Wilderness, Terry, Prowler, any Diff???
Skynjan
I am looking to buy a trailer and can't seem to see any differance in the three
Fleetwood names. Any Help??
Robert Swofford
We were looking at these about a year ago (We still have not decided on
anything). We were looking at the 29S in all three versions.
The Terry seemed to be made of cheaper material. The cabinet doors were
contact paper, even on the rails and stiles. The Terry's layout was a
little different than the other two. The bunks were on the street side
and they extended out further than the refrigerator. This made them more
visible from the rest of the trailer.
The Wilderness and Prowler were very similar in floor plan and quality.
The bunks were on the curb side which hid them more. The cabinets doors
were a better quality. The Prowler included some extra trim which in a
lot of cases made the trailer look cheap (the fake stained glass mirrors
in the cabinet doors do nothing for me).
We liked the Wilderness a lot. If we were to buy one of these, the
Wilderness would be our choice. The 31G was also on our list.
Psammons
The Wilderness has a wooden frame while the Terry and Prowler are aluminum.
Wilderness are usuallyabout 10% cheaper for the same floor plan as the Terry.
New floor plans for Terry and Wilderness are just about identical and inside
materials for Wilderness and Terry are the same.
W.Pat Sammons
Mike Weidner
wooden frame. I was told by more than one salesman that the Terry has
the only aluminum frame made by fleetwood.
Mike
Robert Shimane
Skynjan wrote:
>
> Mike,
> I am the now confused owner of the Prowler Lightweight myself. I had the
> wilderness salesman tell me the wilderness and prowler are the same and the
> prowler dealer tell me they are different. The only thing I could tell was the
> prowler had a rubber roof, stouter wood in the cabinets and easier access to
> dinettte storage. Other than that they seemed the same to me. I was hoping I
> was wrong because by the time the bidding war was over wilderness came in at a
> lower price for the same floor plan. Still bought the prowler 'cause it just
> seemed a little better. Even wrote to Fleetwood to ask what the deal was with
> no response.
>
> >I have a 98 prowler lightweight and it is my understanding it has a
> >wooden frame. I was told by more than one salesman that the Terry has
> >the only aluminum frame made by fleetwood.
> >Mike
I looked at Terry Expos this past summer. The brochure said that they
have an aluminum frame.
Bob Shimane
Bobbie McCormick
We just got our 29S Wilderness with the computer desk option and have been
out in it twice. We just love it. Terry is supposedly the top of the line
but did not come in with the computer desk option so we opted for the
Wilderness as the dealer carried Wilderness and the Terry.
Since the dealer did not have one on the lot it had to be built and we had
the floorplan and our imagination to go on.
Had the factory install a phonejack- don't know if it would have came with
one or not.
Removing the bunkbeds gives you a really nice bathroom with great closet
and 5 extra drawers you lose the outside storage that is under the bunks as
it is taken over by the drawers in the bathroom.
The amount of storage in this trailer is great.
Anyway we love it.
you can compare the differences yourself at http://www.fleetwood.com
Skynjan
Nels M. Hansen
This may help a little: http://www.fleetwood.com/rvs/towables.html
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Nels Hansen
in Beautiful Central Oregon
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Bobbie McCormick
TooTall
TooTall
Not enough to amount to anything but I ended up with a Terry after looking
at all of them. Wilderness was last place. Prowler was second.
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Skynjan
>Not enough to amount to anything but I ended up with a Terry after looking
>at all of them. Wilderness was last place. Prowler was second.
I went with the prowler. Seemed to be made a little better. The Terry dealer
was just to proud to come down in price. Not enough differance to pay that
much more.
TooTall
No doubt. And my Terry has the worst quality control of anything I've ever
bought. Refer mounted wrong, electrical wires left loose, screws missing
from exterior where water could get in, poor sealing job on roof, etc...
Prowler didn't want to deal with me otherwise I could have gone that way. I
noticed a more considerable difference with the Wilderness.
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