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11-08-2018, 10:13 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Austin
Posts: 14
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Newbie from Austin - Hummingbird
Hi everyone,
My name is Rich and after a decade thinking about getting a travel trailer, I finally pulled the trigger last weekend by purchasing a Hummingbird 17RB. I am towing with a 2004 Toyota 4Runner V8 with 195,000 miles. A little unsettling, I admit, but in the short drive home from the dealer, the 4runner handled everything well. I did get a Fastway E2 Trunnion weight distributing hitch. Before that, the 4runner looked pretty unstable. Afterwards, nice and even. (The picture is from before the hitch was installed.)
We spent a night at the dealer's campsite getting settled in but were way too exhausted to really appreciate it. Headed out on our first trip next week!
I am very excited to have found this website. I am sure I will have many questions. 
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11-08-2018, 10:25 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Edgewater
Posts: 392
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Rich
Welcome, We have a 17RK and have put quite a few miles on it. We have done one snowbird and a Nova Scotia trip. A very good little unit.
There is also a Hummingbird Facebook page that you might find helpful.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HummingbirdOwners/
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2018 Hummingbird 17RK
Toyota Highlander
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11-08-2018, 10:34 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Austin
Posts: 14
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Thanks for sharing!
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11-08-2018, 12:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: McCalla, AL
Posts: 1,228
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Welcome from Alabama.
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11-08-2018, 12:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Lower Alabama
Posts: 1,482
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Congratulations and welcome!
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2018 Jayco Eagle HT 28.5 RSTS
2017 Ford F-250 Lariat FX4, 6.2L, 4.30 gears
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11-08-2018, 03:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 7,401
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Welcome from Wisconsin and congrats on your Hummingbird 17RB.
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11-08-2018, 07:18 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Clearwater, FL area
Posts: 5,196
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CONGRATULATIONS on the JAYCO!!!
...and WELCOME TO JOF!!! The members here are GREAT!!! There is a lot of GREAT information to be found here. I am sure that you will have information and pictures to share with us... so please do!!
Don
My Registry
RVing with SOLAR
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11-08-2018, 07:42 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Palmetto
Posts: 1,057
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Welcome from Georgia.
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2017 Jayco 377rlbh (sold)
2021 Grand Design 351MR
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11-08-2018, 08:45 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: South/Eastern Oregon
Posts: 2,257
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Welcome from Oregon. Have fun with your new purchase. My suggestion is to camp in your drive way for a night and make a list of what you go to the house to get so you can take it with you when you go out in the woods. After three camp trailers we have lots of the same stuff in the trailer as we have in the house so we have less to load that way. We are now working on clothes to keep in the trailer all the time.
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11-23-2018, 03:21 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Princeton
Posts: 6
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I just bought a 2018 Hummingbird RB. This is my second Hummingbird and I can’t wait to get it out on the road! Congratulations on your purchase!
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11-23-2018, 04:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Duxbury
Posts: 7,113
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Congratulations and welcome!
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Rob & Kelly, Bella & Brady (Miniature Schnauzers)
2022 Eagle HT 28.5RSTS
2017 RAM 3500 SRW CTD/AISIN CC LB
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11-24-2018, 06:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Wakeman
Posts: 1,754
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Congratulations, Welcome from Ohio!
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2019 Whitehawk 28RL
2018 Ford F150 3.5 Ecoboost w/3.55
Dennis, Cindy, Philip, and Sarah
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11-24-2018, 07:32 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Magnolia
Posts: 4,841
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Congrats on the new trailer
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2016 North Point 377 RLBH, with a few mods, disc brakes, shocks, Sailun g rated tires, wet bolts
2014 Ford F350 Platinum sold
2017 Ford F350 Lariat, CC, 6.7PSD, DRW, Trailer Saver BD3 hitch
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