Anyone have any opinions or experience with the National brnd? Particularly a 35' Tropical.
RVRon said
05:37 AM Aug 3, 2011
Just keep in mind that National went out of business so you would be buying an "orphan" brand. That means no factory support or parts if something serious goes wrong with the portions of the RV that were manufactured by National. Other components like the chassis, appliances, furnace, A/C, etc. are made by a separate supplier so you'd have backup from them if that individual part went bad.
bjoyce said
09:11 AM Aug 3, 2011
Older National Tropi-Cal's were gas rigs and were the upscale version of the Dolphin, then they changed their mind and called it a "Dolphin LX" instead. Around 2003 or 2004 National put out a Tropi-cal that was a diesel. The gas ones were good RVs with decent carrying capacity, the diesels often had only about 1,000lbs of carrying capacity.
Ckerr said
09:22 AM Aug 3, 2011
bjoyce wrote:
Older National Tropi-Cal's were gas rigs and were the upscale version of the Dolphin, then they changed their mind and called it a "Dolphin LX" instead. Around 2003 or 2004 National put out a Tropi-cal that was a diesel. The gas ones were good RVs with decent carrying capacity, the diesels often had only about 1,000lbs of carrying capacity.
Dang Bill... You sure know your RVs! Any insight on a 2007 Monaco Dynasty?
Merikay said
05:14 PM Aug 3, 2011
Thank you for the input. I did a test drive and it drove like a dream! The turn radius was unbelievable, but as my husband pointed out it was the first diesel I have driven and compared to the gassers they do drive better.
But alas, there were some other things bout it that wern't up to snuff and we decided not to make an offer on it.
bjoyce said
09:39 PM Aug 3, 2011
I used to own a National RV Dolphin and was in an owner's club so I know a fair amount about their products. The Tropi-cal diesel was not a favorite. Monaco Dynasty's are high end rigs and normally quite good. My in-laws have a 2001 they bought new and are still happy with.
Ckerr said
09:44 PM Aug 3, 2011
Thanks Bill!
We've seen some Newmars we like as well. Now we just need to figure how to afford the transition from our 5th wheel.
Marikay, great that you got to drive it. Good to have something to compare to as you look at other ones. Good luck in your search!
Anyone have any opinions or experience with the National brnd? Particularly a 35' Tropical.
Just keep in mind that National went out of business so you would be buying an "orphan" brand. That means no factory support or parts if something serious goes wrong with the portions of the RV that were manufactured by National. Other components like the chassis, appliances, furnace, A/C, etc. are made by a separate supplier so you'd have backup from them if that individual part went bad.
Dang Bill... You sure know your RVs! Any insight on a 2007 Monaco Dynasty?
But alas, there were some other things bout it that wern't up to snuff and we decided not to make an offer on it.
We've seen some Newmars we like as well. Now we just need to figure how to afford the transition from our 5th wheel.
Marikay, great that you got to drive it. Good to have something to compare to as you look at other ones.
Good luck in your search!