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Tiffin Motor Home Factory
Monday, 28 December 2009 15:38
When we decided to purchase a replacement home (motor home), we settled on the Tiffin brand. The Tiffin Motor Homes are made in Red Bay, Alabama. Since we were already planning to head to Florida for the winter of 2009-2010, we decided to take an indirect route to northern Alabama and visit the Tiffin factory. Any9one can take guided tours of the Tiffin factory. We had learned that they also have a small campground there, for guests taking the tour and for Tiffin owners having work done on their rigs.
We arrived in early December. Since we were taking the tour, the first night at the campground was free and the second night was only $10 for a full hookup. Although, they did turn the water off for thew winter on our second day. A oretty good deal. For Tiffin owners getting work under warranty, their entire stay is free. For out of warranty, it's still only $10 a night, We took the tour on a chilly morning. They provide headsets so you can hear the guide speaking. Unfortunately, I had problems with my headset and couldn't hear the guide speaking. Connie knew I wanted to hear it all and she exchanged head sets with me. Of course, this meant she couldn't hear anything.
New Motorhome Purchasing Experience
Friday, 11 December 2009 17:11
During the summer of 2009, we talked about purchasing a replacement home. Our current 2002 Dolphin motorhome was running good and working out fine, but it is approaching 8 years old. Of course, there's a few minor problems with it, but these are all cosmetic issues from living in it for the past 5 years. During one of frequent trips to Reno, NV while working in the Tahoe National Forest, we made a short stop at the only Newmar RV dealer in town. Over 8 years ago, we fell in love with the Newmar brand of motor homes. It was actually a Newmar that we went to purchase in 2002 when we came home with the Dolphin instead.
This dealer was very small and only had one Newmar in stock. They seemed to mainly handle the vacation type of RV's - not the fulltiming type. The salesman asked if we've ever considered a Tiffin brand of motorhome. Nope - we've never paid any attention to Tiffin. Although this small dealer didn't have many Tiffin models on display either, he showed us the one Tiffin Allegro RED motorhome that they had. It was a 36' diesel pusher Class A rig with 4 slideouts. RED actually stood for Rear Engine Diesel. It was Tiffin's low-end rear end diesel motorhome. Tiffin also has a FRED model (FRont Engine Diesel) of motor homes, but that's another story. We really liked what we saw. We returned a couple weeks later and took the Allegro RED for a test drive. WOW! What a difference the diesel made, along with the air brakes, when compared to our gas motor home.
RV Modifications - Dolphin
Tuesday, 15 April 2008 09:57
The following information is for our original motorhome. We owned our National RV Dolphin motor home from
February 2002 - January 2010:
While our 2002 National RV Dolphin motor home was setup pretty well for fulltiming, we've made a few improvements over time. This lists what modifications we've made:
