A Potential Owner

[Travel Bird]

Congratulations on your new Flying Cloud!!! Now you must post pics when you get her! Safe travels!!!

[thecatsandi]

Originally Posted by Travel Bird

Check out Airstream of Spokane. Really great folks, Nick and Karyn. Super knowledgable, no pressure and great service!!!

Airstream of Spokane: Travel Trailers, sales and service

I second that. I will be taking my trailer to them to be repaired and then sold.

[TouringDan]

JTMB

Congratulations on your new Flying Cloud and welcome to the forums. I have an 08 Tundra and love it as a TV and traveling with out the Trailer. My biggest complaint is that it is HUGE, just like the other good TV. I agree with Aftermath to try it and see how it works. The fact that Andy at CanAm likes it speaks volumes for me. Watch your loading though.

Dan

[ROBERT CROSS]

Originally Posted by JTMB

Thanks again everyone...!

Well, here's the update. We're no longer potential owners, at least as of Wednesday morning when I pick up our new 2012 Flying Cloud 30. Not the model I expected the spouse to like (you'd think after 40 years of marriage I'd have some predictive ability, but in this case not so...!). That works out well for the towing question, because that model's fully loaded GVWR is within the Tundra's towing capacity, and it is highly unlikely the two of us will be anywhere near loading the trailer with 2,500 lbs plus of cargo, even with a full fresh water tank. A significant majority of people we've talked to, including the towing guru at CanAm RV (Andy) and several folks who are towing larger units with the Tundra, believe our unit will do fine with the 8,800 lb. GVWR. If it turns out the rig is marginal, we'll trade it and upgrade the TV, but it makes sense to do some trials first. I'm going to try to get a spot at a local county park for this weekend as a dry run.

For the extra weight and price, she didn't like the Classic 30, and actually preferred the look and a few other things about the Flying Cloud we bought (two A/C units, full awnings package, and the inverter). She actually preferred the interior of the Flying Cloud to the Serenity, and that's her bailiwick, not mine, so I was fine with that.

We're excited...!

John

John,

I told you iffy wives ROCK. Most just can't stay iffy around Airstreams.

Same thing happened with our purchase, DW fell in love with the inside and that was fine with me.

Now get the Stream loaded up and get go' n.

If you have the opportunity try and get to the CAT scales to confirm your set-up,(weight distribution), very important to get the AS and TV level.

Are we have'n fun yet?

Bob

[Silver Otter]

John - YAY for you guys! We love our 30. Have a great time. She has wheels, so roll her.

[JTMB]

No problem with getting miles on the AS...! We have two 3-week trips planned for the summer, and I am taking a 6-week cross-country and back trip in the fall. On the long trip, I will be mostly solo, but the DW will be meeting me to ride along for a week or so on two parts of the trip. I'm picking up the trailer Wednesday morning and probably will go directly to a local campground for the weekend if I can get a space reserved to get familiar with and test everything. There is a big truck stop nearby which I'm going to check tomorrow to see what's involved in getting weighed. The dealership will be swapping the 1,000 pound equalizers and sway bar setup from our current trailer to the AS, and I don't expect any major issues getting things set up, but will make sure everything is fine before our longer trips.

[dkottum]

Congratulations on a great travel combo, and looks like you plan to use it. We just got back from a six month trip and we're looking for another summer destination. Love the Airstream.

doug k

[Fly at Night]

Wonderful! I love my Flying Cloud. I agree with your wife; it's all about the interior!

[JTMB]

Well, a few folks asked for pix when we got the AS, so here they are. I picked it up Wednesday (light rain, of course, it's the Northwest) and towed it directly to a county park where I managed to get reservations for Wednesday and Thursday night. Everything was already booked starting today (Friday) so though I would have loved to have stayed longer, it wasn't to be this time.

In any event, I decided at the dealer to go with an Equalizer hitch/sway bar setup, and the trailer great with the Tundra, including up some steep hills that I went on to get a sense for how the TV was doing.

We checked out the systems, got our stuff stowed away, and everything worked great so far.

Here are a couple pix...

[Travel Bird]

John, she is REALLY gorgeous!!! Congrats!