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11-10-2004, 03:13 AM
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New Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: North Scituate
Posts: 3
M.O.C. #2416
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Montana model 3295RK
My wife and I are considering upgrading to the Montana 3295RK. This would be our 4th trailer and the second 5th wheel. Our current trailer is of the same size. My question will be about the road dynamics with the rear kitchen in this Montana Model. Our second trailer(a 26' travel trailer) had a rear kitchen and I had a real bad time with heave, which as you can imagine shuffled our stuff in the cabinets. I know that a 5th wheel has very little sway on the road, however, I have encountered some heave(very little) on the 5th wheel that we have currently. Can anyone give me some feed back on this potential problem before we put our money on the table? Off coarse the dealer says it is "no Problem".
Thank you
Pete
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11-10-2004, 06:30 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Topeka
Posts: 1,121
M.O.C. #2215
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11-10-2004, 09:13 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Welcome aboard, Pete. If you have any questions not answered by that thread Vicki refers to, feel free to email her or me. Just click on the envelope icon above our posts. As Vicki says, we love our 3295RK. A few minor, unobtrusive, precautions are in order but that's about it. Your dealer was pretty close to correct, from our experience.
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11-10-2004, 07:04 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio
Posts: 1,740
M.O.C. #1757
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Welcome aboard and I know you will enjoy your new Montana. Keep us posted. Happyrving......
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11-11-2004, 02:57 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Plymouth
Posts: 253
M.O.C. #522
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We also have a 3295 that we are pulling with a GMC 2500 Duramax/Allison. We don't have any problems either with sway or "heave". (The exception is certain highways such as I-10 in Alabama, Miss, and Louisiana)
Of course, I may simply be feeling the smoothness of this ride as compared with pulling a travel trailer (five different ones) over the last 20 years. We like our unit, two drawbacks in our case though -- one is that the kitchen table is not accessible without extending the slide, and there is space only for one recliner. The hide-a-bed was a bit uncomfortable for sitting, so we are in the process of replacing it with a leather loveseat. The little extra room provided by that will give a bit of access to the kitchen table when the slide is in.
All in all, we are happy with our unit, loving the "privacy" of the cooking area and the desk tucked in the back.
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11-11-2004, 03:50 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Clermont
Posts: 1,753
M.O.C. #266
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Pete, Welcome to the MOC. We too have the 3295RK and love it. No problems with things in the cabinets, etc. Just take a few precautions when stowing things before heading down the road. Haven't really heard of anyone with the 3295 who has had any problems. Good luck in whatever you decide. You are considering a great unit!
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11-11-2004, 04:05 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ottawa Lake
Posts: 307
M.O.C. #321
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We also have a 3295rk and love it, the only problem we have had is stacking cup they tend to tip over thats why we use plastic, You did not say what you have for a tow vehicle but we don't even know the monty's back there when towing, good luck if you deside to upgrade. Roman
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11-11-2004, 01:47 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Karl, there's four bolts holding the table to the floor. We took those out and tossed them in a drawer. Then when you are preparing to hit the road you can just turn the table sideways. That allows you to get in there with slide in. There's not a lot of room to sit down and eat but you can get to the cabinets, etc. that way. We just laid a throw rug over the top of the table, hanging over the edge, in case the table wanted to bang into the wall while on the road. Never had any problems with it that way.
Since doing the above we saw what RC & Samantha did in theirs and copied them. We moved the dining table to by the curio cabinet where the lounge chair is and moved the chair to where the table used to be. We've had it this way since August and really like it this way. Sounds odd but once we saw it in the real we knew we wanted the same change. Two other couples we know made the same change after seeing ours. I don't know if they kept it that way or changed it back.
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11-11-2004, 03:06 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Plymouth
Posts: 253
M.O.C. #522
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Good thoughts, Steve and Vicki. I will try the same...especially after I get the leather loveseat we ordered through my son's store. I just heard that it was delivered to the store today.
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11-12-2004, 03:37 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Karl, if you find you don't really like that leather loveseat, I bet we could find a place for it in our rig!
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