New t@b 400 Owners in Michigan

junnyquest

Hey there, everyone. My wife and I just picked up a brand new 2018 t@b 400 from a dealer 'getting out of it'. First camper. Been looking for deals on new 2018 leftovers and I finally found one in Massachusetts. We own a semi-truck and auto transporter trailer, so loaded up the Atlas and headed East. Both the TV and camper rode in style all the way back home.
 
Silver/silver with red cushions.

Hoping for an early Spring!

jgram2

Congratulations on your new T@B and welcome to the forum! 

Sharon_is_SAM

Too funny!  Well, did you save on transportation costs?  Looks like you made a delivery along the way🤣. Enjoy your TaB!

DenisP

Purchased our 2018 400 from the same dealer July 2018.  The camper has been fantastic for 87 nights camping and over 18,000 miles travelled. Absolutely love our 400. Best of luck. 

dragonsdofly

@junnyquest, welcome and congratulations on your trailer!  Ok, I'll bite, where in Michigan? We're just south of Detroit. -Denise

lino

Welcome and enjoy your new T@B
I just moved to Michigan a month ago

Deb55

Dufour's? That's where we bought our 2018 last April! We only had to go about 20 miles for it, though. Good price, nice people to deal with. We bought it on a whim--we went there to look at rpods, and fell in love with the 400!

junnyquest

Thanks everyone. Actually, we purchased from Ted's Auto Sales... and campers. Somerset, MA. They sold Little Guy campers at one time, as well. Super nice folks. Our camper was the last one to leave the lot.

For those in Michigan, we live up in Traverse City. 

DenisP

We purchased ours from Dufours, I didn’t realize the only other NuCamp dealer in Mass was also getting out of selling Tabs. 

jameskuzman

Congratulations! Our @stro is a 2019 400 in silver/silver and we also pull with an Atlas with the factory tow package. We've noticed two things with the Atlas. 

First, gas mileage - which isn't exactly this vehicle's strong suit to begin with - takes a hit from 26MPG highway to 13MPG. 

Second, even with only 2 people in the front seats and a cooler and a couple of chairs in the cargo area, the back end does dip enough to cause an issue with the headlights shining into oncoming traffic. Basically, low beams are at the height of high beams, and high beams are useless. When I have it up in the air for the first oil change and tire rotation, I'll be installing the Firestone Coil-Rite #4175 air bags (kit number W237604175) to help level things out. 

Again, congrats, and enjoy your new 400! 

Jim

junnyquest

jameskuzman said:

First, gas mileage - which isn't exactly this vehicle's strong suit to begin with - takes a hit from 26MPG highway to 13MPG. 

I'll be installing the Firestone Coil-Rite #4175 air bags (kit number W237604175) to help level things out.

Ouch! That's horrible fuel mileage. Was expecting to lose more like 8 mpg, not 13 mpg!!!

And thanks for the tip with the air bags. Was planning on a combination anti-sway/weight distribution setup for the hitch, but maybe the bags are the way to go.

N7SHG_Ham

@junnyquest you will probably get better mileage hitching that 400 behind the Star Car than the Atlas

Many, maybe most vehicles this days powered by gasoline get about 1/2 the mileage towing even something like a 400 vs solo. Designed for passenger use more than towing.