First time RV buyer Grand Design 2400BH

[9c1fanatic]

Hello,

My name is Garner and this past Thursday after 2 years of researching TTs, I am proud to say I purchased my first RV this past Thursday. A Grand Design 2400BH. I work in Law Enforcement and live in the Texas Hill Country. I have always been a camper since a young age but lately I've really got the travel itch to start seeing more of this great country we live in, plus I think I'm done sleeping on the ground or at least for more than one night in a row!

For any that may be curious, I weighed my truck before picking up the unit then after I had the trailer to get a good idea on weights since I'm using an older less capable truck. Grand Design lists this TT at 5595 pounds I believe in the brochure. These trailers come pretty decked out so I'm not sure what the extra is but the UVW on my particular trailer was 5814 and when I went to scale, I was pleasantly surprised that UVW sticker was within about 20 pounds or so of the actual weight, and that included whatever residual water I could not get out of the tanks and lines from the PDI. It was also neat to see how the WD affected the various axle weights.

I couldn't be happier with this trailer. Now the hunt begins for a newer truck!

[Markmiller639]

Welome, I am sure you will really enjoy your trailer and happy camping!

[Country Campers]

Garner

Congrats and welcome to the group.
You will not miss sleeping on the ground, I sure don't. Enjoy the new camper and make many memories.
Also thanks for your service in Law Enforcement.

Brian

[WhittleBurner]

I know what you mean about wanting to get off the ground. After 20 years in a tent when we got our first trailer my knees thanked me. Congratulations, i'm sure you will have many good memories with your new trailer. Hope we hear about your new adventures.

[howson]

My name is Garner and...I work in Law Enforcement ... Now the hunt begins for a newer truck!

Welcome to the forum and thank you for being a member of the thin blue line--your service is appreciated!

Shopping for a new truck--now that's fun work. Watch out for those brochure-listed payloads figures. (They may be true, but they don't reflect real-world numbers.) You may find this thread in the Reference Library useful: https://www.mygrandrv.com/fo...ad-Information

-Howard

[9c1fanatic]

Thank you all for the kind words of appreciation. As for the truck search, I think I have been researching that almost as long as what RV to get!! I think I am settled on a Chevrolet Silverado with the NHT max towing package. I know this is somewhat of a rare combination but they have considerable more payload than my current truck while still being a half ton. More importantly, the overwhelming positive feed back I get from owners of such an equipped truck towing similar or even larger TTs than mine have convinced me of that path.

[howson]

Thank you all for the kind words of appreciation. As for the truck search, I think I have been researching that almost as long as what RV to get!! I think I am settled on a Chevrolet Silverado with the NHT max towing package. I know this is somewhat of a rare combination but they have considerable more payload than my current truck while still being a half ton. More importantly, the overwhelming positive feed back I get from owners of such an equipped truck towing similar or even larger TTs than mine have convinced me of that path.

Garner,
Please take a few minutes and look over the links and material in this thread: https://www.mygrandrv.com/fo...ing-Capability

If there's nothing new in to you in that thread--great! If there's anything that you don't completely understand ask for input here on the forum before buying any truck. Too many of us have learned the hard (and expensive) way by buying a truck more than once.

-Howard

[9c1fanatic]

Thank you for the very informative links. I can't believe how embarrassing the payload is on that Ram! My almost 30 year old truck blows that out of the water! I will be sticker shopping for sure when it comes time to make the purchase.

[slauretani]

Welcome to the forum and happy truck hunting. Great advice on the forum!
We just purchased our new truck for our new 303RLS. We went with the GMC 2500 duramax. Love it. Happy camping