A Frame camper / pop up camper set up and overview - Forest River Rockwood A214HW
Vložit
- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- In this video I show you how to set up the A214 HW model from Forest River (Rockwood). This is a 2016, and from what I can tell, they will all work like this, with very little differences if any. I also give you an overview of what it comes with, and of course that can slightly vary depending on how old or how new it is, but from what I've seen with popup campers, there isn't much variation.
It's fairly easy to set up:
- unlatch the latches around it (these hold everything down in transit).
- push a button and the two sides go up
- go inside and manually open up the walls - watch the video on how to do it right, there is a sequence to some of it
- pop out the little window area, latch everything down
- set up the bathroom by opening up the walls and attaching the door
It's pretty simple
Overview:
This is my favorite, I have researched this and this is exactly what I need and what I want:
- queen size bed
- dinette that folds down for additional bed
- burner stove with self ignition, sink with water pump
- large fridge with freezer (3 way power)
- casette toilet and shower combo with a privacy wall around it
- microwave
- radio with CD player
- air conditioner
- furnace (heater)
- lots of windows that open up, and a skylight
- battery
- two propane tanks
- electric front jack, manual jacks around
- lots of storage accessible from outside, also inside, under the bed (accessible from outside as well), storage under dinette, and some cabinets. Large front storage that is also accessible from the side, they pull out so you don't need to climb in.
Thank you for watching - please let me know if you have questions! Stay tuned for upcoming videos, I already made some minor upgrades (those are pretty cool, I didn't know they existed before) and I'm going camping for a week, so lots of videos are coming!
#aframecamper
#popupcamper
#rvoverview - Jak na to + styl
I appreciate your video and your willingness to show what happens when you don’t open the walls right! Very helpful!
Thank you 😊
Keeping it truly real and nothing to do with sales and marketing. This is an honest video what almost all people go through that havent done this before. Staying away from this Frame Camper. I cant belive no one has sued them for this design because someone or more than one person could easily get injured pretty badly
@@suganddhem1998 thank you!
I do love this camper though. And let me tell you, after it fell on me that one time, I have never ever forgotten to latch it 😆
But you're right, someone could get really hurt, that wall will come down hard
In all the videos i watch, no one tells you this. Thank you for sharing
Thank you! 😊
It makes me so happy that you're trying.
Thanks for the tip on recording the vendor setting it up.
You're welcome!
I think it's helpful to record it. A lot of the set ups have many steps and it's a lot of information to take in. If you write down set by step, it can be helpful but in my opinion it's better to see it done. It will make more sense.
Enjoyed your vids especially this one. Have wanted aA214 for a long time. Love everything about them in relation to my wants/needs as well.
Thank you.
I feel like this is the perfect trailer for me. It's interesting that there are so many variations within the A frames, even from the same brand. You have to get the same exact model, even if it's off by a couple of numbers, you might not have a bathroom or dining room table lol.
So I carefully researched it for a couple of months.
I have one of these for a few years now. I knew exactly where you were making the errors first try setting up. Here’s a tip, it is helpful to help the lift motor a bit by pushing up on the handle on the back roof section. Speeds up and saves wear and tear on the motor. The lift motor is a weak point and I have gone through 3. The third one had an engineering change adding a rubber boot around the motor. Hopefully that will keep water from running down the street into the motor and rusting it out.
After you unlatch the front dormer, you can push it up from the inside. The center latch has the hasp for a padlock because you only need to have one to secure the dormer. Likewise, the two roof latches on the sides only one has a hasp for a lock.
Overall, I’m very happy with the trailer. It towes super easy with a small SUV with a 3500 pound rating.
The A frame looks pretty cool. Glad your ok. That wall looks heavy.
Thank you! Yes pretty heavy to fall on someone. But I now remember for life to latch it down 😊
Its not heavy at all… i just set one up. Took 2 mins maybe less … its hydraulic assisted … its does help when you are taller !
After watching and reading all these damage stories I've decided to rent a trailer when the urge gets me.
@@donklaing if you don't camp that often, it definitely makes sense to just rent one whenever you go. It's cheaper, you don't have to deal with maintenance or fixing things, and you can rent different types of rvs.
I camp all the time so for me I have to own it 😊 I just came back from a 3 day trip and 3 weeks ago I was gone for 9 days
thank you for the information very much needed!
Thank you for watching !
great video thank you!
Thank you
I bought a 2023 A213 that I love. I did not get the automatic opener. Maiden voyage over the next few weeks!
Nice! Let me know how I goes! Have fun!
Thanks for sharing beautiful ❤❤
😊 thank you for watching !
Thank goodness that wall didn't fall on you. Think I'll go with a tear drop trailer
Well, don't let that change your mind! I didn't latch it down! It was truly my first time but I learned my lesson and this never happened again. 😊I love this trailer. I've used it so many times now and it's great.
Nice job and thank you for posting ! My partner and I are considering one. But I am 6'4' - I know I can fit under the "A" , but will I be able to stand straight at the cook-top?
I have to go and measure but I would think it's much higher than 6' there. That's the part where you open up the second roof, so it's horizontal, not slanted.
Not sure if it would be 6'"4, but probably very close to it. I know that doesn't really help, so give me some time and I'll go take a look
Remember popup canvas can't go to where bears might be
I know 😊 that's why I don't have anything with a canvas anymore. This is hard sided
@@Huntress308 that is a gorgeous camper how great to have a shower great choice go make some awesome memories.. greetings from NC
Thanks for your review.. Considering one of these - upgrading from tent camping and sleeping on the ground..
Do you mind my asking how tall you and your friend are?
Wondering about the bed as we are used to a king and my partner is 6'3 and I am 5'7 . So are you head to toe right at the walls? - and does it feel cramped on the inside against the sloped roof? Thanks.
You will love this! I'm camping right now in Utah, it's been 2 weeks and totally love it.
I'm 5'8" and the bed is plenty. For someone 6'3" it would still be ok. There's one foot left for me from the wall.
I'm by myself so I have the whole bed to myself. If it were 2 people, it might feel cramped for the one that's on the inside. It depends on the person.
The best thing to do is go to a dealer that has one of these and ask to lay on the bed
@@Huntress308 Thanks for the update! Sounds like you get to enjoy the outdoors quite a bit! What attracts me most about this may be the weight and compactness that means I cd manage it by myself for some solo trips and not need to buy a new truck!
Enjoy.
The bed is a Queen Size running cross-wise at the back. If the person at the back needs to get up, they do have to climb over the other person. Weakest bladder to the front! 😉
I wonder how much were and tear will cause this to eventually damage and have to replace later. Nice color on The nails by the way.
Well, that's a good question, but honestly I don't think it's a lot of tear and wear. They have been making pop up trailer for over 30-40 years (tent trailers and this kind) and I think they hold up pretty well.
The bathroom walls, I can see that having an issue, but I will reinforce them with additional latches and it will work. My hose can be remade though (not hard for a someone who has some basic carpentry skills) or reordered.
😊
I never ever had blue nails, I thought might as well play around lol.
👍
I am purchasing a one-owner used 2021 of this model. Would you recommend the 4 year extended warranty for a newbie camper? I'm debating if I want to add this cost or just keep money to the side for repair costs like that bubble window that's going to eventually leak or God forbid, an issue with the AC.
It depends. How much would it cost for the 4 years altogether? And what would it include with deductible?
For example if your fridge or furnace or water heater breaks, would they replace it and would it cost you anything else?
@@Huntress308 it would add $2,400 to the price, $50 deductible, everything about the RV and appliances including roadside assistance covered (allegedly). Everything except weather damage. Sounds good, but I don't want to shell out the money to find out they are full of crap and come up with random bs to not cover repairs. Maybe I should just set the money to the side since I have trust issues. 😅
@@youtubestolemyname here's my opinion. You're purchasing a 2021, that's pretty new. The appliances are supposed to be certified for 10 years, meaning they're supposed to work at least for that time. Sure, some can break before but I have also seen many 20-30 year old rvs with the original working fridge or furnace, etc.
your main appliances are gonna be the fridge, furnace and AC and these will cost about $1600 each to replace. Repair is cheaper. The water pump is a couple of hundred dollar and the toilet is not much either.
So in my opinion might as well keep the $2400 for anything that comes up in the future.
Other things that can go wrong is leaks, etc but they're easy to repair, I just did it in my roof, and will reseal the entire roof because there's a second small leak.
Also you said weather damage will not be included. You can get roadside assistance from insurance. If have paid for full coverage insurance which includes it getting stolen or if there is an accident and it gets damaged. You can have towing added as well as staying in a hotel if far away etc and the insurance will still only cost maybe $300, give or take. Totally worth it
If it was let's say 10 years old I would consider getting it. Mine is a 2014 and will be 10 years old but I probably would not have purchased the warranty lol
I recently bought the same camper , can you show a video of hooking up the plumbing ?
Yes. It will be a few weeks though. Do you have any specific questions? I did have some issues but that was due to something I didn't know, so I'll cover that in the video but other than that it's kinda straight forward. At least for now lol
@@Huntress308 no not really , I just want to make sure that I’m hooking everything up correctly… I had the top re-sealed because I bought it used and it had been garage kept … re-sealed the bathroom as well … I don’t want to have any issues 😆
You should give the weights of campers so people know it their vehicle will tow ,and measurements for storage related reasons cheers!
I didn't do that because someone can easily Google it, but most importantly, the different models will have different measurements and the weight will differ as well. Some can be close 1000 lb lighter than this one
@Huntress308 >>> Maybe I missed this detail in the video, but what specifically do you prefer about the A-frame camper over the pop-up camper? You mentioned having a pop-up but later selling it.
Omg, so many things. It was so much work just setting up the tent trailer. Manually raise the roof (with a manual winch, it was hard), stabilize them, pull out both beds, put up all the bars under neath. Then push out the canvas.
Then raise up the sink (it's folded down in transit), and only then you can start putting everything away because there are very few and small cabinets.
All this is 45-60 minutes.
The A frame camper? 15 minutes.
I can't even sleep in my tent trailer unless I unhook it from the truck.
Right now I'm in Sedona and spent the night at a truck top on the way here. I didn't have to unhook the trailer and took me 15 minutes to set it up, which also included the bathroom walls.
Tent trailer has no bathroom walls and that was weird.
The canvas was 20 years old and discolored, thin as paper, just nasty and I can't sleep like that. It's $950 to replace it and there was a 5 month wait list. I was on 3 month when I sold it.
I could go on and on. The reason I didn't go into it in the video is because I'm going to make a video comparing these two
@@Huntress308 >>> Rodger all that. Thank You...👍
Biggest advantage is it is hard sided, not canvas. So more secure, warmer, the same as a regular trailer. In Canada some campgrounds in bear county have different rules for pop ups because they are no barrier to bears. Things like no food inside etc. which don’t apply to these A-Frames.
Can put up and take down in the rain and don’t have to put back up to dry out the canvas later.
Hottie
😊
Hydraulics won’t work
What do you mean?
I just bought this exact camper for $11,000 off of retail price. Ur experience with the tent type camper is exactly what I avoided. I wanted a hard side because I plan to camp in remote bear country. A tent camper is dangerous there, plus they fall apart in 3 yrs
Yes, I'm so happy with this. It's more expensive but it's perfect, in my opinion. And safe from animals, and the weather. Although a bear just ripped off the storage door , but that was at my house lol
@@Huntress308 yes Mam, a bear can rip through these campers ,but they literally bite people through side because of,,,,,,,,, Believe it or not,,,, the fruit fragrance soaps ATTRACT BEARS. People wash their hair in APPLE, CHERRY, and So on. The bears bite their head through the tent to EAT The fruit. Simple Math.
@@jackychandler8594 that's crazy but true. My problem was that the side storage door was open, so he swung it back and forth and he finally got mad and pulled it off. Opened the front storage and went through everything and ate a bunch of gummy bears and graham crackers.
@Huntress308 >>> 👍👍