RAISED RV! This is a VERY DIFFERENT Fifth Wheel RV! Heritage Glen Elite 36FL
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I always thought the front living room layouts are far and away the best layouts... for many reasons. It does a great job of separating the RV into more of a house. Great for entertaining
I have a Montana rear Den. It's awesome! Way better than a front living room because not only does it have the separation but it has way more storage than a front living room.
Agree but we had a gentleman tell us he would never own a front living room because of all the heat. He said the cab is hotter than the rest of the camper. But I still want one myself.
Both my wife and I could not agree more! Front kitchens do the same!
Huge trailer, holy smokes! Nice layout, and the bedroom area is huge. Interesting to have a drop frame on the rear end of the trailer. Not sure about the waterboard though. I think it would be better if it was self contained. The outdoor kitchen was definitely unique!
My wife and I just bought this exact unit, it’s freaking huge and plenty of space !
How are you liking it? Any top favorites or stand out features, any pet peeves you're noticing? I really like seeing the toilet in that back corner and not right next to the door that leads into the bedroom like most campers do.
@@abyk.r.7855 this is our first RV we have ever owned, but I really don’t have anything to really complain about other then maybe the cheap tires it came with and maybe they could of added more lighting to the outside but other then that it’s very spacious and like you mention the toilet isn’t so close to the door everything on it is LED lighting and we’re living in it full time so far nothing to really complain
Love the outside kitchen. Wow! Thanks for mentioning cpap machine. I always am looking for side tables next to the bed. When the bed is in a slide there is usually no room for a side table.
currently have a Heritage Glen but this particular one could run into issues pulling the kitchen that far out. Also you can be set up at parks where the front to rear rise/drop is way off. I’ve been there and that outside kitchen could either be on the ground or quite a few feet off the ground. Thanks again JD.
Those welds under the back looked like Stevie wonder laid them 😂
It's forest river, what do you expect. 😂
Exactly what I was thinking.
Warren you noticed as well I thought the welding was very ordinary and I'm not a welder by trade.
I think your right, and it looked like braile welding too.
Oh then what? Stevie crashes into a tree? Ha Ha. Very funny m0ther Fckuer. M0ther Fckuering Stevie Wonder jokes and sh!t.
LOL! 😄.
Beautiful trailer. You confused me though entering you called it a 36RL then panned right and I saw the living room. Great video.
Love the separation. Don’t love the length from rear axle to bumper. It’ll drag with dips in the roads, like some campgrounds/parking lots have. Also tail swing will be more pronounced. This type of rig should only be handled by experienced drivers.
This is incredible!! I'm in love with every single aspect of it.
Agreed, Brakston. I’m in love too! Wouldn’t change a thing! 😎✌🏻🤙🏻🤘🏻😎
In love with those welds lolll
You have got to be kidding right ???
This shows the workmanship in plain view and you think this
is a good quality camper LMAO.
You should check the rv door size vs the fridge depth w/o the doors. Good to know if the fridge could go through the door ahead of time.
I love this RV's Floorplan. Its even got a powder room! And no middle of the floor kitchen island. I am not a fan of those I think this is perfect!
That half-bath is a death trap! No exhaust fan!
Price is nice! Floor plan is great! But those air conditioners are not as quiet as they claim! We just had a new Coleman Mach ll installed and it’s noisier than the old one that was replaced! Whisper air is the only way to go! Just my opinion.
Wow. I’m a motorhome girl but if I had a fifth wheel this would be it! Beautiful!
A couple of things to note, the wet bay is open to the rest of the storage area and pull out kitchen so if there is a leak at the hose connection, guess where the water goes? The storage next to the rear toilet is not a good place for anything that you don't want "splashed" on. I agree with the other comments about the quality of the welding
I’ll be honest. When I read the title saying this was very different I didn’t really believe it. But man were you right and I was wrong. That outside kitchen was amazing and having the wet bay in the back totally makes sense. Especially since most hook ups are back there. Then inside I thought it would be another copy of a tired design. I love the layout of the kitchen with the bar area and counter space. And all that space in the bedroom with a bath and a half is awesome. If we were in the market for a new rig I’d consider this.
Awesome unit. Definitely a couples entertainment unit. Like others have said, I would like to see a bigger spread on the axles to help it go down the highway a little bit better. I think that is the only thing that would have to be changed at the factory, though. Although, it might not need it with the drop and added weight in the rear. It might tow just as expected. The other upgrades are easy enough to do in the driveway.
Bought a 2020 36FL. only difference is the storage cubby in the bedroom above the 1/2 bath. Welds on mine are not nearly as scary. We are full timers and storage is a good amount. Towing is pretty easy with our Chevy 3500 Duramax. Outdoor kitchen and fridge are great!
I have one too ! Only thing I wish is that they would have added one or two more windows 🪟 other then that don’t really have much to complain about been living in full time and it’s a great unit for a couple with no kids
What's really nice about this s type of floorplan us that the bedroom is on the opposite site of the living/entertainment room. More buffer from any noise, just in case someone wants to take a nap, while others watch TV, or listen to music and chat.
The welds on that rear drop frame section are absolute trash.
I was going to say exactly that. A first week high school welding class student could do better. Breakage is in the near future.
came here to say the same thing.
That’s definitely the welder’s fault but where the heck is the QA/QC inspector? That mainly falls on them to let something like that get out the door. I have 16 years welding on everything around the country and I can literally weld that better with my eyes closed.
DOT inspection fail.. Just think the same jack-wad-wanna-be welder tied in the 5vr!
The 2 I beam pieces, which should never be done like that, don't even line up properly!!!
Man, this RV is awesome, great layout .
I really really like front living RVs . The outside kitchen is very cool, and love the pull out storage!! This thing is amazing !
Great floor plan & outside storage and kitchen setup. I'm not in love with the bar stool eating area. I would have preferred a table and chairs. It's nice that you have seating for 6 in the living room and only seating for two for dinner.
Love everything about this fifth wheel to the outside departments and the living areas. But what turn me off about this unit is when you said Coleman air-conditioning. I had two Coleman units on my fifth wheel RV and had nothing but trouble with them. First time with problems they wouldn't cool and kept running all day . Had to check out because we had the warranty. They said that had to add charge them . Two weeks later they were freezing over. We decided to change air-conditioning units to a different brand. So far a year later. No problems. Love this unit. But the Coleman units would have to go !
"Plenty of space for a CPAP machine..." LOL... He knows his customers!!
Unique! I love the layout.
That was some of the worst welding I have seen in my life on that drop frame and yes I earned my living welding for 45 years before retiring so that would be a deal breaker for me.
So you noticed that too? I thought maybe it was dirt and then i was like no thats the welding on it. Theres gotta be some kind of exanation for that. You cant sell it like that
It's forest river, what do you expect. 😂
You should check out some of the welds on the new Hyundai 53' trailers!!!! Looks like a 2 year old tried to draw with a welder!!!
@@mikemiller5839 The chassis is Lippert who makes 95% all 5th wheel chassis's
I'm an ex pipe fitter and welder. I am currently a 3rd party inspector (CWI / API) in my opinion those welds are a safety issue.
Very well spoken to describe this Elite Trailer. Great job. For that money wish it came with washer and dryer and outside wash station to wash off sand and fishing gear. Will make a great house for someone.
Beautiful floorplan!! Loved everything about it! I wish there was a loft for a kiddo but otherwise it was awesome!! That outdoor kitchen and 3 storage bays were fantastic!!!
JD this unit is awesome 😎!! It’s got everything you would want to full time in it! I don’t see any dislikes! Definitely on my shortlist! Thanks again and nice catching you on Matt’s RV live event! Be safe and look forward to your next video!!
I would like to see the smallest fifth wheel
Rosemarie Reppert the would be an Escape. They make a super small fifth wheel.
Purchased ours in February of 2020 and we love it. It is big at 44 feet but pulls like a dream with my 2018 ram 3500. The outdoor kitchen is the best I have seen. The only issue we have had was the outdoor kitchen faucet was leaking. I wanted a higher one so I replaced it myself. All in all real nice 5th wheel. You can see ours @ The Flip Flop Way of Life on youtube. Thanks for reading till next time.
Jim & Jan (The Flip Flop Way of Life)
Love the front living room, soooo much more room for company….beautiful 5th wheel 😍
JD beautiful Heritage Glen! Lots of storage both garage and through the unit! Love the amenities in the Master bedroom and as you mentioned the walk space around the bed! Keep up the great 👍 videos!!
The outdoor kitchen fridge sink combo is awesome.
4:00 DOT inspection fail on the weld. To think the same welder did the rest of the frame..
JD, You hit the Jackpot with this beauty. I'm really coming to respect Wildwood and there line of RV's. Very very nice. Bill in Florida
Really like the drop frame outdoor kitchen area. Actually the whole trailer is nice.
We actually looked at and loved this unit but, it was a little out of our price range and a little heavy for my truck. Beautiful setup!
I like everything BUT the half bath in the kitchen! Much rather have a butler’s pantry. Other than that, love the price on this unit and the interior is fantastic!
Wow! What an outside kitchen! Thanks for sharing.
What rv has front living room, mid kitchen, two toilets and some kind of extra bed space bunk house or loft. I really like these kind of layouts but i wish they had some kind of extra room or sleeping space apart from living room that can be used as bed when sofas are extended.
Grand Design?
Just notice the water connections turn the wrong way and no shield to keep flour from getting wet . Guess they got in a hurry to get this out
Is it weird that I actually want to live in one of these? I absolutely love them 😍
Nicest rig y'all have reviewed yet, but, I'm betting this unit is going to need some bogey casters fastened to the rear framework. Would y'all concur?
If that thing had a big enough garage I might would be on my way down there to get it. What a great looking filth wheel thank you for sharing it with us
Great floor plan. But very disappointing that it doesn’t have an upgraded equalizer.
First 5th wheel I ever liked. And finally a king bed.
UNIQUE AND AWESOME ! love it ! decor makes us feel like we are in a cabin . Very well done .
WOW!!! Absolutely gorgeous!! Love this unit soooo much!!!
Really can't wait to see the inside of this unit
This is beautiful. I love the outside slide out kitchen but was thinking the the rear drop frame may make it pretty low back there for the sewer connections. Also, it looks like a lot of weight in the back making it even more necessary to pull with at least a duelly and ideally an HDT. Nice unit though.
I love this one. I love everything about it I love the color I specially love the master bedroom with a king size bed the living area everything is just beautiful
LOVE THAT OUTDOOR KITCHEN/TV GREAT JOB
Very well done. I, personally, would be fine with a Queen bed & MORE hanging closet space.
When I went camping I was walking around the campsites and saw a really lifted 6 slide fifth wheel with outside lights and it’s just so big.
WhT was it?
An RV this size should be a choice for full time RV'ing. Not with the lack of storage and exposed sewer. what about heat in the basement? the welding, no thank you.
Almost looks like the back end is delaminating. Probably just an illusion. 3:47
People. I bought a 2020 heritage Glen 356qb 44ft. For the price. Its an awesome rig!. I've used it 5 times and we love it. Price again was huge. 44000$
Why not a SRW truck? My F250 will handle 18000 fifth wheel/gooseneck with a tongue weight of 3200.
My only concern is how severely close those two axles were. It looked like maybe 2 inches between tires. If you ever wanted larger wheels, you’re out of luck. I think they layout is GREAT, but i think the fit n finish needs a little tweaking. It resembled a more. “Oh we need to sets of drawers on that wall, lets bolt this onto the wall” look. The outdoor sink needed to be moved farther to the left on that “kitchen counter”. I suspect there is more room between the griddle pushed in, and the sink. If you look, a human could not stand directly in front of that sink to do anything productive. Overall, great concept, just a little refinement needed!
I'll never understand the draw of these split kitchen/living room designs. Yes the living room is decent but that kitchen is so compresed. For that size trailer a I'll take a Montana 3120, but to each their own.
Some of us aren't big on cooking!
Great too see , finally putting a price on the campers. The price is great, but too much for us. I really don’t want a dually truck.
Love it. By far my favorite
Very nice. They gave up a dinette area to create a better space for everything else.
I have never liked sewer controls in a shared bay and in this case its right next to your outside grill station. Not a good move. Also where is your hose likely to end up? Same bay and in that pull out tray.
Very nice, but there's no dining table. If you can bring four or more people (kids) with you, where do you all eat? Can table connections be added to the floor in front of both couches and tables be added there? A two person bar is great for a couple, but not with guests.
Astonishing mate
Beautiful fifth wheel
Wow!! very nice!! Love the floor plan
Wow....! Incredibly awesome so to say, but then there are some things I needed to see, do you guys have varieties of wood cabinets in the aspects of colour? That will go a long way to make the finishing great.
Very good video review. I like the floor plan, and it appears the outside kitchen is designed for easy removal if someone wanted more storage. I'm curious what the pin weight is with the rear drop frame and a washer/dryer installed. As with every fifth wheel, a few gripes. They should have hidden the wires behind the TV. Also, I'm not in love with the cabinetry. It looks average at best, and they should have a vent fan in each bathroom. On the water panel, it appears there is a second gray tank dump valve, but nothing was connected to it. For the price however, it is a very nice rig.
Are there any drawbacks to having the axels that close together? Do you thing the rear drop frame makes it low enough to drag on steep grade changes?
Christopher Higginbottom, I was having the same concern about the low hanging frame.
We were dragging the overhang on our toy hauler getting on and off of the Lake Roosevelt ferry.
It looks like it's a good thing that the sewer drain is behind the frame work!
Nice rig, though...
@@leeglidewell1473 I added a pare of rollers , like on a roll-off bin, under the back of my toyhauler. No problems on any grade.
@@tn65s Holy Smoke, that ought to do it!
I ordered a pair of dual 8" swivel casters. A friend of mine is a welder/fabricator. He made a pair of steel plates that are welded to the I-beam frame. The casters are bolted to the plates.
Haven't had a chance to test them yet but I'm sure tired of tearing stuff off the rig. Safe travels y'all.
lee glidewell I’ve got a set of solid steel rollers bracket mounted to my hitch...couldn’t get up my driveway with them. They are absolute life savers. They are used every single time I leave and return to the house.
@@tn65s Tom can you explain more about the rollers and the size and exactly what they fix for someone who never had a Toy hauler and is deciding between a class A D.P. and a 5th wheel. Thanks a lot for any info.
So you have to upgrade the tires, the suspension and the pinbox, not for me.
Great video. Wrong Model number in title. Should say 36FL. Thanks
Great! Fantastic! Just what I needed to see! Now I either need to replace my new trailer with this or drop my subscription so I'm not teased by awesome units like this...
What a nice setup, a woman designed the inside a guy did the outside I can't find anything to complain about spread the axles further apart and viola
I have this exact one with a few things being different but the outside kitchen is what caught my attention it’s great for watching the game and having a bbq with the fellas .
If you guys like this you should check out the Grand Design solitude 380FL
Very nice it would be perfect with upgrades to the suspension pin box a front drop frame 3 rd ac And axel. But why they don’t use whisper quite ac units is beyond me
Really like this one. Great bathroom
Well done as are all your videos. Love this unit but I sure wouldn't enjoy parking it. We have a 37ft toy hauler that is very tough to park in state parks. When our kids stop camping we will downsize for sure.
Saw a brand new Wildwood Heritage Glen with the lower master and upper loft(not sure what model number but it was tall!) on the interstate today being pulled by an older SRW F-350 and he was swaying all over 🙈
😍🥰😍🥰LOVE THIS SET UP!!!! 🥰😍🥰😍
Nice price... but turning on some LIGHTS WOULD HELP.
I didn't like the way the theater seat blocked the stairs to the living room. Strange drop frame setup in the back. I could just hear the rear dragging going through a dip in the road.
Yeah, they couldn't find theater seating that *actually fit the space*?! I like the overall layout, but the execution is godawful
Cool unit! Do you think it would be beneficial for manufacturers to list a dry pin weight? I think it would be helpful.
As a Forrest river heritage glen owner, I can completely attest that only one thing in this video is correct. It looks nice, everything else is trash, the construction on these (most Forrest river) is absolute garbage. I’m honestly considering “accidentally” unpinning at the boat ramp to get rid of mine. As RV’s go, value retention is questionable, but I bought mine rolled off the lot and instantly got a letter from the bank before they even sent the title that the trailer was worthless and I’d never get out of it. What I’m saying is throw 50-60 k in the trash and you’ll save the headache of having to deal with all the “warrantied repairs” that they “cover”. The only thing magical about this trailer is how fast it falls apart and how good you will become at fixing rv’s. So much storage to put all the tools and Aleve you will need to fix it. Buy a used school bus and transform it into an rv while you are absolutely drunk off your a** and you will have a better living space than what this will offer.
This is my dream rv. We are looking for a camper and this is out of our price range im sure but one day
I like this one. I wish I had a permanent site, I think I would trade my Montana for this one. You didn't say if this was a 4 season. I could also be happy with not having a 1/2 bath and putting a walk in pantry with the washer/dryer there and more hanging closet where they have the washer dryer now. There is not dining seating is why they have the barstools and the little tables on the couches. I could comfortably live in this one. I am assuming there is also storage under the bed??? I might put a fat bead of caulking on the shower seam and I wish they maybe put some sort of sliding door to cover the exposed shelves in the bathroom, this is not a bathroom for men, I guess they get the 1/2 bath to pee in. Tank sizes??
That is so cool. you can do cooking and watching tv. I would just move in.
Umm i would not pay that for this. Underside welds look like my 10 year old did them. Pipe in ass wouldn’t last long in 90% of places in PNW. Needs far more protection. Was that insulation around pipe? The shower and back is not even lined up correctly. 100% chance of leakage and mold.
Layouts kinda cool. The slide out kitchen area is okay. I would have put in front sliding drawers under sink vs end sliding. Traeger and griddle would fit under there if done this way. Traeger’s are more common than you think. They have a rv one about size of griddle shown here. Would also give an option for something else or even a lower counter space for those who need it lower to prep food.
Avery good price. Nice large living area. As always very thorough. 🎼
Very nice floor plan 👌
Very nice unit
Just starting to think like an Aussie. Keep it up seppos. You will get there.
for the price.... you needn't answer any of my questions. great deal!
Can you also include hitch weight for your 5th wheels! That would really be awesome
And once again no bathroom access without crawling over the bed when your in a rest stop. And the welds are scary
There is a half bath off the kitchen.
Question that just popped in my mind. Might’ve been answered before might be a stupid question. I’ve seen you review many rigs with residential refrigerators. How on gods green earth would you ever replace one if your repair guy has said yup this thing has met it maker? Yea I can get the old one out cut it to pieces but seems like these rigs are built around them. Just curious
Generally you can fit them through the door if you take the fridge doors off. If that's not an option, you can pop the back living room window in about 10mins and slide it out through there. If that's not an option, you can remove a slide and get it out that way. By far that's the most time consuming and hardest way. 99% of the time the fridge can be repaired and doesn't need to be replaced. Also, many residential fridges aren't full size and can fit out of the same opening as a standard gas/electric fridge.
Looks nice. I wonder if that pass-thru with the sliding tray is tall enough for fork-mounted bike storage...
The axles seemed to be extremely close.
Agreed, no space for X-Chocks.
And more important is under rated,