New RVers here.

[oskur d]

Congratulations on your retirement. Our dealer had a Reflection model in the production process, and we made one change and took delivery in 2 weeks. I had to scramble to come up with the $ to pay him that fast. RV manufacturers have production "slots" reserved. On retail orders, I would hope your dealer would have a "slot" reserved to where it won't take you so long.

And by the way, Grand Design will take your trailer off their assembly line to Morryde for the axle/brake conversion.

When you get your Solitude, be sure to take a few short trips to local campgrounds to get used to handling such a big rig. Long trips need to be reserved for a little later. And I hope your SuperDuty truck is a F350 dually as the Solitudes have too much kingpin weight for my F250 Superduty.

Hi Banaman. That's good to know about the production slots. I need to call our dealer next week and get an update on the order.

Yes, I've read about GD having the IS installed pre-delivery but seeing as how MORryde will build and install this to your specific truck height I think I would prefer that. I've got about a 2" lift on the rear so I want to make sure I get this right. Besides we'll get to take a trip to Indiana.

Thanks for all the good info.

[oskur d]

Welcome to the clubs (the forum and retirement ).

Thanks SGT. I'm enjoying them both.

[Canyonlight]

@oskur d - Welcome to the forum ! 310s are a top selling GDRV and a top selling Solitude. The FBP option is really nice.

Brian @bertschb is a long time forum member on his 3rd GDRV.....a new 310. They recently got their new FBP 310 with MORRyde installed. GDRV did take and bring back their 310 to the GDRV factory after MORryde was installed.

I'm sure Brian will chime in. He is a knowledgeable and valued poster as with many of the great folks here.

Dan

[bertschb]

Yes, I've read about GD having the IS installed pre-delivery but seeing as how MORryde will build and install this to your specific truck height I think I would prefer that. I've got about a 2" lift on the rear so I want to make sure I get this right.

When I was considering MORryde IS, I was also concerned about making sure the height of the RV was matched to my truck. My problem was I hadn't yet taken delivery of my truck and also I didn't really want to drive from Oregon to Indiana and back if I could avoid it. The reason I was particularly concerned is my new truck is a Ford Tremor with a roughly 2" factory lift so it rides higher than the non-Tremor model. Plus, Ford dropped the bed height of the 2020 trucks. With these changes, nobody really knew how tall the Tremor was. In the end I decided to have MORryde just add their maximum suspension lift which is 2". Pretty simple really. I was overthinking it like usual. My last two RV's were slightly nose high and I figured I'd rather have a little extra bed rail clearance than not enough. This worked out really well for me as the height of the RV ended up being 13' 5.5" when leveled to my truck and it's not recommended to exceed 13' 6".

Grand Design transported my RV to MORryde for the IS work then picked it up and brought it back to have the FBP applied. From there, it went back to Grand Design to have the external bits and pieces (e.g. awnings) installed and then a final PDI completed prior to shipping. Grand Design did a fantastic job keeping me informed during this whole process. Super happy with that!

Having said all of this - if I lived near Indiana or wanted to make the drive just for fun, I would have preferred being at the MORryde plant while the work was being done.

The combination of the MORryde pinbox, MORryde IS and Trailersaver air bag hitch makes for a super smooth ride! You made excellent equipment choices. You will love it!

[oskur d]

When I was considering MORryde IS, I was also concerned about making sure the height of the RV was matched to my truck. My problem was I hadn't yet taken delivery of my truck and also I didn't really want to drive from Oregon to Indiana and back if I could avoid it. The reason I was particularly concerned is my new truck is a Ford Tremor with a roughly 2" factory lift so it rides higher than the non-Tremor model. Plus, Ford dropped the bed height of the 2020 trucks. With these changes, nobody really knew how tall the Tremor was. In the end I decided to have MORryde just add their maximum suspension lift which is 2". Pretty simple really. I was overthinking it like usual. My last two RV's were slightly nose high and I figured I'd rather have a little extra bed rail clearance than not enough. This worked out really well for me as the height of the RV ended up being 13' 5.5" when leveled to my truck and it's not recommended to exceed 13' 6".

Having said all of this - if I lived near Indiana or wanted to make the drive just for fun, I would have preferred being at the MORryde plant while the work was being done.

The combination of the MORryde pinbox, MORryde IS and Trailersaver air bag hitch makes for a super smooth ride! You made excellent equipment choices. You will love it!

Thanks Bert. Good info about the additional height on your Tremor. Makes me a little more at ease that it will all be do-able on my end. I had the Carli pin-top suspension installed on the truck which leveled out the front but raised the rear about 2" The ride is superb compared to the stock set-up.

I won't mind the trip to Indiana, in fact looking forward to it. Never been there before. It will be our first long trip.

Almost all the info I used for the IS and BD5 hitch I got from the wonderful people right here. Absolutely invaluable.

Stay safe in these uncertain times.

[TahoeTrekker]

Welcome and congrats!

[LMS520]

We ordered our Solitude on 3/6 and just got an update from our dealer (today) that our new “off the line” date is 6/16. We were originally expecting to take delivery the first week of May. With all that is going on, we are not counting on this, but that is our most recent date provided! Hope this helps!

[Neil...AKA...Neil]

Sounds like you got the big stuff covered. I'd recommend watching a ton of YouTube videos. You can probably even find some stuff specific to both your camper and your tow rig. Good luck, have a blast. We did!
Neil and Liz Cotter

[oskur d]

We ordered our Solitude on 3/6 and just got an update from our dealer (today) that our new “off the line” date is 6/16. We were originally expecting to take delivery the first week of May. With all that is going on, we are not counting on this, but that is our most recent date provided! Hope this helps!

Thanks LMS. I spoke with our dealer yesterday. GD will be resuming production on 5/4 and they estimated that ours will be ready around Aug. 1. That will work out just fine for us. The country probably won't open up until then anyway. (Wow, that's sure a strange sounding statement!). Good luck with your delivery date.

[oskur d]

Sounds like you got the big stuff covered. I'd recommend watching a ton of YouTube videos. You can probably even find some stuff specific to both your camper and your tow rig. Good luck, have a blast. We did!
Neil and Liz Cotter

Hi Neil & Liz. I've found a lot of good info on YT. As you probably know there are several couples that fulltime and share their experiences. Some are very good. Others (although informative) are just too annoying to watch. Now that I've got the big stuff I'm working on the little stuff. The list is loooong. I am losing weight though because my wallet is getting lighter by the day.