I have already gone around this horn with others, but wanted to get some more info. We bought a 1999 36' Travel Line Whispering Pines park model trailer last week. There was a lot of question around here as to what a park model was, and everyone came to a few agreements. The first was that a park model is designed to be set up in a park, rather then towed around like a standard travel trailer. They typically don't have holding tanks and usually are set up with home type appliances.
This one has black and gray water tanks, but no fresh water tank, although it does have the access port on the outside and piping inside just no tank. Has awnings out the wazoo, but very little storage outside. It does have a full size fridge in it (more like an apartment size) and a washer and dryer, although tiny. It has electric brakes, propane tanks, battery, etc, but did not have safety chains (does now) or the breakaway emergency brake line (will as soon as I wire it up).
The price was too good to be true and it is in stellar condition so I bought it without much info to be sure I didn't get scooped. My main concern is the construction of the unit itself. Is there any reason to be concerned about using this unit like any other travel trailer? I installed all the eq hitch and sway control bar, and was going to install scissor jacks but due to rear end clearance issues I decided to just use the jack stand type stabilizers. I took it home last night which was about a 30 miles drive and all went well, my 1/2 ton 4x4 GMC pulled it like a champ. I have a prodigy inertia brake controller that works great, so it seems I am ready to rock but still feel uneasy about the "park model" designation. Any thoughts?
