Boy, what a difference experience makes! We just used ours for the second time and it took my husband, 3 children, and me over an hour to set up and over 2 to break down camp. And we were like a comedy act at the dump station... Hope to get it down to a science. I like the checklist suggestion. Will be writing one of those up and laminating it for future use.
We fulltime and move every week or two so we get lots of practice in setup and breakdown.
Typical setup time and breakdown time is about 45 minutes.
Since installing the leveling system, setup is much easier.
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Robert & Bale the "Traveling Dog"
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2012 GMC 3500HD DRW
Probably an hour to set up, and maybe 2 hours to break down. Hubs and I do it as a team and are pretty leisurely, but we have a system we follow and it works very efficiently and smoothly. We could probably do it faster if we pushed it harder, but we move at a mellow pace.