Hello, my name is Jon and I'm a perspective heartland owner. So after much research all over the web, scouring the country for exactly what we want, reassuring my wife constantly about our decisions to buy and buy out of state (shes an engineer so needs lots of hard data) and lurking on this forum soaking up every piece of information I could find I believe that we are just about ready to make a purchase on a Elkridge 38RSRT. We had, over the course of the past year, actually really liked and were thinking about the Gateway 3650 BH and almost pulled the trigger on that, however we walked through the 38RSRT and fell in love with it. Wife loves the fact it has the rear hatch leading into a bathroom with a tub for the kids. We have a 3 and 5 year old that dirt seems to jump on at every opportunity, and I wouldn't have it any other way. We are thinking of taking a long drive to Virginia soon to get exactly what we want. Just got a new F350 Dually a few months ago and putting miles on it and burning diesel is still loads of fun for me. I actually went to a local dealer and felt like I was being taken to the cleaners, and when I told him what I thought I could get it for elsewhere, he said "Yeah but you're gonna have to drive all that way just to get it." I had to retort that "If I'm worried about driving a long distance, perhaps I need to rethink the notion of buying a 5th wheel." I'm sure there are 50 other questions I need to be asking you guys as a first time perspective 5th wheel owner, but I guess this post is really just to say hello and stop lurking in the shadows all the time.