Recent content by chrispitude

After taking two weekend trips in our recently-delivered 2011 21FBS, I wanted to provide the following feedback to Heartland: We ordered the upgraded pillow top mattress, hoping it would be a worthwhile upgrade from a standard RV mattress. Unfortunately, we did not find this option to be...

Bozo, where did you locate it?

Hi folks! We are the proud owners of a new 2011 North Trail 21FBS. We had our first camping trip in it this weekend. For the most part, everything went great. At the end of the trip, I did notice one thing at the dump station. On our 2008 Rockwood 2605, pulling the gray tank's valve handle...

Boy, you guys aren't kidding. We just had our first camping trip in our 2011 21FBS, and that water pump is brutal. Think you're going to sneak off to the bathroom in the middle of the night and manage a quick flush without waking the rest of the campground? Nice try, bucko. I'll look...

Hi everyone Here is a link to photos of our new 2011 North Trail 21FBS: http://www.chrispitude.net/index.php?album=cars%2FNorth_Trail_21FBS&dispsize=512&start=0 Most of the photos have comments. We love the "camel" interior. It delayed our order due to the materials not being ready at the...

Pictures from my pickup today: http://www.chrispitude.net/index.php?album=cars%2FNorth_Trail_21FBS&dispsize=512&start=0

Hi everyone, I went to pick up my North Trail 21FBS at the dealer today. I intended to install my Propride hitch (similar to a Hensley Arrow) in the dealer parking lot, and tow the unit home. However, I ran into some clearance conflicts with the hitch install, so I towed the unit home on the...

If it's only two months old, isn't this the dealer's problem and not yours?

My local RV salesguy spoke to his sales rep at Heartland about upgrading my unit on order to 15" wheels. The answer was "no, we can't do that because the larger tires would interfere with the wheel spacing" which makes no sense to either myself or my local RV salesguy. I am taking that as a...

Actually, I think Heartland may have made the right call on the Nev-r-lube hubs. I did some Googling, and although these never need lubricated, they still have a finite lifespan and eventually need to be replaced. Because the bearing is not serviceable, you don't really know when it's reaching...

I just stopped by our dealer to see a fresh 2011 21FBS on their lot. The changes for 2011 are really nice! The solid surface counter top adds a great upscale feel to the interior. I'd love to see Heartland sell a flip-up counter top extension option (or add-on kit) for the 21FBS.

Those are great guys, but this thread was started in this forum area because conventional chocks don't work on the wide-axle spacing of the North Trail. :)

BAL has a new wheel chock option for wide-axle trailers like our North Trails. See my thread on RV.net here: A new wide-axle wheel chock is coming to town... - Chris

I would have loved to get never-lube hubs and one size larger aluminum wheels for my 21FBS.

Hi fishrag, I looked around that forum and it looked pretty dead (lots of "last posts" in 2009). I am probably just not finding the active threads. Can you point me to the action?