Friends (Walter and
Kathy) purchased a Jayco Fifth Wheel from The Trail Center in North Charleston
SC. They had owned a camper in the past but it was quite some time
ago and they never really got into camping. So to say the least
Walter and I have had several conversations about my life on the road and
living in my camper. As the time approached the big pick up date of
their camper Walter asked if I would like to ride with him when pick it
up. Like all RVers’ I told him if he really wanted me to I would
go…but the truth was I was delighted to go. Always fun looking at
different campers specially a friend’s camper.
The Trail Center is a
small family owned full service RV center. It was originally started
in 1966 and in 1973 the current owner Gloria Morgan started working with them
as the bookkeeper and when on to purchase the business in 1993. I
purchased my first camper a 27 foot Salem travel trailer from them about that
same year. The service at that time was great and you will see in my
review below that nothing has changed.
We arrived at the Trail
Center off Dorchester Rd in North Charleston around 10:00 am and was greeted by
Jay Morgan the sales manager. Walter and Jay proceed into the office
to complete the paperwork on the camper. I started wandering around
in the show room finding things to purchase that I did know I needed until they
jumped out at me. The show room was well stocked and laid out in an
orderly and neat arrangement. I have visited a lot of RV
Centers from the big mega stores to the little hole in the wall
stores. In my opinion the Trail Center has all the convenience and
selections of the mega stores with the small family owned atmosphere.
As I was finishing my
browsing/shopping I joined Walter and Jay in the lot as they were starting the
walk thru of the camper. They had started at the front where Walter
had them change the standard 5th wheel hitch out for a goose
neck type that he currently has in his truck for farm use. The installation
looked like it had come from the factory with it installed. We then
continued around the entire outside to include the operations of the slides,
auto leveling system, and water management. After a very detailed
tour of the exterior we went inside and again Jay covered all the components
and systems and answered all our questions. This was probably one of
the most detailed and informative walk thru I have been a part of, and I have
purchased several campers of the years.
Over all I give the Trail
Center and Jay an outstanding rating based my taking the walk thru with Walter
and shopping in their show room. The entire staff at The Trail
Center was very professional and friendly. It was a very delightful
experience to join Walter on the walk thru of his camper and dealing with the
staff at The Trail Center.
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