Brought home our new 261BH

ArmyRover

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Floor plan is just killer in this one so we decided it was time to move on from the Apex Nano. This is what happens when you help a friend shop for his first trailer. You bring a new one home yourself.

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First trip is in a couple weeks. Need to get everything stowed, and mount the bedroom tv then it should be good to go.
 
Floor plan is just killer in this one so we decided it was time to move on from the Apex Nano. This is what happens when you help a friend shop for his first trailer. You bring a new one home yourself.

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First trip is in a couple weeks. Need to get everything stowed, and mount the bedroom tv then it should be good to go.

Congrats. I’m curious about the bedroom tv sizing and mount as I pick up my 247bh on Thursday. What size tv did you mount and what mount did you use?
 
Congrats. I’m curious about the bedroom tv sizing and mount as I pick up my 247bh on Thursday. What size tv did you mount and what mount did you use?

Thanks, on the mount I picked up one off Amazon will get a link with the details on it later for you. I have a 32" that is unused so I am going to try that and see how it fits. If it doesn't work I will pick up a 24"

Congrats and happy trails!

Thank you
 
Congrats! Welcome to the just-bought-a-261BH club, I hope you like yours as much as we like ours. Sure is a great layout.

We've had only minor issues since taking delivery. Couple latches out of adjustment, non-functional USB port, that's mostly it. I wish they had just kept 12V power ports instead of those chintzy USB ports, I'm ripping them out and going back to 12V connectors.

Got any plans for mods? :)
 
Congrats. I’m curious about the bedroom tv sizing and mount as I pick up my 247bh on Thursday. What size tv did you mount and what mount did you use?

This is the mount I went with

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F2OZ0VM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Congrats! Welcome to the just-bought-a-261BH club, I hope you like yours as much as we like ours. Sure is a great layout.

We've had only minor issues since taking delivery. Couple latches out of adjustment, non-functional USB port, that's mostly it. I wish they had just kept 12V power ports instead of those chintzy USB ports, I'm ripping them out and going back to 12V connectors.

Got any plans for mods? :)

We have our first trip coming up beginning of the month. Figure we will spend those 8 days seeing what we need to change. Following that I am using it for work travel for a month, so I should have a real idea what needs changed by the end of that.
 
We have our first trip coming up beginning of the month. Figure we will spend those 8 days seeing what we need to change. Following that I am using it for work travel for a month, so I should have a real idea what needs changed by the end of that.
Yeah that's a good shakedown, should definitely leave you with a laundry list of ideas. I'll be interested to hear what you think.

Mine is going to need to visit the shop before we take it out again. Something is wrong with the slide-out. My wife and I got a chuckle about that, at least, because we were going to get a 247BH to avoid the potential issues with a slide-out, but decided that they are usually fairly reliable and we'd appreciate the extra space. Oops. LOL. Still love the extra space and theater seats though.
 
Ours has the couch instead of the theater seats. We were super happy to have a real couch coming from the Apex. Which I sold on today and the new family is taking it home on Wed next week.

Sunday should see us having all the stuff in place in the trailer and the tv mount installed along with a tv.

Between the vacation and the work trip I should have a good feel for it. I want to find the gas line for the quick connect so I can stop buying the little 1lb tanks for the grill.
 
I want to find the gas line for the quick connect so I can stop buying the little 1lb tanks for the grill.
That will be super handy. I have a hose to connect our camp chef stove to the quick connect on the trailer, but we stopped using that stove because it's just too unwieldy. Lately I've just been using a coleman high pressure hose to use a 20 pound tank in place of the little 1 pounders.

Can't wait for spring and warmer temperatures, we're ready to get back out camping ASAP. Our favorite campground is still under several feet of snow, but that'll change soon.
 
Spent about 4 hours today getting things organized in the trailer, doing shelf/drawer liners. Was going to go after the TV mount but I forgot my drill. I decided to go with a 24" after thinking about getting around in the bedroom from that side of the bed. It was nice being able to fire up the furnace while I was out there getting things organized at the storage lot, kept it comfortable inside along with the stereo pumping out tunes.

Where did you pick up your quick connect line at?
 
Spent about 4 hours today getting things organized in the trailer, doing shelf/drawer liners. Was going to go after the TV mount but I forgot my drill. I decided to go with a 24" after thinking about getting around in the bedroom from that side of the bed. It was nice being able to fire up the furnace while I was out there getting things organized at the storage lot, kept it comfortable inside along with the stereo pumping out tunes.

Where did you pick up your quick connect line at?

Amazon. We have a couple hoses we use:

This one lets you use a stove that is designed for 1 pound bottles, with a 20 pound (or more) tank. This is what I use most, personally.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009PUQAK/

This connects a Camp Chef stove to an RV quick connect. It's probably only useful for Camp Chef stoves.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000H87M9M/

I think this is what you're after. This has a 1 pound adapter on one end, and an RV quick connect on the other.
https://smile.amazon.com/DOZYANT-Converter-Replacement-Throwaway-Disconnect/dp/B07SZLRWR2
 
The old trailer was picked up today by it's new Family and the Apex Nano is off for new adventures.

I got the TV Mount installed, and my new brake controller showed up Tekonsha P3. New Husky Center Line set up should be here tomorrow. 8 days our from our first trip. Just have to finish buttoning up some things on the Excursion and we should be ready to roll.
 
Installed the wireless Solar rear view cam today real quick before jumping on some maintenance and repairs for the Excursion. Have to get an oil leak handled and a few other items.

Also picked up our Husky Center Line WD hitch for it last night so installing that is in the near future to. 1 week to our first trip in the 261BH
 
A little word of advise... check and double check the width of the wall you're mounting the TV mount on. I had a buddy who used screws that were a little too long and it went right on through to the outside. Fortunately it was an easy fix but a little extra time in making sure the screws aren't too long saves a few cuss words and thinking how to fix it.
 
A little word of advise... check and double check the width of the wall you're mounting the TV mount on. I had a buddy who used screws that were a little too long and it went right on through to the outside. Fortunately it was an easy fix but a little extra time in making sure the screws aren't too long saves a few cuss words and thinking how to fix it.

He posted a pic above of it done


2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew
 
We kept it in mind, and were successful in not adding any exterior holes lol.

Excursion is 90% done fixing that oil cooler block adapter oil leak was a bit more of a pain than expected. Got it done however and a few other maintenance bits. Tomorrow it will be fill the fluids back up check the diffs and transfer case and the Excursion should be ready to haul.
 

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