As the bath is set in the rear corner with an off-set hard door, its design is spacious. The corner shower dominates the room with the sink, cupboard, and light- up medicine cabinet to one side and the porcelain toilet on the other. Overall, a very nice use of the space. Looking at the cupboards, closets, and wall edges, I saw radiused corners, beveled and rounded edges—all extras and all very attractive. Storage is always a must-have for RVers and most will tell you that there never seems to be enough. That statement may still be true of the Lance, but they have made a serious effort to build as many varieties of storage into this trailer as possible. Entering the trailer, there is a full-length clothes closet right next to a second half closet with pull-out drawers below it. Under each dinette seat is a long, deep pull-out drawer. The walk- around queen-bed also has nightstands with storage and hanging clothes cupboards on each side. Outside, a set of slam-latch pass-through doors access a decent- sized basement storage space that takes advantage of the curved bed space in the nose of the trailer. While I never had a chance to run the 25,000 Btu forced- air furnace, I did note that it is ducted throughout the trailer floor, which includes the heating of the water
tanks. So, along with the insulation, dual-pane windows, and by-pass valves for the hot water heater, you are ready for any weather. And, with the optional 170-watt solar panel system you can easily go off grid as well. As for towing—the power of the new Ford 2.3L EcoBoost engine (now coupled to a 10-speed transmission) was easily up to the task. A balanced ride attitude was achieved by using an equalizing hitch—which also cut down on cross-wind sway. The quality of the axles, suspension, and tires on the Lance were also part of this comfortable ride equation. It was an easy pull on the highway and on the secondary roads. Overall, I was happy to see that what Lance has accomplished with truck campers has been carried over to its new travel trailers. And while price is always important—so is quality.
2019 LANCE TRAVEL TRAILER 1995
LENGTH: 23 feet 8 inches WIDTH: 96 3/8 inches HEIGHT W/AC: 10 feet 2 inches DRY WEIGHT: 4,265 pounds CARGO CAPACITY: 1,435 pounds
GVWR: 5,700 pounds FRESH WATER: 45 gallons GREY WATER: 45 gallons BLACK WATER: 45 gallons PROPANE: 2–20 pounds
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