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Old 06-24-2016, 04:24 PM
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So, I decided to add another RV related stop while my XLR is at the plant next week. I'm going to head up to Dynamax for a factory tour. Although Renegade RV is my dream Super C, if if ever happens it will more likely be a Dynamax.... unless I hit the lottery. I'll try to get a bunch of pics from there too to post.
 
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Good evening Rodney and the gang,
I never saw any pictures of the slide canopies you added a hundred or so pages ago. If I remember right you had someone else install these. I would like to add these canopies to my Voltage.
How would one anchor this to the trailer section, the slide part seems easier? Which canopies did you use and how are they holding up? Any dimension recommendations as far as width.
I hope everyone is enjoying there weekend, just opened my first beer.
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Originally Posted by Karl4Cat
So, I decided to add another RV related stop while my XLR is at the plant next week. I'm going to head up to Dynamax for a factory tour. Although Renegade RV is my dream Super C, if if ever happens it will more likely be a Dynamax.... unless I hit the lottery. I'll try to get a bunch of pics from there too to post.
We looked really hard at a DX3 last year at the big RV show in PA. Pretty nice rig for the money but still $250-325k depending on options. A lot for the money but also a lot of money. Have fun. Should be a great tour.
 
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We looked really hard at a DX3 last year at the big RV show in PA. Pretty nice rig for the money but still $250-325k depending on options. A lot for the money but also a lot of money. Have fun. Should be a great tour.
Dang! I had to clean the drool from my keyboard from staring at the DX3. Nice rig.
 
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They are even more impressive up close and personal. The fitup on the ones they had at Hershey was very impressive and they had some great show prices but it just isn't in our budget right now.
 
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We looked really hard at a DX3 last year at the big RV show in PA. Pretty nice rig for the money but still $250-325k depending on options. A lot for the money but also a lot of money. Have fun. Should be a great tour.
They are much cheaper in the real world. Remember, minimum 35% off retail. I'd be more interested in a Force HD due to the cabover bunk. Fully loaded, they can be had well under 200.
 
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Good evening Rodney and the gang,
I never saw any pictures of the slide canopies you added a hundred or so pages ago. If I remember right you had someone else install these. I would like to add these canopies to my Voltage.
How would one anchor this to the trailer section, the slide part seems easier? Which canopies did you use and how are they holding up? Any dimension recommendations as far as width.
I hope everyone is enjoying there weekend, just opened my first beer.
Cheers!

Darrell, I went with the Dometic Elite Full Cover model. They are a great addition. Only on my longest LR slide do I feel I need to tighten it up. I think a turn or two on the springs will take the little bit of sag I have out and prevent wind noise and water pooling. As to how to install on the RV side they come with rails that you screw to the RV. However, on two of my three I already had the necessary rail in place. The gutter XLR used over two of my slides had a grove cut into it for slide topper mounting. This made those two even easier.
 
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We looked really hard at a DX3 last year at the big RV show in PA. Pretty nice rig for the money but still $250-325k depending on options. A lot for the money but also a lot of money. Have fun. Should be a great tour.
Nice looking MH's but can't see myself putting that kind of money out on something that doesn't get used that much, maybe if I was FT'ing.

I'd go for a used diesel pusher maybe but the trailer I have now is bigger than I need and more trailer than I really want to haul around all the time. My next one will be smaller.
 
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Yes, this is research for long in the future but while in town, why not take the tour. I agree that I'd have to use it a lot more than what I do with my current one to justify the $. DP's are nice but they are a bus. I love the Freghtliner front end of the Dynamax lines. The Dynaquest XL has the biggest motor of the bunch. 450HP/1250TQ. IDK, maybe it's just a looks/image thing. I'd rather be a truck driver than a bus driver....
 
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So, after the fiasco getting here, I finally got to bed close to zero dark thirty. Well, didn't the boys art XLR decide to get an early start and start rolling in around 3:30. Ugh. The train horns every half hour didn't help either. It's going to be quite the long day. I can see why they are here early though. The RV industry is BOOMING. There must be twice as many completed units waiting for delivery drivers as when I was here last year. They are running out of places to put them....







 
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Wow! Enjoy the visit.
 
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Good morning Rodney.........

What was the fiasco ........
 
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Thanks ........I found it after I posted.
What "Fun"........
Good to hear all is well........Another War Story under the belt.....
 
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