Lance owners looking at GD

[Mapnut]

We had a Lance trailer before our Reflection. While I feel GD makes a nice trailer, I don't believe it will be an upgrade in terms of "sturdiness". I consider Lance a premium brand, I still look at them when I visit the dealer. Like all others, they seem to get nicer as the years roll on. They are marketed to the lightweight segment of the towable market. I don't know which model Lance you have but I don't believe they make a trailer the size of the 2500RL. If that is the floorplan that works for you, then it is up to you to decide. I just don't feel it will be and upgrade in quality. Both are nice, Lance has very good fit and finish.

[gscott]

To clarify our feelings about Lance. We love the Lance--with a few exceptions:
The step-up dinette
The lack of straight-on TV viewing
The small bathroom (on our model 2285)
Noisy non-ducted A/C
The good things:
Great frameless windows
Solid, well put together, light weight, lots of storage (including a nice full wardrobe)
And we've spent a lot of time and $$ modifying it to fit our needs.

The reason we are looking (other than the floorpan issues mentioned above) is a bubble has formed on the side of the trailer with an accompanying wrinkle in the interior wall paper. I fear it's from a tweaking of the frame. Their frames are lightweight and I don't want it too re-occurr. On the generation right after ours, the frames have been beefed up, so the Lance should be, and rightfully so, rated with the best.

[klenger]

The salesman at Lazy Days Tucson showed us several Lance travel trailers when we went to look at the GD Imagine. He considered the Lance the top-of-the line in travel trailers (not counting Air Stream which I don't care for anyway). While the Lance construction seemed nice, they only build smaller floorplans, and if I recall correctly, they all had short queen beds, which is a no-go for me.

[ajohnsouza]

I don't own a travel trailer, never have, but I would not buy any trailer from any other company than Grand Design...I say this simply because of the quality and the Customer Service..John

[gscott]

The salesman at Lazy Days Tucson showed us several Lance travel trailers when we went to look at the GD Imagine. He considered the Lance the top-of-the line in travel trailers (not counting Air Stream which I don't care for anyway). While the Lance construction seemed nice, they only build smaller floorplans, and if I recall correctly, they all had short queen beds, which is a no-go for me.

Actually, the one thing we liked about the Lance we bought (2285--27 ft) was the bed and separate bedroom. The bed is a full walk-around 80" queen. That was also one of our criterion. About half of their floorpans, however (because they are small), have sideways beds. That wouldn't have worked.

I agree they are well-made and solidly put together. Our original reason to buy the Lance was it's small size, light weight tow (at the time we bought, we were planning to tow with a Toyota Sequoia), and well thought out floor plan. However now, we are looking for a trailer that is as well made as the Lance (but with a heavier frame) with a bit more room.