New Member / New RVer XLS22MLE

[FelixTheCat]

Just purchased a 2021 XLS22MLE. My wife and I retired last year, we love to travel/drive through the US and Canada, so we thought getting a RV would be a great adventure. We have never been camping before and never owned an RV. We have our first trip tomorrow to North Myrtle Beach for 3 days ( it is supposed to rain ). I spent the last couple weeks practicing backing up the TT.. still a bit shaky with it but oh well !!

[Country Campers]

FelixTheCat

Welcome , glad to have you here with us. We have all been "first timers" so there is plenty of help and understanding when things just don't go right. I hope it does not rain on you trip , but that is camping.

Check out the welcome letter if you have not yet already Welcome Letter to New Members - Grand Design Owners Forums (gdrvowners.com).

If there is anything we can help with just ask.

Brian

[TucsonJim]

Welcome. It's really nice to see brand new RVers joining us. Please don't hesitate to ask questions. We're happy to help.

Jim

[Jlawles2]

FelixTheCat First welcome to the group. Second, it never hurts to be nervous as that makes you cautious. Camping in the rain is not ideal (cabin fever sets in quickly with some of us) as long as you can setup and tear down when its dry (been there done that in the rain).

If you are having issues with steering wheel turn direction to make the trailer do what you want, I'll pass along some advice from 40 years ago that a friend of my dads was telling someone.

To make the TV (tow vehicle) turn in the proper direction for what you want the trailer to do, instead of grabbing the top of the steering wheel like normal, grab the bottom of the steering wheel underhanded (palm up). Move your hand(s) whichever way you want the trailer to go. I.E. trailer needs to go right, move hand to right, this turns the wheel left which makes the trailer go right.

[FelixTheCat]

Thanks for the tip Jlawles2 !!

[Tigger1]

Just purchased a 2021 XLS22MLE. My wife and I retired last year, we love to travel/drive through the US and Canada, so we thought getting a RV would be a great adventure. We have never been camping before and never owned an RV. We have our first trip tomorrow to North Myrtle Beach for 3 days ( it is supposed to rain ). I spent the last couple weeks practicing backing up the TT.. still a bit shaky with it but oh well !!

Congratulations on your new 22mle! We really like ours.

[cvretis]

We have the same new unit. Have not taken it out yet (still installing solar and waiting for our hitch to arrive). Just be sure your vehicle can handle the entire load. Also you must have a weight distributing hitch with sway control. There is enough info out there to learn most everything you need to know. You can PM me and I can send some links to what I have used.