Yes. It was nice too but DW along with Jay & Stella decided that it could use a few changes...lol. It also appears to be a VERY heavy coach.
There are at least a dozen changes that will probably be presented before the year is up.
But, that was #1. Numbers 2 through 20 are coming on line very shortly if not already. There are a few things I was able to discuss with Andy ???, the Heartland brand manager, and I'm sure input from RV'ers and the dealers will be utilized.
We really like it, but there are some things that would have to be changed for it to be considered.
As some of the ladies mentioned, the mirrors on the closet doors for one.
The closet doors need to be reversed so you don't see the big gap when the doors are closed.
The un-reachable cubby in the closet
The exposed electrical panel
And while I'm on the panel - why can't we get a panel that has
ALL the circuits on one engraved board with some blanks for extra switches and or breakers. The hodge-podge of panels and different types and colors of switches has irked me since I picked up the Cyclone, which has two custom engraved panels but neither big enough to handle everything.
The furniture looked pretty good, and was comfortable to sit on, but the couch pull out bed was horrible.
Although the new full body paint looks real good, the use of a basic cream color for all color plans makes it look like cream gel coat with partial paint.
The show coach weighed 15,670 pounds dry!
The GVW is 17,500 pounds
Simple math gets you about 1800 cargo. Between fresh and waste water storage you could easily lose 500 pounds of that.
The show coach did not have:
Generator
Washer Dryer
Slide out toppers
Dual Pane windows
Adding those might yield you a "real' cargo capacity of 500-600 pounds.
There are dozens of huge cabinets throughout the coach. I'm sure we could easily fill this thing up to 20K
The model is Newport "365", which I assume is for 365 living. Anyone living 365 or full timing brings everything with them, so ............
It really looked like the Landmark people went over to the Cyclone plant and took the biggest Cyclone and turned it into the new flagship Landmark. It is big and brick shaped.
If I could, I would:
Shorten the rear cap 1 foot. As it is, sitting on the right side of the couch completely blocks from view the person sitting on the rear most recliner.
Move the shower to the front cap. Shorten the bathroom 1 foot. Then fill in the rest with cabinets, sink etc.
Those two would shorten up the 43 foot length considerably.
And, I would add a 3rd axle - or build it with a MOR/ryde 10K independent suspension.
That's part of my 2 cents (and I do have more
).
Knowing this trailer was going to be at Urbanna tipped the hat to us making our way there and I'm glad we did.
We like it and it will be our new goal. Time will tell.
