New to the community.

[RACowen]

Decided to join after a couple months of ending up here looking for information. This site came up a lot when doing google searches to fix the small issues so might as well just sign up.



We are Rob and Angie From south central Iowa



In any case. I as a kid did a lot of camping with my family. my wife had a bumper pull TT but sold it to her brother. So we decided to look for another one to start camping together. she wanted another smaller trailer so could town it with her truck, But as typical we didn't end up with a half-ton towable. As you get to know me, I tend to overkill everything. After months of looking (and using as an excuse to go on Sat,motorcycle rides) we kept coming back to an older Montana. We both just love the Montana trailers (although not all floor plans, but that's what makes the world work)



Our first trailer together is a 2007 Montana 3585SA and we love it. the interior hardly looks used. But as my earlier statement attests we have had some minor issues to fix, and had a blow causing other damage. I am very mechanically inclined so I can fix pretty much everything just need the information and so far this site is a gold mine.



We have only had this since Sept but I don't think either 1 of us would consider anything but a 5ver again. Still have things to upgrade or just repair before next year but lot of time to learn.


1 of the things I need to replace is the water pump so that's currently on my research list (t works but it's obvious it's getting weak)



If you haven't noticed by now, I tend to be long winded so thank you for reading.



And yes stepping up from a 24ft bumper pull to a 38ft 5th wheel is usually a big jump for people, but a little of our background is we are a truck driving team so not the typical problem many people have towing a larger trailer (we pull a 53ft dry-van with a volvo VLN760.)


Any suggestions on camping in our area is always accepted. Last year for vacation I did actually take a motorcycle road trip and visited every start park in iowa so that's our starting point.


Thanks again for reading and looking forward to getting to know more Montana owners