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12-13-2020, 06:22 PM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Simi Valley
Posts: 71
M.O.C. #10801
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Magazine
Anyone else upset that Trailer Life and Motor Home mag. Are merging into one ?
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12-13-2020, 07:15 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Salem
Posts: 7,558
M.O.C. #2283
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No
Lynwood
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12-13-2020, 07:16 PM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: muskegon
Posts: 91
M.O.C. #25138
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At least they will be publishing. I did subscribe to many automotive magazines. One by one they've gone under. Just another example of the internet
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07 GMC CC LB dually LBZ, Idaho Rob EFI, DeeZee boards, 50 gal TransferFlow inbed tank
05 Mountaineer 298-RLS,
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12-13-2020, 07:38 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Lamesa
Posts: 621
M.O.C. #26010
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Not here. Better to have something than nothing IMO.
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Danny and Susan wife of 55 years
2019 Ram Laramie 3500 6.4 4x4 CC 4.10 SRW
2020 Montana High Country 331RL
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12-14-2020, 04:12 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Austin
Posts: 2,429
M.O.C. #21044
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Last months Trailer Life was awfully thin. I generally read them cover to cover in “the library”. I am looking forward to the new mag.
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MikenDebbie Aggie ‘77 in the sticks near Austin TX
2019 Chevy 3500 High Country DRW
2018 Montana 3921FB
Aussie Gus + Texas Heeler Jimmy
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12-14-2020, 07:25 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Lake Gaston
Posts: 8,773
M.O.C. #12156
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No problem here either.
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Mike and Lorraine
2002 3655 FL, 2005 3650RK
2010 3665RE, 2015 3910FB
F350 crew cab dually 6.7
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12-14-2020, 08:12 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: McKinney
Posts: 7,175
M.O.C. #6433
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As long as the magazine becomes thicker and equal content between 5er and MH I will like it. Always interesting to see the “other side”.
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Bill & Patricia
Riley, our Golden
2007 3075RL (recently sold, currently without)
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12-14-2020, 08:52 AM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Simi Valley
Posts: 71
M.O.C. #10801
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Ok thanks, I guess it’s just me that doesn’t care about the newest diesel pusher floor plans or the problems with some class C. They are two entirely two different animals from our 5 ers. Yes some components are the same , but it pretty much stops there.
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12-14-2020, 09:37 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Sharpsburg
Posts: 202
M.O.C. #20974
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Nope,hope they find some new content -kinda waste same stuff every month
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2018 High Country 340BH
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12-14-2020, 10:38 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Oro Valley
Posts: 3,940
M.O.C. #20477
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Prefer reading online to paper magazine that just ends up in the dump.
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Zack and Donna plus Millie and Ranger
2018 3160RL
"Life is too short to stay indoors, enjoy the ride!"
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12-14-2020, 11:33 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Lamesa
Posts: 621
M.O.C. #26010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikendebbie
Last months Trailer Life was awfully thin. I generally read them cover to cover in “the library”. I am looking forward to the new mag.
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Don't know if anyone remembers but back when I received Trailer Life magazine in the 80s I seem to recall it was much thicker and seemingly had more diverse information (from memory so.....). I don't remember motor homes being in it then but they might have been? Maybe it's just coming full circle....or maybe not.
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Danny and Susan wife of 55 years
2019 Ram Laramie 3500 6.4 4x4 CC 4.10 SRW
2020 Montana High Country 331RL
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12-14-2020, 03:18 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Haysville
Posts: 4,261
M.O.C. #3085
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Yes .. TL was much thicker 20 years ago. It also had more content. One of the items in TL that I miss the most was at the very end of each months magazine, there was a personal adventure from a certain older RVer (Bill Graves). He had a very unique way of telling about his latest romp across the US of A. The short one pager always ended with the same phrase ... Welcome to America's Outback.
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12-14-2020, 03:40 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Salem
Posts: 7,558
M.O.C. #2283
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Magazines every where are having a hard time staying afloat. I used to advertise in three small magazines they are all gone now. They just couldn’t make it. People would rather look on the internet. I’d rather have a good magazine.
Lynwood
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12-14-2020, 03:50 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Anderson
Posts: 2,602
M.O.C. #22835
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I use to take Trailer Life Magazine several years ago. Over time, (Like several years), I saw the magazine get smaller and more and more advertisements. Paper magazine sales must have slumped sometime back then because "they" incorporated the digitized magazine with your subscription, so you get access to the currently monthly magazine on-line. I actually like this better than the paper edition.
But again, advertisements way outnumbered articles. Then it shrunk. That's when I let my subscription drop.
I found out later that back issues in their entirety are still available with no subscription at all: Click here, and the article I really looked forward to was also compiled into a free section on the web site: 10 Minute Tech, click here archived. Granted these are not current articles (like this month's issue), but there's enough information on the web site to keep me entertained for a while. So, I go back every now and then read stuff from about a year and a half ago. Things DO NOT change THAT much from year to year. Want to keep up on the latest floor plans, go to the manufacturer's web site and punch in any make and model on YouTube and get an instant video tour of the unit.
So, really, there was no need for "me" to subscribe any more. I'm not in the need to purchase a new camper, so places like THIS forum, dedicated to the specifics of my Montana is really much more beneficial for "me."
I will admit though, when we purchased our first Pop-Up in 1996, the camping magazines and RV magazines were a fascinating read. Today, I'd much rather just go visit an RV dealership and see the real thing, or better yet, go camping and experience the things that others write about.
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2019 Montana High Country 375FL
2014 Chevy Silverado Duramax, 6.6L Dually
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12-14-2020, 04:33 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Boone
Posts: 311
M.O.C. #21011
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I subscribe to both but did not renew this year. They were getting too thin, same ole stuff in them, and seemed like they wanted to cover travel destinations more than RV’s. If I wanted a travel magazine, I’d subscribe to one. Lol. Won’t effect me on the merge.
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12-14-2020, 05:54 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: McKinney
Posts: 7,175
M.O.C. #6433
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mlh
Magazines every where are having a hard time staying afloat. I used to advertise in three small magazines they are all gone now. They just couldn’t make it. People would rather look on the internet. I’d rather have a good magazine.
Lynwood
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Same with newspapers. My family took a Dallas daily, a local daily, and a weekly. All thick and a significant classified section. And I read them all front to back even as a kid. And subscribed to both dailys after moving out on my own. And still enjoy reading them over my morning coffee. Except now the Dallas weekly is thin and no real classified section. And the local daily is now a thin weekly. Would drop that local except for the occasional local story of interest that doesn’t make the Dallas paper. No doubt it won’t be long until they are on-line only. Just not the same. But they survive on advertising. And that also is going mostly on-line.
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Bill & Patricia
Riley, our Golden
2007 3075RL (recently sold, currently without)
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12-14-2020, 06:37 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Salem
Posts: 7,558
M.O.C. #2283
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We advertise on line. It’s much better bang for the buck. We still advertise in one little magazine but not for what it does for us but what we can do for it. Benchrest shooters supported us for years now it’s our time to support them. Turn about is fair play.
Lynwood
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12-14-2020, 07:37 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Carson City
Posts: 2,017
M.O.C. #21963
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikendebbie
Last months Trailer Life was awfully thin. I generally read them cover to cover in “the library”. I am looking forward to the new mag.
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Ditto. In addition I would like to see them not kiss up to advertisers. They have lost a lot of objectivity and try too hard to not offend.
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12-14-2020, 09:34 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Omaha
Posts: 6,751
M.O.C. #7560
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I have had at least two emails asking me to subscribe to the new magazine and I have sent them an email back asking whether my subscription will continue to the new magazine since I have paid up on Trailer Life until June of 2023. Have not heard a word back but if I don't I will be making a phone call or send a message to Marcus (since he states "If you have a problem, I have a problem" and we'll see what he has to say about it. I'll post what I come up with.
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