Other Grand Designs

[LCBoyer]

I recently traveled over 3800 miles to SE Missouri from Tucson, AZ to visit my mother for the last time. I never saw a Grand Design on the highway or at any of our stops. Where do you all go?
LC

 

[Traveling Piper]

We had a HiLo trailer for many years- another trailer with true pride in their craftsmanship and they were few and far between- which we considered a good thing. They took more time on each one to make sure we never had an issue- never in over 8 years. We had people waiting in line to purchase when we outgrew it. I am hoping this is also true with Grand Design- quality over quantity.

 

[Specularius]

I saw one today north bound on us287 south of Amarillo, TX. A Reflection pulled by a GM truck.

 

[Traveling Piper]

Grand Design does have some nice styling on their coaches, we were immediately drawn to them- especially their toy haulers- the graphics look a little more classy to us. Some of the other brands about blinded us. LOL

 

[Bamaman]

Some brands are better represented by dealers in some parts of the U.S. than others.

With well over 2,000 trailers delivered in their first 18 mos. in business, you will see plenty of these trailers.

Go to Florida about now, and you'll see a bunch of RV's heading there for the next 4 months.

 

[Scott and Jan]

I drive for a living and rarely see Grand Designs on the road. When we first got ours in April I saw several in a short period of time, always on 75 S in FL pulled by transport trucks. I did see one yesterday in our hometown, a Reflection towed by a maroon GM, if thats the same one Specularius saw they made good time! Lol

 

[LCBoyer]

Hooray! We have a Grand Design Reflection in our park. I will try to meet the owner

 

[BennyJR]

I have seen a few come in go from our park. I know Grand Design is very up in up down here in Texas. It was the talk of the show last year. I think a lot of other manufactures are now trying to keep up with GD base on some of the new coaches I've seen this year. Still nothing compares to my GD.

 

[Retread68]

LC - - When you say SEMO, exactly where are you referring? I grew up in SEMO (Steele) which is about as far SE as one can get and still be in MO unless you're in Holland or Cooter. I now live in NW TN just across the river from SEMO because of taxes. If you make it to Cape Girardeau you'll find several GDRV's on Youngblood's Capetown RV lot; which is where I purchased mine. Back in October I pulled into a campsite at Montauk State Park, MO right next to a Solitude 369RL. Surprised the heck out of me.

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
R Kaiser

 

[LCBoyer]

Retread68, we have a house 4 miles East of POPŁAR Bluff, south of airport. My home of record is in PENSACOLA don't stay there very often either. We do go back to the Bluff for a week or two a few times in the summer. Probably be back in April, expecting our first great grandson

 

[Retread68]

LC - It's a small world. I know exactly where you're speaking of; in between Hwy 53 & 60. I travel the road whenever I go trout fishing at Montauk, MO. Hayti, MO to Kennett to the Bluff on Hwy 53, catch Hwy 60 W just past MO HP Troop E HQ going to Van Buren etc up to Houston and Licking, MO.
The small world part is ...... my wife has a condo at Perdido Bay / Pensacola. Be safe and hope yall make it back to the Bluff in April.

R. Kaiser

 

[Bamaman]

I used to work in the Bootheel often when I lived in Memphis. We did business with just about everyone driving a Ford bought at Littrell-Ozier in Blytheville. One of my favorite customers was Raymond "Red' Gill--manager of the VFW in Steele and top cook of the Razorback Barbeque Team. He was a very colorful guy.

In my last years at work, I dealt with Don Medlin and Company--owners of 46,000 acres of prime farmland in The Bootheel and across the river in Tennessee.

 

[Retread68]

Bamaman - You're waaaaaay too close to home. HA! I worked out of Memphis for 35 yrs while living in Blytheville, (I'm a retired Fed). Red Gill passed away about 11 yrs ago and was always a big draw at the Memphis BBQ Cookoff held in May every year. "Colorful" is an understatement!

Like many other places, Littrell-Ozier Ford is no longer nor is Carlock Chevy/GMC/Cadillac ....

If you knew Don Medlin and family from Caruthersville, you knew/know some quality folks. (the world gets awfully small at times) My grandfather was the first county surveyor/engineer for Pemiscot County, MO having been enticed to come there by S.P. Crews Reynolds to layout a RR Line from Wardell, MO to the AR State Line. When the Co Courthouse burned in '83 he had the only complete plats of the county. Uhhh .... that's 1883 not 1983! My cousin and I donated 99.9% of his work to the State of MO to put in the archives at Rolla, MO about 6 yrs ago. Pemiscot County has a "colorful" history also, but unfortunately as industrialization/mechanization came along SEMO like most of the Miss River Delta the population dwindled since the main industry is agriculture.

Just for trivia .... my grandfather bought 1000 acres of swamp back in the late 1800's for ten cents ($0.10) per acre. Drained a good bit of it, harvested the timber, and sold it for a whopping profit of $0.15/acre !!

 

[TNFLineage]

You will find us heading S on I-75 from Monroe, MI on or about Dec 29th, or 30th. Heading to FL for month of Jan, staying in Mims.

 

[Scott and Jan]

We saw a Solitude in the campground we stayed in the last two nights of our two week trip. It was in Campgrounds of the South in Gulfport, MS. Never got to meet owners.
Then saw another Solitude heading West on I 10 in FL today as we were heading East on our way home today.
Our first GD sighting in awhile. Glad to see them out there!

 

[Sandi]

We are wintering in Tampa and there are two other Solitudes here doing the same thing! We saw two on the trip down south. It's fun to see more and more of them!

 

[TNFLineage]

Seasons in the Sun, Mims, FL - with no other GD products.