Crusaders! Have you seen any?

[RattVader]

Alright,I know this was a thread started earlier.But finishing our 2nd trip with our 320 to Ft. Wilderness and have seen 3 other Crusaders besides oursand just couldn't contain myself.Two were on the way down,and the other was here at Ft.Wilderness and a touring edition at that! Man is that sweet or what.

[imabmwnut]

We have a 260 RLD. Have had it for a year now. We just got back tonight from 14 days out. We saw a crusader at Beaver Lake in NW Ar. It was bigger than ours but I didn't get to talk to the people that owned it.

[RattVader]

Well saw the 4th and last Crusader on our return trip north.It was the new 355 bunkhouse model.That joker is 40ft. long.Older gentlemen pulls up beside me in it, gets out and I ask him how's he like that new rig,he shrugs his shoulder and says he doesn't know.Apparently he just transports these new rigs from factory to dealers,he was headed to Jacksonville Fl.But I couldn't shut him up about his truck. It's an '09 Ram,and says it has 538,000 miles.WOW! Hope mine lasts half that long.Mine is on the left.

[elwood1944]

Whats the general opinion on the Crusader? Most everything posted has been negative

[M109Rrider]

Had mine since late 2010.... no complaints.

[bumper]

We were S/B on the I 15 in Utah this morning and I saw one going N/B towards Idaho. I would say I have seen 3 in the past 30 days.

[Cascade Bob]

Saw a 270RLT and 290RLT and ours at the Coulter Bay RV campground in Grand Teton N.P. on Friday June 15th.

[southernsky]

Hey Bob if you would have walked back to the K row you would have seen us. Was there for 8 days and saw 4 including you.

[grayfox]

I have a 320, just some little knit picking stuff. Just my observation I don't think I've seen many major problems. The few that I have talked to or read about had for the most part problems you normally have with new rigs.

The fit and finish is second to none on my 320. I may take it back at the end of the camping season for some minor adjustments on the furnace and hot water heater. That's it.

I understand from a news release in three short years they are sixth in overall 5th wheel sales.

[RattVader]

I have to agree with you Grayfox,although I guess I'm a bit biased,but we will have owned ours about a year come this Sept.and other than the STUPID!!!!stuff we have done to it,we have had no issues.We will be doing our third trip to WDW in Oct.,and along with some little side trips,I would have to estimate after the Oct. trip I will have put roughly 8,000 miles on her.We will see!!!

[grayfox]

Originally Posted by RattVader

I have to agree with you Grayfox,although I guess I'm a bit biased,but we will have owned ours about a year come this Sept.and other than the STUPID!!!!stuff we have done to it,we have had no issues.We will be doing our third trip to WDW in Oct.,and along with some little side trips,I would have to estimate after the Oct. trip I will have put roughly 8,000 miles on her.We will see!!!

I have to agree with you I'm biased as well. I really feel for anyone having multiple problems with any new camper. Off to Maine in July and then Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park, mid October and some short trips in between.

Where is Glen Dale ? If you don't mind my asking. I lived in Westminster MD. until we retired to Artemas PA.

[RattVader]

Grayfox,I have to apologize,meant to reply and just got busy and forgot.GlennDale is in the armpit county of Md. Prince Georges.Right next to Bowie.Actually just got back from a camping trip to Pa.Little town of Denver near Reading.Power was out everywhere here in Md. due to the tremendous straight line winds.But we seemed to miss it here in my little section.

[grayfox]

Thanks for getting back to me. I was just curious about Glen Dale. I remember
now.... my sister in law lived in Bowie 30 years ago. It was a nice area at the time. Hope you enjoyed your Stay in Denver PA.

[J_KHawthorne]

Originally Posted by Cascade Bob

Saw a 270RLT and 290RLT and ours at the Coulter Bay RV campground in Grand Teton N.P. on Friday June 15th.

We just missed you! We passed through Grand Teton NP on our way south from Yellowstone on June 30th!

We just finished a 6,200 round trip and only saw 1 Crusader on I-80 out of Rock Springs, WY

[JayandJill]

We just purchased our 325RES a couple of weeks ago. We've never seen one on the road yet! We took our maiden voyage with it last weekend to the garden peninsula in Upper Michigan. We actually had to give tours of it! Everyone was interested! Guess I'm not surprised that we've never seen another one....we're kind of stuck in the frozen tundra up here! Hopefully we'll get to see more of them when we venture out!

[JayandJill]

Oh, and I meant to comment about the problems. We've been living in ours since we purchased it 3 weeks ago and the only problems we've encountered is with the coutertops. We have the black gloss Estone and it scratches VERY easily! Other than that, we've been pleased with it!!! Granted it's only been 3 weeks....but I expected that we'd run into some minor things that would need fixed.

[cre10]

I think the dealer close to me sells quite a few Crusaders.

[AeroScout]

Just got back from a month long trip from Jax FL up to the Virginias then back down to Tampa area. Seen only two Crusaders on I-95. Only had one minor problem with the unit in the 2000+ miles.......top right running light on the rear of the unit did not work........bulb Ok....took it off and one of the wires had come loose from its connector. All else was super. Got about 11mpg on my dodge ram with 410 rear end.

[Jimmygee]

Just got back from williansburg & newport news virginia 3 weeks & 2,200 miles we seen 3 crusades and 4 tracers on i95 back home in St.Petersburg fl.

[AeroScout]

Got on I-95 in South Carolina this morning (in my car) and pulled out right behind a Crusader 260RLT with FL plates and a white GMC 2500 headed south! Should get good MPG with that light unit. It looked like it was fairly new.