Glenn and Lorraine,
We're so happy that you are having a great experience with your new home, we love our ’06. It is nice to hear compliments about our homes. The negatives can sometimes give the wrong “over-all” impression about our Montanas.
We did lots of research before buying a Montana. We retired to the Montana last October, and had never lived in a 5th-wheel, or any other kind of RV for that matter. Our experience with the Montana has been great. We love the floor plan, the size and just the way it fits our new lifestyle. Every day we see different people and wonder why they don’t own a Montana, their life would be so much easier. Guess not everyone can be lucky like us.
When we moved in, we thought that everything would not fit, but it did all fit, and we have extra room even now. We will be hitting the home base storage unit in a couple of months, and we will be getting rid of more stuff! We're probably going to have to slow down on getting rid of stuff, might need the extra weight for any crosswinds.
Living and traveling in any "box" for extended periods of time has to put a strain on all the mechanical parts. We have had no problems that weren't easily resolved by the dealer or fixed by recommendations from someone on the forum. Heck, we even fixed a few without help!...pretty amazing stuff.
Our biggest problem in most cases has been our 'not knowing’ part. MOC has filled that gap.
Thanks again for the positive report!