New 25BH owner
Hello, my first post here and a rather new RV owner. Bought my first RV in September of last year. I went to an RV show with my cousin who owned RVs for several years. She wasn’t much help since I got royally screwed. I had a 2013 Ford Ranger, for some reason the stick had almost half the towing ability of the auto. We looked for an RV under 3,100 lbs. Found one, a Forest River Wolf Pup 16BHS. The salesman never asked me what truck I had and I was to find out lied about certain parts of the contract. Once I got home I learned that I needed to worry about the gross weight, not dry weight and that went over the Ranger’s limit. I called the RV dealer to cancel the contract; they would never connect me with management or return my calls. After a couple weeks of that I talked it over with the wife and decided to upgrade to a bigger truck. Took a beating with the trade in but got a nice 2013 F-150 with 5.0 engine and full towing package. I go to pick up the RV and learn that the $1900 for dealer setup did not include the weight distribution hitch or anything else as the salesman claimed. The dealer said he was a part time salesman from another location so all they did for me was give me $50 in accessories. Parked at home it seemed nice, but before winter set in we took a weekend trip to a near by campsite to try it out. With me, the wife, two grandkids, and two dogs, it was anything but comfortable. One dog was so uncomfortable and in the way so much that I took him home. In every way it was too small and needed upgrades in many places.
When the York, PA RV show came to town I knew I’d be getting an upgrade. After looking at several models we finally choose the Jayco 25BH. I asked about upgrades, but they said this was pretty much fully upgraded. Maybe for my next one I’ll special order it to get everything I want, but this is the RV I would have bought in the first place had I owned the F-150 to begin with. Me and the grandboys slept in it last weekend to try it out and my only complaint is the mattress is too firm for me. I bought a 4” topper for the old RV that I use in my regular bed, it should do the job. Parked in the driveway it’s making a nice man cave until we go camping.
The TV picks up a couple stations and I got the Roku working, I have one question for now. The TV speakers aren’t great, the manuals show I should be able to connect audio out to the Furrion radio so I can play audio to all the interior speakers, but I can’t find an easy way to get to the back of the radio. Anyone know what I need to do?
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