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Thanks for any help
Mark]]> http://www.rvusa.com/forum/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=9196 Well spent 4 days in, including the sugery (Posterior Lumbar Spinal Arthrodesis) day and now 2 days home, things are going as well as I think they could. Running around the house with a cane and walker, being on Percoset and Flexeril sure helps, but makes one wonder how people got by in the olden days.
Any way a week or two down the road and things should be looking up. Only able to lift 5# so MHing is out for a while and getting in and out of the pusher would be fun NOT!!!
Boy these pills sure make things livable, don't know how someone could get by without. A few hours out of surgery and I was not hurting so when the nurse wanted me to take something I said nahhh just a couple Tylnol, then it got me about 7 hours later when the block the surgen used as well as being under wore off. Man I'll tell you that is a world of hurt. The next time I get asked it will be yes dear.
Well keep posting guys. Reading is about all I can do besides TV.
LEN
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Please, if you own a Damon Outlaw, I am very interested if you have the same problem of gasoline fumes/smell in the garage area when and after refueling the main tank with gas. There may be a serious safety issue here!]]> http://www.rvusa.com/forum/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=9198 http://www.rvusa.com/forum/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=9167 http://www.rvusa.com/forum/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5280
I'm also looking for a fifth wheel that can be lived in during the winter since I travel for my work year round. The website for Prairie Schooner is quite impressive. What are the price ranges that I can expect (considering that we need both functionality and beauty since I travel with my wife ;) )?

Thanks,
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One thing I like about the Montana is the roof system. They use a stamped steel C channel instead of tubular aluminum. This tapered piece of steel is 10% lighter and has a 40% higher crush rate. Because it is a c-channel, the fiberglass insulation only has about a 1\16" gap to bridge. That alone will help eliminate condensation. If you look at a piece of tubular aluminum you will see it is hollow. That means in your roof every 16" you will have a 1.5" gap in the insulation. A 35' fiver is 420" long. Divide that by 16" between each stud and you have over 25" of roof with no real insulation coverage from a tube truss system. Lots of opportunity for condensation there.

Add to that cedar lined closets, standard solid surface kitchen counter tops, house style drawer glides, and comfortable furniture with many other features and benefits, and a HUGE dealer network that actually stocks several floorplans along with lots of parts and Montana has a winning combination.

I would add that I consider the Montana an entry level unit for full timing. You owe it to yourself to look at several brands and lots of floor plans. Also look at the Everest, Cedar Creek, Cross Roads, Holiday Presidential, Travel Supreme and Grand Junction.

I'm not trying to sell you a trailer, just answer your questions.

P.S. Just out of curiosity, how many Schooner's do you stock GTS? Also, how many Gulf Stream towable dealers are there in Virginia :question: ]]> http://www.rvusa.com/forum/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5280
Again Prairie Schooner is good to -10 with the dual thermal pane windows. Their vacuum bonded walls are built to prevent "Thermal Dissipation" or the transfer of heat and cold through the walls. They insulate the wall studs. No one else in the industry does that.

Price is dependent on floorplan and options of course, but very competitive when compaired to equal trailers and a LOT less than many. I will contact you with private e-mail, I don't quote prices here.]]> http://www.rvusa.com/forum/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5280 I don't own any of them but I have been fulltime for more than six years and do spend a lot of time around other fulltimers who own trailers and those three have reputations that are difficult to match. They are also quite expensive.]]> http://www.rvusa.com/forum/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5280
You are correct that not all Gulf Stream dealers stock Prairie Schooner, but not all Keystone dealers stock Montana either. Again, all Gulf Stream dealers are approved to work on any Gulf Stream product. If the dealer, Camping World, or another dealership of any manufacture does not have a part they need for warranty work, Gulf Stream will overnight, if they can, what they need if the customer is waiting.

As far as dealers, I asked today. They have about 450 dealers nationwide (I took a guess last night). At least 130 are considered Prairie Schooner/Yellowstone (same trailer). To get on that list, you have to stock at least 4. I wish I could afford that many. I sold the one I had in stock and have ordered another. There are 19 PS/Yellowstone dealers on the east coast. In Virginia, there are at least 5 dealerships that I know of. I am the only one stocking Prairie Schooner, just not 4.

Sorry, but the insulation in our ceiling covers the rafters. We have no gaps. We also insulate the wall studs. That is how we have such high R-values. Being a 20 yr. machinest by trade, you don't mix aluminum and steel. They are dissimilar metals and cause corrosion where they touch.

I'm not saying anything against others. There are a lot of nice units out there. Take a hard look at the new Prarie Schooner or Yellowstone and you will see a lot of features that you pay extra for in other units. Just a small sample of Standard items: Solid hardwood cabinets (no man made wood anywhere in the trailer), Mor-ryde axles, 12 gal water heater, Aluminum 16" Wheels with 10 ply tires, NEW extended pin box offering the best turning radius in the business, vacuum bonded walls (best insulated wall there is). Check mine or Gulf Streams website for a complete list.

Our Luxury Division manager took the Keystone Challenger off the drawing board and turned it into one of the top selling trailers for Keystone. He is now committed to Gulf Stream and has made LOTS of changes in his trailers and they are just hard to beat. That list is the Canyon Trail, Mako, Sedona, Prairie Schooner, Yellowstone. Not counting Amerilite, Conquest, Gulf Breeze and Emerald Bay, I try to stock around 4 Canyon Trails, 3 Sedonas and a Schooner.]]> http://www.rvusa.com/forum/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5280