Looking at a '21 260RD this weekend

[Leatherman]

To help in the meantime, I am looking for answers to these specific questions. Hopefully someone can help me.

(1) How is the fridge powered (I can't see in the brochure if it's 3 way or only Propane and electric), only that its a 12 cubic foot one.
(2) It appears as though the Four Seasons Protection Package is a mandatory package. Does that include the black/grey and fresh tank heaters? The brochure says yes but every video I look at I can not see the control panel that has the switches for the tank heating pads.
(3) Can someone provide their actual measured height of the unit? Doc says 12' but I have seen different ranges. Does that include a single AC or both front and rear?

Thanks guys!

 

[Grandesigner]

Welcome Leatherman,
1. propane and AC electric
2. Yes, tank heaters, though I have not used them yet. Maybe this coming week
3. My single AC unit measured just under 12' hooked up to my truck, ymmv. 2nd AC will add almost a foot, depending on AC height...

 

[Rudy35]

Welcome Leatherman,
1. propane and AC electric
2. Yes, tank heaters, though I have not used them yet. Maybe this coming week
3. My single AC unit measured just under 12' hooked up to my truck, ymmv. 2nd AC will add almost a foot, depending on AC height...

Tank heaters with switches? My 2020 says heated tanks, but I'm not sure how that works. Thanks for any info.

Randy

 

[Grandesigner]

I won't have my unit back until tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure there is switch on the control panel inside with the rest of them...

 

[Rudy35]

I won't have my unit back until tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure there is switch on the control panel inside with the rest of them...

No switch for tank heaters on my control panel, be interested to know how it works. Thanks.

 

[WhittleBurner]

No switch for tank heaters on my control panel, be interested to know how it works. Thanks.

I don't think any of the Reflections have tank heaters. Only the Soliudes and Momentums have the tank heaters. Your Reflection tanks are heated be running your furnace. There are heater ducts going to the basement to keep it warm.

 

[FT4NOW]

I don't think any of the Reflections have tank heaters. Only the Soliudes and Momentums have the tank heaters. Your Reflection tanks are heated be running your furnace. There are heater ducts going to the basement to keep it warm.

My 311 has tank heaters.

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[WhittleBurner]

My 311 has tank heaters.

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I stand corrected.

 

[Grandesigner]

Mine came with paperwork for them in addition to the switch on the panel. I'll take a pic later and post.
If you don't have switch or paperwork, you probably don't have them...
Here it is, right next to the blue switch.

 

[Rudy35]

Thank you!

 

[stevec999]

I don't think any of the Reflections have tank heaters. Only the Soliudes and Momentums have the tank heaters. Your Reflection tanks are heated be running your furnace. There are heater ducts going to the basement to keep it warm.

My 2020 240rl has tank heaters, switch on the main panel.

 

[Leatherman]

Thanks for all of the replies. We pick up the 260RD on April 3.

 

[bkoyle]

My 2020 pre-redesign 260RL does not have tank heaters.

 

[Foothiller]

It's probably too late, but here's some food for thought. We looked at the 260RD and realized that you can't get at the bathroom while traveling (the pop-out blocks it). That was a deal killer for my wife.

 

[AmeliaKD]

Mine came with paperwork for them in addition to the switch on the panel. I'll take a pic later and post.
If you don't have switch or paperwork, you probably don't have them...
Here it is, right next to the blue switch.

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I have a 2021 260RD picked up in late September. My setup is the same as [MENTION=32051]Grandesigner[/MENTION]. My hubby has a picture I can post of what the heat tape looks like that is attached to the tanks. He got a shot of the grey and black tanks when he dropped the underbelly to do some other work. Let me know if you want to see the picture. It is just a small heat pad stuck to the side of the tanks.: if

Our toggle switch is in the same place as [MENTION=32051]Grandesigner[/MENTION]'s control panel.

We are wondering if the tank heater for the fresh water tank is working because in a freezing temp storm (we were stuck in the Texas snow storm in February). We had turned on the tank heaters and the propane heat running in the unit (which provides heat also through the ducts to the storage area and from what GD says, also to the underbelly where the tanks are stored). The fresh water tank froze on us. When we got up in the morning we couldn't get any fresh water to run. When the outside temps warmed up, it thawed without issue.

Our refrigerator has mode for AC and for Propane. Note: if it doesn't cut over to propane automatically when unplugged, just power it off then back on and it will cut over to propane. We've only had that happen once.

I read somewhere a question about an on-demand hot water tank and I can confirm that is not the case on our unit. We have the 6 gallon hot water tank.

Also, Grey 1 is the bathroom and Grey 2 is the kitchen.

 

[Alfredo]

It's probably too late, but here's some food for thought. We looked at the 260RD and realized that you can't get at the bathroom while traveling (the pop-out blocks it). That was a deal killer for my wife.

That was a MAJOR issue for us. We need to get to the bathroom, bedroom and fridge when we are in transit anywhere.

 

[bkoyle]

It's probably too late, but here's some food for thought. We looked at the 260RD and realized that you can't get at the bathroom while traveling (the pop-out blocks it). That was a deal killer for my wife.

We love our trailer, but we agree with you. It would be nice to have access to the bedroom and the bathroom with the slide in. Maybe next time we can get the 303RLS that the wife wanted, but was too heavy for our truck.

Bkoyle

 

[Alfredo]

We love our trailer, but we agree with you. It would be nice to have access to the bedroom and the bathroom with the slide in. Maybe next time we can get the 303RLS that the wife wanted, but was too heavy for our truck.

Bkoyle

We liked the 303 too but ended up going with the 295RL that weighed slightly less ( same floorplan as 303, but no bedroom closet slide that added weight). We almost went with the 240RL ( but wanted the couch for visitors).

 

[Ynot4me2]

Thanks for all of the replies. We pick up the 260RD on April 3.

Congrats and welcome to the group.

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[AmeliaKD]

We debated over the design of not getting to the bathroom and bedroom when the slide is closed, but wanted to stay under the true 30 foot limit in order to get into National Parks and a LOT of State Parks and other campgrounds that only have 30 ft and under sites available. And this design for an under-30-foot is fantastic! It has paid off MANY times already for us. We've been able to get into locations that if we were over 30 feet, we would have been out of luck. Campgrounds are busy these days, even planning ahead by many months!


But there are times on the road when we do want/need to get into the back area, and we do.


We've found that it is easy to open the slide partially and get through. It only takes about a foot or so of opening it to turn yourself sideways to into the opening to get to bathroom and bedroom. We don't need to open it all the way for a quick-entry moment. Even after a foot or so of opening it, my 5'11" 180 lb hubby can get thru without issue. We do this often at dump sites on our way out of the campgrounds (we don't do a lot of FHU). I start dumping the tanks, hubby goes inside, opens the slide partially, and when the black tank is empty, he preps it (with water and treatment). Then he closes the slide and we wrap up.

We've never had an issue with having space to open it a foot or so to get into the back area. Not ideal, but it works for us and our desire to stay under 30 feet.