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Posted By: burlmart on 03/14/14 07:32am

ecovidual

We have the '05 213 ao can probably help answer questions. Not much to point out about it by way of any cautions. If you get any water leak on the passenger side behind the front seat, it is the lag screws that holds the awning to roof and a good caulking w/ dicor RV roof caulk is the fix. A few of us had a leak there, not all of us, though.

It's a solid unit that seems to be aging pretty well..

2005 Trail Lite 213 B-Plus w/ 6.0 Chevy

Posted By: quietjake on 03/16/14 06:20pm

I'm another enthusiastic 04 213 new owner, now about 10 months along.

Have no specific 'issues' other than uncomfortable with the bed so far. Will be getting a special foam pad set up this coming week~~the air mattress didn't prove to be satisfactory.

Ours is 23' so very handy in parking 'normal' spots and gets around towns very nimbly IMHO.

I still haven't figured out how to operate the TV pod stuff yet but the radio now is at my command!

Welcome to the forum!

Posted By: Scottiemom on 03/16/14 06:46pm

We have an 04 213 and I have back issues. We made some simple mods to help with the support.

DH made some braces out of PVC with slots cut to support the metal frame of the sofa when it lays down so it doesn't "give" as much. Then we got some 3/8" plywood that we lay on the dinette top when it goes down to make the bed. We store that piece under the cushion of the one bench. That little bit helps to level the overall surface. Then we put the cushions down and put an air mattress on top. It's not perfect and I would prefer a regular bed, but it works. It takes us about 10 minutes to set up and tear down.

The parts are easily stored. We put the air mattress in a bag behind the driver.

We love our little "MinnieMee." She went to Alaska and back last summer. . . over 11,000 miles and never even hiccuped!

Dale

Dale Pace
Widow of Terry (Teacher's Pet)

Traveling with Brendon, my Scottish Terrier

2022 Honda Odyssey
2011 Mazda Miata MX-5

2021 Coach House Platinum III 250DT
Fulltimed for 15 years, now living in Florida

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Posted By: cheeze1 on 03/16/14 07:54pm

Dale, you might want to go back in the archives and check my rebuild of the bed areas. The result was nice flat, firm bases.

Chas Morristown, NJ
Trail Lite
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Posted By: Gene in NE on 03/16/14 10:05pm

cheeze1 wrote:

Dale, you might want to go back in the archives and check my rebuild of the bed areas. The result was nice flat, firm bases.

Hi cheeze1, Nice to hear from you.

Dale - Check out page 191 dated 12/02/08 11:51pm. Then go to page 193 dated 12/07/08 6:11pm [emoticon]

2002 Trail-Lite Model 211-S w/5.7 Chevy (click View Profile)
Gene

Posted By: Scottiemom on 03/17/14 06:19am

Thanks for the link, but we are happy with our setup. I was responding to another new poster who needed suggestions. Your rebuild does look very nice, but we wanted to keep our dinette and we didn't want twin beds. [emoticon]

Dale

Posted By: Snowman9000 on 03/17/14 07:13am

Had we decided to keep our 213, I was considering a further mod, to make a flat bed all the way across. You may recall I removed the sofa and installed a bed:

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My idea was to have another piece of wood stored on top of that bed plywood, under the mattress (not shown). Then have it bridge the gap to the dinette, with brackets and legs to support it as needed. The foam mattress for the new middle section would store on top of the bed on the right.

Currently RV-less but not done yet.

Posted By: quietjake on 03/17/14 10:11pm

Appreciate the ideas of the prior 213 fans, and may well eventually go for that idea if all else fails.

So far Old Blister--er My Sweet Bride--wants to keep the sofa and dinette as both are handy, they just don't make a bed she likes.

We did a little foam wedge & air mattress routine for a few outings but that wasn't good enough for our geezer bodies.

We turned the dinette into our head space which does work better but still there a a couple obstacles to Real Comfort.

Next we are hitting the custom Foam Man this week for another experiment.

Question on 'cabin noise' from the kitches-back area:

We've managed to tune most of the clatter down several notches, yes still have a few annoyances, dependent on how rough the pavement is. Freeways is pretty quiet.

Just "how quiet" is the general practical level?
We;ve padded the pots & pans, put a really wonderful cutting block/silencer on the stove rack, & found ways to get rid of 'most' the clatter. Don't know how much effort & how far to expect to go.

Posted By: 2wheelluge on 03/19/14 03:19am

We had really good luck with thermarest pads on top of the sofa. I think we'll go one more year before I rip it all out. Wife hates the fabric so I might as well do it all at once.

Someone mentioned aging...we know these hold up well. How old is too old for any rv, even if it is running well? I look at the new Ram based rigs and think, I have about 90 % of that unit and mine is paid for.

Dennis Siemsen
Cresco, Iowa
2007 Holiday Rambler Augusta 213 B+

Posted By: Orion_42 on 03/19/14 05:38am

Ours is a 2001 with 46K miles on it and it still runs and looks like new. To us, it's as good as new and I definitely wouldn't spend the money to replace it with a new one. There are some campgrounds (not many) that have an age limit on how old the rig can be to be allowed in. Not sure of the reason for that as I've seen some exquisite restorations of some classics that should be welcome anywhere. "snob zoning"?

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2001 Trail Lite B+ 211

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