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Old 05-01-2012, 11:22 PM   #1
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New Owners of a 2012 Rockwood A122!

Greetings,

This is just a quick note to say “thanks” to all of your helpful posts in this forum. Your experiences helped us to decide on purchasing a 2012 Forest River Rockwood A122. Of course, like most, we have many questions, but I'll ask those at a later time.


(2012 Rockwood A122 in the backyard)


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(View of the Rockwood A122 hitched up to our 1996 JEEP Grand Cherokee V6)


(View of the Rockwood A122 hitched up to our 1996 JEEP Grand Cherokee V6)
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Old 05-01-2012, 11:33 PM   #2
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welcome to the forums ! congrats on the new unit !
when you have time check here >>>>>>Forest River FAQs - Forest River Forums


ps your pics didnt work !
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Old 05-01-2012, 11:45 PM   #3
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Thanks, Ron! The photographs were set to “private” so I changed them to “public.” Hopefully that works, and thanks for the link to the FAQs.
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Old 05-01-2012, 11:52 PM   #4
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Congrats on the new A122! Your pictures are coming through and I especially like the second pic with the trees.
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Old 05-01-2012, 11:53 PM   #5
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your welcome ! great pics !
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Old 05-02-2012, 04:46 AM   #6
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Welcome, nice camper.
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Old 05-02-2012, 05:56 AM   #7
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Cool pics! Enjoy your hard side!
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Old 05-02-2012, 09:18 AM   #8
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You're going to have a ton of fun with the A-frame! We pulled ours to Santa Fe last June and had a blast in the national forest campground up the canyon to the northeast of town, just below the state park. Can't remember the name at the moment. Santa Fe is such a great town. We plan to return someday.
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Old 05-02-2012, 12:02 PM   #9
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nice lookin' rig....congrats!
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Old 05-02-2012, 10:09 PM   #10
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Hi Folks. Nice feedback on the A122! Hearty congratulations!

We continue to research the hard side models and are starting to lean toward this model. We visited the local dealer and found that the new A102 is a nice rig, but a bit smallish. The 17' models would likely be just right for our family, and we'd prefer to have room for 3/4 sleepers, if possible. A porta potty setup should be A-OK.

For the A122 owners out there .... Any reservations about the permanent bed taking up floor space, and only one dinette? When the bed is flipped up, is the space below for storage and AC only? (Of course, the advantage of this model is having a real bed!)

The other possibility may be the A126, but we were wondering if the second dinette area could be configured/modified as a bed, or if there is sufficient room on the floor for an extra bunker?

Many thanks for all the great info!
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Old 05-02-2012, 10:28 PM   #11
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The beauty of the A126 is the cassette toilet so if you sleep one in the floor access to the toilet would be problematic. I see the A126 as a two person camper.

If a 3 or 4 person setup is a must I'd look at the 122 or 128.
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Old 05-02-2012, 11:22 PM   #12
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For the A122 owners out there .... Any reservations about the permanent bed taking up floor space, and only one dinette? When the bed is flipped up, is the space below for storage and AC only? (Of course, the advantage of this model is having a real bed!)
Hi, We actually looked at the A124, which has the additional dinette table (no permanent bed). We settled on the A122 because my wife likes sleeping in a real bed. I have slept on both the bed and the fold-up mattress, where the dinette is, and I can tell you that the mattress is much more comfortable. Also, we are camping after all, so we will most likely be spending more time sleeping in the A122 than sitting around in it. One dinette area is plenty fine for my wife, our eight-year-old daughter, and me. My two cents.

The space under the bed is basically divided in half, half for storage, and half for the AC.
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Old 05-03-2012, 11:58 AM   #13
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In reference to the permanent bed design...

We just received our A122BH last week, and took it for a trial run that day. The permanent bed was a selling point for us. We are both over 6 feet tall, and fit fine. We added a mattress topper (from Costco) to help out a little. I had to trim off about 5 inches along the side of the queen size topper to make it fit- but well worth the investment and the time! It does make it more cumbersome to get to the storage underneath, but we just won't put things there we have to access often.
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