Hi From NE Indiana!

phillm47

Greetings, forum members!

My wife and I are in our 60's and are total noobies to RVs, almost. My parents had a truck camper, then a 32' Argosy travel trailer when I was in jr. & sr. high school, but that was many years ago. I've been lurking here at the forum for some time, and finally joined this forum a few days ago. I appreciate all the wealth of information and friendly people here.

I really want to take advantage of my lifetime National Park pass; one great perk of being older. My wife and I have been researching, discussing, and looking at small RVs to tour the parks, something that fits in away from the row of class A motor homes, but still better than tent camping. Our daughter and son-in-law have a Hiker trailer, but in our 60's we need something a little bigger with a toilet for those nighttime potty breaks.

We looked at some new and used Tabs at one dealer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We started getting hooked, but the prices being quoted on the new ones were $$$. We found a super clean 2024 Little Guy Micro Max CT online the day before yesterday, and it's a three-and-a-half-hour drive from our house. They gave us an online video tour. They made an incredible offer on it out the door, and we placed a deposit to hold it for 24 hours. Then we drove to Columbus, Ohio, to a nuCamp/Airstream dealer yesterday. They had some used Tabs and some 2025 New Stock Tabs that had never been sold or titled. They were ready to deal on the 2025s; new stock, full warranty. Long story short, we got our deposit back on the LGMM and are the proud new owners of a 2025 Tab 320 S BD Black Canyon with the Battle Born option. If this were a 2026 model,  there is no way we could afford something like this. My wife and I are so excited! We pick up our camper next week.

We are total noobies. Please have patience with us and our questions going forward. We will use the search function first before posting! Here are a couple of dealer pics.

scott14

Congratulations and welcome to the family. We will be excited to hear about your adventures!

qhumberd

Welcome and ask any questions as you travel the learning curve. There are a great many folks here that can help.

Happy travels!

Bill&Suze

Congratulations @phillm47! Hopefully you are both 6' tall or less. My wife and I seriously considered a 320 several years ago but I immediately learned that I can't stand fully upright in one so we went for a 400. Just owning a T@B camper can be an incredible experience, made even more so when out on the open road camping. Since you have a bit of time waiting to pick yours up download the Victron Connect app to monitor your battery state of charge and solar status. @pthomas745 will be a good source for how to configure app settings if no one at the dealership is familiar with what to do. Another app you might consider is Mopeka's Tank Check to keep an eye on the level of propane in your tank. Hope to hear more soon, and best of luck getting set up.

phillm47

@Bill&Suze I'm 5'9" and the wife is 5'4", our issue is more of a body width issue lol. Thank you for the heads up on the apps!