GDReinekes
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Hello to all. My hubby and I just bought a new Reflection in September but haven’t used it yet. It’s in the shop for warranty work but I wanted to post as we will likely rely on the GD Forum for a LOT education.
My name is Dana and my husband is Ed. He is recovering from a brain tumor, brain infection and massive Craniotomy which result in initial 100% right side paralysis. Long story short, we are truly blessed as he has recovered beyond all expectations; however, it leaves me a bit to learn a lot in a short amount of time as he now doesn’t have the complete ability, strength nor stamina to level, set up/tear down etc. I hate to play the woman card here but I had never even pulled a trailer until recently ?
We leave in a couple of weeks for a very long trip from TX to Bozeman MT where our son lives. I’m sure I’m getting ready to learn about things the difficult way on our first adventure especially with it being in the Winter traveling North. We are wondering if anyone has advice for traveling the mountain passes with fresh snow or ice? We did live in Colorado for 25 years (until 8/2017) and have extreme weather experience in autos, but that doesn't compare to pulling a home on wheels w/11k of trailer and stuff. We will be traveling 3-5 hours a day over 6 days to get there and staying mostly at KOA facilities with pull thru sites. We are not traveling through Colorado as we know based on knowledge and experience that travel through Wyoming in Winter is challenging from Northern Colorado on. We have chosen a familiar route via NM, In Burkbonnet, TX, Tucumcari, NM, Farmington, NM, Green River, UT and Pocatello, ID although we may return to Tx via Wyoming and Colorado. It is likely to be snowing at multiple points along the way. Any tips for ascending or descending in snow/ice while pulling? As a side note, we rented a GD Imagine last year and pulled during Thanksgiving and encountered some snow in Utah and Idaho but it was very early in the season so there wasn't any snow sitting on the road itself. We didn't experience any issues that trip but there has been significant snow this year already and am.dure our travel conditions will be quite different.
I apologize for the lengthy post! And will start a new thread on Winter Travel Tips soon.
I/we look forward to participating in the community and potentially meeting you at Rallies. Speaking of, where and when is the next one?
Dana and Ed Reineke
2022 Reflection RLTS Travel Trailer
2022 Ram Larime 4x4 w/6.4L gas engine and 6’ bed
My name is Dana and my husband is Ed. He is recovering from a brain tumor, brain infection and massive Craniotomy which result in initial 100% right side paralysis. Long story short, we are truly blessed as he has recovered beyond all expectations; however, it leaves me a bit to learn a lot in a short amount of time as he now doesn’t have the complete ability, strength nor stamina to level, set up/tear down etc. I hate to play the woman card here but I had never even pulled a trailer until recently ?
We leave in a couple of weeks for a very long trip from TX to Bozeman MT where our son lives. I’m sure I’m getting ready to learn about things the difficult way on our first adventure especially with it being in the Winter traveling North. We are wondering if anyone has advice for traveling the mountain passes with fresh snow or ice? We did live in Colorado for 25 years (until 8/2017) and have extreme weather experience in autos, but that doesn't compare to pulling a home on wheels w/11k of trailer and stuff. We will be traveling 3-5 hours a day over 6 days to get there and staying mostly at KOA facilities with pull thru sites. We are not traveling through Colorado as we know based on knowledge and experience that travel through Wyoming in Winter is challenging from Northern Colorado on. We have chosen a familiar route via NM, In Burkbonnet, TX, Tucumcari, NM, Farmington, NM, Green River, UT and Pocatello, ID although we may return to Tx via Wyoming and Colorado. It is likely to be snowing at multiple points along the way. Any tips for ascending or descending in snow/ice while pulling? As a side note, we rented a GD Imagine last year and pulled during Thanksgiving and encountered some snow in Utah and Idaho but it was very early in the season so there wasn't any snow sitting on the road itself. We didn't experience any issues that trip but there has been significant snow this year already and am.dure our travel conditions will be quite different.
I apologize for the lengthy post! And will start a new thread on Winter Travel Tips soon.
I/we look forward to participating in the community and potentially meeting you at Rallies. Speaking of, where and when is the next one?
Dana and Ed Reineke
2022 Reflection RLTS Travel Trailer
2022 Ram Larime 4x4 w/6.4L gas engine and 6’ bed