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Recumbent · 12-19-2012, 01:19 PM

The MOC is the place to be. What seems to me to be the prevailing thought is THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK from the Montana brand. We like the Redwood fifthwheel, but it will cost say about 40K more. We have had several small issues with our Monty and fixed all by myself. Being handy with tools or a trained fix-it-man is a good background for owning a 5th wheel. For fulltiming or longtiming as in our case a problem(not an issue) was the Goodyear Marathon tires. These tires for us was a waste of money. I recommend insisting on a different tire or eating the cost of changing them yourself as it is very likely that you will spend the money anyway on a different set of tires after dealing with the Marabombs. To end this post on a positive note, we like our Montana Mountaineer, it weighs about 2000 lbs less and for us it cost about say 20K less than the regular Monty. But after 2.5 years we are just learning, and reading the MOC for solutions and getting acquainted online and in person with many members has been a real life blessing.

12-19-2012, 01:19 PM	#5
Recumbent Montana Master Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rock Island Posts: 1,074 M.O.C. #10457	The MOC is the place to be. What seems to me to be the prevailing thought is THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK from the Montana brand. We like the Redwood fifthwheel, but it will cost say about 40K more. We have had several small issues with our Monty and fixed all by myself. Being handy with tools or a trained fix-it-man is a good background for owning a 5th wheel. For fulltiming or longtiming as in our case a problem(not an issue) was the Goodyear Marathon tires. These tires for us was a waste of money. I recommend insisting on a different tire or eating the cost of changing them yourself as it is very likely that you will spend the money anyway on a different set of tires after dealing with the Marabombs. To end this post on a positive note, we like our Montana Mountaineer, it weighs about 2000 lbs less and for us it cost about say 20K less than the regular Monty. But after 2.5 years we are just learning, and reading the MOC for solutions and getting acquainted online and in person with many members has been a real life blessing.