The last update for awhile.

We are now in waiting mode. Financials are done. Bank check and insurance will be the morning of. Hitch selection done. The dealer is going to install a Blue Ox Sway Pro which I have seen before and liked. I had a nice conversation with the rep from Blue Ox at the Hershey Show last year. Delivery date has been assigned. The Sales rep said the paperwork for prep and check has been placed with the shop to make sure everything is working as it should for the demo and beyond. The hitch will be pulled and readied for install. All we need to do is be there with our trailer cleaned out and ready for trade in. The rep even asked we could make sure out tanks were empty before trade in. I laughed and said where else am I going to keep 30 gallons of black water that had been peculating in the heat we had around here with no chem treatment. He had a good laugh about that one. He went over my truck about items I should have ready to go like the brake controller and 7 way plug which I told him its all standard on the Super Duties. Getting excited about getting the new trailer.

 

My wife and I really fell for the Reflection 285BHS.

Great interior layout.
Kitchen has tons of storage and large 8 cu foot fridge.
Great bunk house type space for our daughter.
Nice front bedroom suite with plenty of wardrobe space and overall storage. We both loved the third closet for more clothing space and the 3 drawers below. The full Queen is a huge plus as I'm tall and my feet hang off a short Queen.

Outside storage is excellent. Large pass thru. The back under the bunks as a large storage space for all our chairs, BBQ and the like. The small kitchen is the neutral as we don't k ow how we are going to use it yet.

Easy to use electric jacks made set up a breeze. I like everything is just a button push and I'm done setting up.

Looking forward to miles of adventures down the road with the new trailer. I would like to thank this forum for introducing me to this brand. Grand Design really seems to be a nicer than average unit even if some of the QC has been taking a hit lately. It was one of the nicer rigs on the market. Besides we have a good deal of camping booked up for the next couple of weeks so there will plenty of time to get a good shake down of the unit.

 

 

Nice to see the journey you took to buy this rig. My toy hauler came with a Blue Ox Sway Pro hitch. It worked well once I had it tweaked for my truck. I no longer use it because the shank (ball mount) wasn't rated for the weight of my trailer. I don't know what the prior owner(s) were thinking or if they even knew it was underrated.

Now, get your signature updated for the new trailer!

 

The 28BH and 285BHS are pretty similar. A few small differences as we looked at both. It's a nice trailer layout.

 

Nice setup! Been pretty pleased with our GD momentum.

 

I like my GD Imagine too. No quality issues yet.

 

We have a 315RLTS that we have been full timing in for about 3 months now.No issues to speak of yet.I believe they are as good or better than anything out there today.

 

So far only two issues. The first one was the handle on the faucet in the kitchen came off when I went to turn on the water. It appeared to be a failed weld for the mount to the valve and the handle. I wound up just JB welding the piece and it works just fine. The other was I think more of a user created issue. Somehow we managed to clog up the toilet. Luckily, I had the shop vac extensions in the trailer. I used it to unclog the toilet and things went down. It appeared the paper used caused the clog but it was a simple fix. Otherwise really happy with the trailer. I cannot complain about any build quality issues. Everything just seems to be well made or maybe I got a good one. Don't know but knocking on wood.