New on the forum from mid-Michigan

[Litgrep]

Hi all, new to this forum but not new to RVing. Currently have a 2019 Cruiser Air 28 RD. Pulling with 2009 Silverado 2500HD. Hopefully get out in late April early May. Only got out once in the Cruiser last year since we got it in late October.

[Lloyd]

Welcome aboard.
I take it you think spring might eventually come to this north country?

[Litgrep]

It always has and this year has averaged warmer. We live on a lake that’s been frozen since December so we’ll see. Lol.

[Oliver]

Welcome from Southern Michigan. There's a great bunch of very helpful and knowledgeable folks here. We're way behind on snow this year, just got 3 inches last night, our largest snowfall so far.

[Litgrep]

I’m up around Hubard Lake. We got about 13” early December and another 6 or so in January and just dustings /lake effect. Ground it semi white about 3” very hard pack icy.

[Papa-T]

Welcome to the forum from NC.

[sjk1998]

Welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your new 5er. What do you think of the quality of your 2019 Cruiser Aire? We found two left over Cruiser Aire’s we are considering, a new 2019 24RL and a 2020 27MK both very substantially discounted and were offered a good trade price for our SunsetTrail 250RB. Just looking for a opinion.

[DavisK]

Welcome to the forum!

[travelin texans]

Originally Posted by sjk1998

Welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your new 5er. What do you think of the quality of your 2019 Cruiser Aire? We found two left over Cruiser Aire’s we are considering, a new 2019 24RL and a 2020 27MK both very substantially discounted and were offered a good trade price for our SunsetTrail 250RB. Just looking for a opinion.

First thing you need to do is check the payload of your F150 from the drivers door post. That 27MK is 31' long has GVWR of 10080lbs (the 24RL weighs more) making approximately 2300lbs (23% of the GVWR) of pin weight + the weight of the hitch + the weight of everyone/everything in/on your truck that didn't come from the factory, don't know of many 1/2 tons of any brand capable of that kind of payload. The name "1/2 ton towable" is a sales gimmick, same as 4 season, Artic packages, Polar or whatever cute name that may call them.
The 2 most useless numbers when calculating weights towing RVs are #1 the max tow rating of any truck & #2 the dry weight of any rv. Most trucks will exceed their payload long before they'll tow that rated weight concerning RVs. The dry weight of an rv was the weight it rolled out the factory door, the dealer then adds batteries, propane, usually test water system which will never be completely drained, so that rv will NEVER weigh that dry weight again.
Most any truck of any brand or size can "move" heavy trailers, but are not capable of "carrying" the weight.
Not trying to rain on your parade, but in my opinion you don't have enough truck for either of those choices to tow it safely or within the weight limits of your truck.

[Litgrep]

Originally Posted by sjk1998

Welcome to the forum. Congratulations on your new 5er. What do you think of the quality of your 2019 Cruiser Aire? We found two left over Cruiser Aire’s we are considering, a new 2019 24RL and a 2020 27MK both very substantially discounted and were offered a good trade price for our SunsetTrail 250RB. Just looking for a opinion.

I had a long response to this, went to send it and it had logged me out. So long story short. Comparable quality to other 5vrs I had since 1992. Some new things to get use to, biggest was moving the hitch on the longbed back to fit the shorter depth in the Cruise Aire.

I’ll know more as I use it but bones are similar to Forest River and Fleetwood.