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Old 08-28-2019, 09:52 AM   #5
KRoseVideo
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Location: Westerville, OH
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We have had our 2004 BT5211 BT Cruiser for 3-1/2 years and have traveled across the USA from Main and Carolinas to Washington State and San Diego multiple times. A great vehicle once we added the Spare Tire on the rear Trailer mount (from e-Trailer). Not sure why they did not include a spare under the chassis, but perhaps it made more room for our huge Black and Gray water tanks.
Our 21 foot length is great for boon-docking and, after we added the second house battery (Actually two 6 volt golf cart batteries in Series) we have had enough power for our needs.
Perhaps the main issues we had were with the electrical system that had no meaningful wiring diagrams. Lots of Trial and Error, but we got it resolved.
The construction is really heavy duty and the Oak Wood is really hard. Try drilling a hole in it. We removed the TV from the front TV compartment and hung a Quilt over the opening so that we can store our bedding materials up there. We hung a flat panel TV/Video Disc player on the top of the opening via those hard to drill holes I mentioned earlier.
Our unit had two opposed sofa's and no Slides so there was not so much space between for the long table. We removed the table and replaced with two of the folding tables for the same amount of space but much light weight and flexibility to use only 1 table most of the time.
We originally were looking to buy a MB Sprinter Camper but now we would not even consider the Sprinter as it is not nearly as functional for us as our BET Cruiser. And the Cost for our 2004 BT Cruiser was between 10% and 20% of the available MB's. We get consistently 10 MPG so we can buy a lot of gas for the difference in cost of the vehicles.
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