2015 Roo 23SS delivered

[Davylee]

Okay. Picked up our new 2015 Roo 23SS yesterday from RVDirect in Albany, NY a 5 hour drive from home in Maine. I will review RVDirect in the Reviews forum. During the Demo/PDI went over the trailer really well, found one stove ignition wire shorting to the stove frame. The caulking was good, no cracks anywhere, no signs of water intrusion (camper was built April 4th) anywhere, no delamination. Drive home was uneventful, even though it was my first time towing something this big. Soaked the tent ends to season them and found no water leaks in the front end, a slight water intrusion in the back end. Let them dry and dumped water again and no leaks. So we have to hurry and load it up, expecting rain for the next two days and we are camping this weekend in it. One item of note. Forest River is welding a 1/8" thick plate to the top of the frame rail for the VIN which made putting the Equalizer WDH brackets on not per the manual. The extra 1/8" does not allow the bolt hole immediately under the frame to be used so I had to go down 1 more hole. I haven't figured what the long term solution will be, it towed fine and did not move. Maybe grind off the VIN and move it back. So very pleased with the Roo, no leaks and everything works. TIme for
Also I have seen other peoples photos of the new latches, mine to seem much better and cover all of the catch on the door.

[itat]

Congrats on the new Roo, Davylee!

One of the L brackets on my 2010 23SS has moved forward ever so slightly and I noticed that the lower bolt is not flush with the bottom of the A frame. I contacted Equalizer and their tech sent me these 2 pictures of what they recommend.

[customcbr900]

I have a buddy who has a machine shop. We just elongated the hole a bit.
Have fun this weekend.

[Davylee]

Thanks folks. I have a machine shop access at work and was thinking of elongating the holes. I also thought about a block underneath. Guess at least my thinking was in the right area. I'll take the trip this weekend and then fix it all. We are only driving a little over an hour, and it survived 5 hours so far LOL And now that the trailer is loaded I will need to re-adjust anyways.

[Rrickim63]

Originally Posted by Davylee

Okay. Picked up our new 2015 Roo 23SS yesterday from RVDirect in Albany, NY a 5 hour drive from home in Maine. I will review RVDirect in the Reviews forum. During the Demo/PDI went over the trailer really well, found one stove ignition wire shorting to the stove frame. The caulking was good, no cracks anywhere, no signs of water intrusion (camper was built April 4th) anywhere, no delamination. Drive home was uneventful, even though it was my first time towing something this big. Soaked the tent ends to season them and found no water leaks in the front end, a slight water intrusion in the back end. Let them dry and dumped water again and no leaks. So we have to hurry and load it up, expecting rain for the next two days and we are camping this weekend in it. One item of note. Forest River is welding a 1/8" thick plate to the top of the frame rail for the VIN which made putting the Equalizer WDH brackets on not per the manual. The extra 1/8" does not allow the bolt hole immediately under the frame to be used so I had to go down 1 more hole. I haven't figured what the long term solution will be, it towed fine and did not move. Maybe grind off the VIN and move it back. So very pleased with the Roo, no leaks and everything works. TIme for
Also I have seen other peoples photos of the new latches, mine to seem much better and cover all of the catch on the door.

Please don't do anything to VIN tag. In the event it either goes back to forest river for repair or is stolen, it would appear modified and would hamper repairs or proving its identity.

1999 Silverado with tow package

2006 Roo 23B hybrid

[LittlePM]

Congratulations with the new Roo, I hope you have fun camping

[ParrishCamper]

Congrats on new Roo. Glad your rv direct experience was better than mine.
Service is horrible in Orlando. They don't return phone calls.
I would like to see a picture of your latches.
Enjoy!

[Davylee]

I'll take some pic's this weekend and post next week.

[Davylee]

Here is a photo of a typical door latch parrishcamper. I do have one that isn't as good as this one.

[ParrishCamper]

Same latches as on my 2014. So far no water has made its way inside the camper but we haven't pulled it in a rain storm yet.
Good luck!!!

[Davylee]

Oh, I thought u wanted the pictures because of how they were not all the way over the door peg. I could of told you they were the same LOL... RVDirect experience was good but I don't use them for service since they are 5 hours away. Any little things I have been fixing my self so far.

[kcr721]

I was thinking about buying the Roo 23IKSS. I've got a few months to do my homework first before buying. I really like the hybrids. My dad always went camping in the popup. I wanted to step up with the Roo. Forest River appears to be the guru on the hybrids. Does this seem like a good choice ?

[Davylee]

I chose the Roo mostly due to the floor plan. Keystone and Jayco had been making the same floor plan then stopped. We had originally wanted the Keystone. We are happy with the Roo to this point.

[bikendan]

Originally Posted by kcr721

I was thinking about buying the Roo 23IKSS. I've got a few months to do my homework first before buying. I really like the hybrids. My dad always went camping in the popup. I wanted to step up with the Roo. Forest River appears to be the guru on the hybrids. Does this seem like a good choice ?

make sure that a hybrid really fits you and your family.
most hybrid owners are former popup owners, who want more amenities and are very familiar with the pros and cons of the canvas tent ends.

if you've never owned a popup, be aware that many newbies are drawn to hybrids because of all the sleeping capacity and extra floorspace.
but they don't think about having to deal with the canvas ends and end up selling the hybrid after one season.

we hybrid owners prefer the openness of the canvas ends, versus the "shoebox" feel of regular travel trailers and we're willing to deal with wet canvas and the occasional noisy neighbors.

[kcr721]

Thanks for all the good advice. I too want the open ends. I want to feel like I'm outdoors to an extent but with some ammenities.

[Davylee]

BikenDan said it best Prefer the open ends but know that it is still canvas/vinyl. Also the beds are queen size (short) not king size like some of the pop ups that was a big change.

[vinmaker]

I bought my first HW pop up from RVDirect in Albany, NY. Found the experience very good. I am in the market for a replacement and need to decide to stay with the Pop ups or go Hybrid. I like the 23SS and the 23IKSS. However they just seem so huge to me. I might stick with pop ups. lol. If I do, i will go with a HW296.

I plan on visiting RVDirect again to purchase it and will handle all the problems myself.

I too will report back on my next experience.

Congrats on the Roo. They sure do look nice.

Vin.

[kcr721]

Can you get a better deal if you wait and purchase in the winter months ? The markup is so high I want to get a good deal.

[kpm]

Originally Posted by vinmaker

I bought my first HW pop up from RVDirect in Albany, NY. Found the experience very good. I am in the market for a replacement and need to decide to stay with the Pop ups or go Hybrid. I like the 23SS and the 23IKSS. However they just seem so huge to me. I might stick with pop ups. lol. If I do, i will go with a HW296.

I plan on visiting RVDirect again to purchase it and will handle all the problems myself.

I too will report back on my next experience.

Congrats on the Roo. They sure do look nice.

Vin.

We almost got the HW296. After comparing it with the 23ss we figured you got so much more going with the hybrid. We are so glad that we got the 23ss now. The 296 is nice though