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Old 02-06-2013, 01:58 PM   #1
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A New TT For Us - 26RLS

We closed a deal today on a 2013 JayFlight 26RLS, and traded in our 22FB. We take delivery in about a month, just in time for early spring camping, if the weather cooperates. For those who wonder about weights, the yellow sticker on the 26RLS says 6810 lbs. It is pretty much optioned to the max.
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Old 02-06-2013, 02:00 PM   #2
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We closed a deal today on a 2013 JayFlight 26RLS, and traded in our 22FB. We take delivery in about a month, just in time for early spring camping, if the weather cooperates. For those who wonder about weights, the yellow sticker on the 26RLS says 6810 lbs. It is pretty much optioned to the max.
That's exactly what we are getting. We just got notice that the sale of our x17z in done so now we can finally put the money down on our 26RLS. Same thing, optioned to the max with the only option it doesn't have is the power stab jacks.

Enjoy, I know we will!
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Old 02-06-2013, 03:30 PM   #3
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David,

Congratulations on the new TT. Looking at the floorplan of your new Jay Flight 26RLS it's has some basic similarities to my '05' Eagle. I'm sure you will enjoy the large windows with the open floor plan........, wish I had the extra swivel chair!

Your '13' 26RLS:



My '05' 278FBS:



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Old 02-06-2013, 05:36 PM   #4
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Congrats to both of you! We bought a 2012 26RLS last April and love it. Very comfortable and tows well. Hoping to do a shake down trip in 9 days.
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Congratulations and looks like a great model!
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Old 02-06-2013, 08:18 PM   #6
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Congrats, we have a 2012 RLS and are quite happy with it. Enjoy.
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We have a 2011 26RLS. We love the floorplan and have put 3 cross country trips on it. We did add a water pump switch in the bathroom. It makes it so much easier to use the bathroom without having to go to the command center in the kitchen area while the slide out is in.
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I don't mean to hijack this thread but marameo can you give me some details on how you wired a water pump switch in the bathroom for the 26 RLS. One of the very few annoyances we have found is if we are on the road on a busy highway and SHMBO ("she who must be obeyed") wants to use the bathroom, we have to use the bedroom access door to get to the facilities unless we pop out the slide and use the main entrance. Sometimes when you are on the shoulder of a busy highway putting the slide out on the road side is a little treacherous and impractical.
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I'm interested in hearing about this water pump switch also.......any tid bits like this are of interest here on this thread I started. Thanks to all.
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We had taken 3 cross country trips from AZ to MN and those are the reasons we asked our dealer if it was doable. We can not take any credit for it, while our unit was in for minor warranty work we had the dealer add it in for us. They placed the switch to the right side of the lower cabinet just below the cutout area in the solid piece of wood, it is not on the wall. It cost us $65 to have it done. It was one of the best add ons we have done. The other add on we did do was install a switch for the bathroom fan on the wall with the light switch. Otherwise we had to reach up on the fan to turn it on.

When we purchased our unit in 2010 there were only 4 options and we added them all. So we had to add our own which are now offered options in today's 26RLS.

We had to add our own television and we swapped out the Jensen CD player with the Jensen DVD player. This one we did ourselves. Same cut out, just had to add a HDMI cable.

Hope this helps.
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We looked at the 26RLS, I liked it but it didn't have a pantry like the 29RLDS does and my wife wanted the pantry so we ended up with the 29RLDS. It's about 1000 lbs heavier than the 26RLS.
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We have a 2011 26 RLS and the only mod I did was to enclose the water pump like they did on the 2012.This way when my wife stores the pots and pans they do not interfere with the pump or wires.I put two screws on the bottom so I can do the winterizing.I am also waiting on two opening windows I ordered for the end of the slideout I am going to replace the non opening windows with ones that open.
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Congradulations David,

It looks like you bought a new truck too. Like yourself I would purchase another Jayco if we were to upgrade. Our floor plan is very similar with the exception of the kitchen and dining booth being reversed. Never thought of adding a switch for the pump in the bath room. That would be an easy mod right now because I've got the bottom off to add insulation, a service wire to the side of the trailer (so I don't have to pull it from the back where it's stored) , a light fixture for the stairs and a black and grey tornado tank ringers. If you make it out west give me a call.
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