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12-12-2019, 09:53 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Aravaipa
Posts: 30
M.O.C. #25440
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Future Montana owners, new here!
Guess I should say hi here too! Hubby and I are looking at retiring by the end of May 2020. We're currently on the hunt for a new RV, Montana 3120RL has made the top of the list. This will be our third, the first one was a fifth wheel, second a bumper pull toy hauler. DONE with toy haulers and ready to start a new chapter of RVing, and this new chapter of life.
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Kathy and LLoyd
2020 Montana 3120 on the Radar - Soon?
2020 Ford F350 DRW 4x4 on the Radar
Retirement May 31 2020
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12-12-2019, 02:36 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
M.O.C. #11455
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Welcome to the forum! Hope you find us helpful.
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Dick, Joyce, Diego, Picatso and Gustav
2017 3720 RL, and 2013 HC 343RL
Pullrite Hitch, IS, Disk Brakes, 3rd AC, Winegard Traveler, Bathroom door mod, Dometic 320, couch for desk swap, replaced chairs, sun screens, added awnings, etc.
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12-12-2019, 04:11 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Overland Park
Posts: 982
M.O.C. #19388
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Welcome to the forum from Kansas!
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Marilyn and Richard, Dusty and Gabby
Overland Park, KS. Most Timer
2017 Montana Legacy 3810MS
2020 GMC 3500 Crew Cab Dually
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12-12-2019, 04:30 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: McMinnville
Posts: 25
M.O.C. #25477
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We too are retiring in June 2020. We purchased our 3120 RL at the Portland, OR RV show last month. She's currently stored in the shop just wanting for a weekend off!
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Kris & Sue Olsen and Maggie the golden retriever
McMinnville, Oregon
2019 GMC Denali 3500HD, 2020 Montana 3120RL
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12-12-2019, 05:21 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Aravaipa
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M.O.C. #25440
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Thank you guys! This retirement thing can't come soon enough for me...:-)
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Kathy and LLoyd
2020 Montana 3120 on the Radar - Soon?
2020 Ford F350 DRW 4x4 on the Radar
Retirement May 31 2020
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12-12-2019, 05:22 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Aravaipa
Posts: 30
M.O.C. #25440
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Originally Posted by DQDick
Welcome to the forum! Hope you find us helpful.
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Oh, you have no idea how helpful this site has already been! I've been lurking for a while now...decided when we found the 3120 that I'd join in so I could ask questions.
Thank you!!
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Kathy and LLoyd
2020 Montana 3120 on the Radar - Soon?
2020 Ford F350 DRW 4x4 on the Radar
Retirement May 31 2020
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12-12-2019, 05:23 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Aravaipa
Posts: 30
M.O.C. #25440
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marilynd
Welcome to the forum from Kansas!
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Thank you so much!!
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Kathy and LLoyd
2020 Montana 3120 on the Radar - Soon?
2020 Ford F350 DRW 4x4 on the Radar
Retirement May 31 2020
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12-12-2019, 05:25 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Aravaipa
Posts: 30
M.O.C. #25440
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DoctorO21
We too are retiring in June 2020. We purchased our 3120 RL at the Portland, OR RV show last month. She's currently stored in the shop just wanting for a weekend off!
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Thank you! I'm going to be watching and listening especially to other 3120 owners. We can't pull the trigger just yet, but I'm hoping by spring, so we can take it on an extended camping trip this summer. I'd like to have a trip or two under our belts just to make sure everything works well - or get items taken care of that I'm sure will show up!
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Kathy and LLoyd
2020 Montana 3120 on the Radar - Soon?
2020 Ford F350 DRW 4x4 on the Radar
Retirement May 31 2020
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12-12-2019, 10:48 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Omaha
Posts: 6,750
M.O.C. #7560
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Welcome aboard Kathy and Lloyd from the Great State of Nebraska! We'll be in your area starting next month down in Benson, AZ and if you want to talk about Montana's we'll be happy to discuss it with you. Just let us know and we will get together while we're down there. We can exchange phone numbers and etc on the Private Message section of the Forum if you like.
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12-13-2019, 06:51 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Aravaipa
Posts: 30
M.O.C. #25440
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rondo
Welcome aboard Kathy and Lloyd from the Great State of Nebraska! We'll be in your area starting next month down in Benson, AZ and if you want to talk about Montana's we'll be happy to discuss it with you. Just let us know and we will get together while we're down there. We can exchange phone numbers and etc on the Private Message section of the Forum if you like.
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Hi Ron!
Thanks for the invite...
Currently we're not making plans beyond the end of the week - hubby and I are working some crazy hours right now. Yeah, I'm on at work...I get off and on all day! They're OK with it as long as I get my work done... 
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Kathy and LLoyd
2020 Montana 3120 on the Radar - Soon?
2020 Ford F350 DRW 4x4 on the Radar
Retirement May 31 2020
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12-13-2019, 01:50 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Puyallup
Posts: 512
M.O.C. #12948
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Welcome to the MOC from WA , enjoy the ride here!
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2018 3820FK Legacy Package
2013 3750fl
2019 Chevrolet 3500HD High Country Dually
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12-18-2019, 04:43 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Aravaipa
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M.O.C. #25440
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Originally Posted by jimandlaurie
Welcome to the MOC from WA , enjoy the ride here!
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Thank you!!
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Kathy and LLoyd
2020 Montana 3120 on the Radar - Soon?
2020 Ford F350 DRW 4x4 on the Radar
Retirement May 31 2020
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12-18-2019, 05:05 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Charleston
Posts: 6
M.O.C. #25345
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3121 rl
Welcome from SC. Recently purchased the 2020 3121RL and we love it.
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Originally Posted by chulavista
Thank you! I'm going to be watching and listening especially to other 3120 owners. We can't pull the trigger just yet, but I'm hoping by spring, so we can take it on an extended camping trip this summer. I'd like to have a trip or two under our belts just to make sure everything works well - or get items taken care of that I'm sure will show up!
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12-18-2019, 05:39 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2017
Location: South East NC
Posts: 1,768
M.O.C. #19865
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Welcome from NC or where ever we happen to be. I'm not sure you know what you are getting into. Retirement is a tough job. I retired in March 2003. It is a difficult job but someone must shoulder the burden. I don't know how I ever found time for a job! We are on our fourth 5er, 3 Montanas.
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John & Patty
2022 3855 BR
2019 Lariat F350 4X4 Dually
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12-19-2019, 06:14 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 382
M.O.C. #21993
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Welcome. We spent over a year on this site (and others) before we decided to buy a 3561. I had no idea how much I didn't know and how much money I needed to spend on things (I obsessively try to plan ahead), but when we did buy we were ready to hit the road.
I can say my dealer was not a happy camper when I showed up with "The List" at our walk through but it was well worth doing.
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I was once intelligent beyond my years. Now, I’m years beyond my intelligence.
2020 Montana 3561 Legacy, everything except paint.
2018 Silverado 3500 DRW, 50Gal Transfer Flow, Andersen hitch.
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12-19-2019, 06:48 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Aravaipa
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M.O.C. #25440
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GreG L.
Welcome. We spent over a year on this site (and others) before we decided to buy a 3561. I had no idea how much I didn't know and how much money I needed to spend on things (I obsessively try to plan ahead), but when we did buy we were ready to hit the road.
I can say my dealer was not a happy camper when I showed up with "The List" at our walk through but it was well worth doing.
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Hi Greg!
Thanks! Yeah, We've been all over the place on different sites, etc. We started out wanting a new toy hauler. So in all the researching I've been doing for over a year now, I've found I don't want one. Our SXS weighs too much. For us to be able to get a toy hauler that can actually haul our SXS it has to have a CCC of at least 5,000 lbs - our SXS weighs 2,000 lbs. The ones with that kind of CCC are 44' long. We will not always take the SXS along, so we decided we would look at tandem towing on the trips we do take it with us. And yes, I've already done the homework concerning tandem or triple towing as well.
I've found the sales people really have no idea about the weights of the toy haulers (or any rv for that matter), the responsibility falls on the consumer to know all the numbers.
Now I'm down to the Montana because of the quality of the build and the length. We've walked through many, and the length and the floor plan of the 3120 looks like it will fit our needs better than any other. I can find many that fit the length requirement, but none that I like as well or that seem to be built as well. And when the time comes for us to purchase ours, I will have "the list" as well. Our first fifth wheel was an Alpenlite - it was a great unit. Our current RV is a bumper pull toy hauler - if we had done the kind of homework we are now doing, we would not have purchase this one. Live and learn, they say!!
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Kathy and LLoyd
2020 Montana 3120 on the Radar - Soon?
2020 Ford F350 DRW 4x4 on the Radar
Retirement May 31 2020
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12-19-2019, 06:53 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Aravaipa
Posts: 30
M.O.C. #25440
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Originally Posted by Kbruch
Welcome from SC. Recently purchased the 2020 3121RL and we love it.
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Thank you! I've been in a 3120, I fell in love with it. It's just the right size, I think and has all the storage I need.
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Kathy and LLoyd
2020 Montana 3120 on the Radar - Soon?
2020 Ford F350 DRW 4x4 on the Radar
Retirement May 31 2020
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12-19-2019, 06:55 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Aravaipa
Posts: 30
M.O.C. #25440
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Originally Posted by CaptnJohn
Welcome from NC or where ever we happen to be. I'm not sure you know what you are getting into. Retirement is a tough job. I retired in March 2003. It is a difficult job but someone must shoulder the burden. I don't know how I ever found time for a job! We are on our fourth 5er, 3 Montanas.
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Hey CaptnJohn! Thank you! I'm ready for a "career change"!! My job is already getting in the way! LOL!! I have so much I want to do, and I can't do it from work. 
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Kathy and LLoyd
2020 Montana 3120 on the Radar - Soon?
2020 Ford F350 DRW 4x4 on the Radar
Retirement May 31 2020
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12-19-2019, 07:44 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Placerville
Posts: 26
M.O.C. #24256
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Welcome we are also retiring June 2020 and hitting the road in August
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12-19-2019, 08:01 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: KAMAS
Posts: 11
M.O.C. #25172
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Congrats!
I recently upgraded as well. I went to the Montana 3560RL and absolutely love it.
I had a F450 DRW and traded it in for a 2020 Chevy Silverado 3500 High Country SRW short bed . OMG, what a difference. Forget about how much easier it is as a daily driver. The thing pulls like the RV isn't even there and rides like a Cadillac. Just wanted to share my personal experience.
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