it will be going back to the dealer for a couple of adjustments and to have a washer/dryer installed.
One thing that my wife first noticed is that there are no towel racks in the bathroom, any suggestions for installing a couple of them?
I noticed that the rear sofa tended to move a bit on those northern Ontario roads, it loosened the trim around the bottom of the window. I've placed a 2X4 spacer on the floor between the sofa and the wall, hopefully this will keep it away from the window.
The basement floor seems to be quite slippery, stuff moves around in there as well, I hope that some "Armor-all" stuff wasn't put on the floor to make it shiny! I will scuff it up or put down a carpet of some sort to stop the movement. Any other suggestions?
The most serious issue I found when I brought it home from the dealer was that the bedroom slide only opened half way and the head of the bed itself started to pull away from the wall. We are a distance from our dealer so I removed the bed and frame to expose the stuff under the bed. Redwood had installed a plywood spacer (supporting the clamp that holds the washer/dryer drain pipe in place before it goes through the floor) too close to the side of the bed "box" that moves, the spacer locked to the bed box, stopping the slide movement and partially pulling the head of the box from the wall.
I shortened the spacer and put the bed assembly back together, when we got back from the trip I went in again and rebuilt the head of the bed's wood frame, replacing the stapes that had given way with glue and screws. In defence of our dealer, the slide had worked well numerous times before the RV got into our driveway, I assume some slight movement of the bed brought the interference mentioned above.
I look forward to our future trips in the Redwood!
Edited by: almcc
I'm a new owner of a 2013 Redwood 36RL, and I'm very pleased with the unit. This our 5th 5ver, we moved up from a Titanium for more comfort and storage space. We are "half timers", we spend about half of each year in the trailer.
We just got back from a month and a half trip through Northern Ontario and Manitoba, we had just enough time to pack the Redwood before taking off on the trip, now that the Redwood is back in the driveway some repacking and adjustments are being made so the trailer works better for us.
A couple of comments and questions:
The trailer handles well and is smoother going over bridge approaches and road undulations and the addition fresh water and waste capacity is great for provincial campgrounds here with only electricity. I can feel the fresh water load when hauling with a full load, those extra thousand pounds or so make a difference!
The trailer was relatively trouble free although it will be going back to the dealer for a couple of adjustments and to have a washer/dryer installed.
One thing that my wife first noticed is that there are no towel racks in the bathroom, any suggestions for installing a couple of them?
I noticed that the rear sofa tended to move a bit on those northern Ontario roads, it loosened the trim around the bottom of the window. I've placed a 2X4 spacer on the floor between the sofa and the wall, hopefully this will keep it away from the window.
The basement floor seems to be quite slippery, stuff moves around in there as well, I hope that some "Armor-all" stuff wasn't put on the floor to make it shiny! I will scuff it up or put down a carpet of some sort to stop the movement. Any other suggestions?
The most serious issue I found when I brought it home from the dealer was that the bedroom slide only opened half way and the head of the bed itself started to pull away from the wall. We are a distance from our dealer so I removed the bed and frame to expose the stuff under the bed. Redwood had installed a plywood spacer (supporting the clamp that holds the washer/dryer drain pipe in place before it goes through the floor) too close to the side of the bed "box" that moves, the spacer locked to the bed box, stopping the slide movement and partially pulling the head of the box from the wall.
I shortened the spacer and put the bed assembly back together, when we got back from the trip I went in again and rebuilt the head of the bed's wood frame, replacing the stapes that had given way with glue and screws. In defence of our dealer, the slide had worked well numerous times before the RV got into our driveway, I assume some slight movement of the bed brought the interference mentioned above.
I look forward to our future trips in the Redwood!
Edited by: almcc
