Hi everybody, My name is Matt Elliott I'm
with Guaranty RV centers in Junction
City, Oregon. Today I want to show you a
brand new floor plan from Coachman. This
is called the Apex Ultralight 245
bunkhouse. It's a great trailer and
there's a lot to talk about but let's
start with the floor plan, follow me. One
of the things you'll notice about this
rig right away is it's really well
equipped. Now one of the challenges you
get into when you do bunk bed models is
they just seem to get very very large.
It's hard to find one that has the bunks
you want, the private bedroom you wan,t
and the slide-out you want all in a
compact package. This coach is exactly
that if you look in the very back here
you're going to notice that we have the
big double bunks. We call these double
doubles where you have the over and
under bedding areas and it's it's great
because not only can you put a lot of
people back here and it's got a lot of
capacity. But the other thing is this is
a good place to stow your gear even if
you don't have a lot of people in your
outfit you might want to put some tubbys
or some fishing poles or other things
back in that space. It's a really
versatile way to design a trailer. Now in
the back here we've got a nice bathroom
and of course it has a skylight over the
shower so it's not dark. And it has a
medicine cabinet and the location of the
toilet makes sense because it doesn't
pitch in too much. Some of these smaller
trailers have really tight bathroom
areas. It's also got a really good-sized
pantry so you know these are things that
bump it sometimes take away spaces that
you need for other things but they still
manage to get a really good pantry in
here. It also has a very nice large
fridge freezer and they put in the
stainless steel package so when you look
at this all nice shiny finishes. The
slide-out is something we really want to
look at here. A lot of times in the small
trailers you just get these little tiny
slides that are very shallow and they
may just have a sofa in it or a very small
dinette. This has a big beep horseshoe
dinette and this table the way it's set
up is it's the legs fans are offset so
we can actually make the table come out
here and we can sit people all the way
around it. Or we can put people all the
way to the wall face to face. You have
two choices plus of course it makes a
bed and there's a tremendous amount of
storage under each of these booths areas,
so that's a big deal. Another thing
that's really nice about this coach is
it has a full private front bedroom. And
what they've done is they put in a
partition here so you have access to the
bed on either side. This is a great idea
because it looks shortens the trailer if
you don't have to walk around the end of
the bed so you still have full access
but you're saving a little bit of length.
a lot of people don't want to get too
awful big. Now this has a TV stand that
swivels so I can put the TV where it
faces the the main room area or I can
put the TV back in here. There's no TV in
here right now but that's where it goes
if we put one in and there is also a
home theater system. As we look up here
in the bedroom there's one real special
feature I want you to see it's a little
detail but the cabinets on most trailers
are square here. So that means you have
to really reach to get up to the front
of the bed if you're making the bed or
getting in and out and what these guys
have done is they put a little bit of an
angle in here so now I can really get
into this area it makes it easier to get
in and out of bed it also makes it a lot
easier to make the bed. Of course we have
great storage above as well. Now there
are some technical things we want to
look at in here that are just beyond the
floor plan because quite frankly, floor
plans are not the most important part of
a trailer. The quality of construction so
something I want you to know right now
these countertops in this tabletop are a
special type of construction and you'll
notice that there's no T molding
around the corners. That T molding
always wants to come out and never go
back in. This countertop is light, it's
strong, it's one piece and it's very very
easy to keep clean so that's really
special. Another thing that's nice about
this coach insight is it's got all LED
lighting throughout the coach. So LED
lighting is awesome because it uses a
lot less energy and it gives off very
good light. Now the last thing I want to
show you in here that is
is just awesome is the fact that this
has a one-piece bonded roof. So most
trailers even if they're aluminum frame
in the sidewall still have wood roof
trusses and wood floor joists and some
kind of a wood decking but this one here
is an all vacuum bonded form on the top
no trusses it's all solid, it's one piece.
And that means that if you ever get a
water leak water doesn't have any place
to go inside this room now you're not
supposed to get water leaks but they
can't happen if you don't maintain your
trailer properly. Well this one here,
there's no place for water to go I think
it's a fantastic technology. There's a
lot more to show you in here but we need
to take some time to go outside so
follow me and we'll take a look around.
Now this trailer is really, really well
equipped on the exterior. The first thing
I'll point out, this has the new
frameless type windows they're very very
attractive but also there's no aluminum
trim around here and aluminum has a
tendency to transmit heat and cause
condensation so if we can get rid of
those aluminum frames we can reduce that
heat transfer and condensation, it's a
big deal. We look down here we're going
to see nice aluminum wheels. Up here
we've got outside speakers and they've
even got LED lights in the speakers.
There's also LED light strip that goes
all the way under the awning it's
incredibly attractive looks great and
it's also got an LED lighting package
for under the stairwell when you walk in
so your steps are really lit up and
that's pretty cool too. Now back here
they'd come up with a great idea and
that is to have a versatile outside
cooking station. We've got a little
barbecue out here we've got a
refrigerator it's a storage counter
change that you can use. The other things
I like, they've gone to magnets so now I
don't have to worry about the little
plastic clips breaking off I could just
use these magnets, they work great. Now
this is also a power awning and it makes
it really fun and easy to use. We have an
outside shower here. I want to bring you
around this side. A couple of details
here that are important. We've got a
black water flush built in so you can
clean out your sewer tank with the
additional flush that you can get with
the hose so you can double flush that
system out you'll never have any
problems with odors or your monitor
panels not working properly. You've got
cable and satellite hookup here. We have
a removable power cord. Instead of having
to pull that cord out and shove it back
in this one just rolls up and puts away,
very very nice. Follow me around here, now
another thing that I think is really
cool if you look and I know you can't do
what I'm doing right now but you see how
thick this compartment door is it's
really dense it's made out of insulation
and its strong. A lot of trailers have
very thin compartment doors so that's
good and again we have a little magnet
up here. We've got a big full pass
through storage area and slam latch door
locks, makes it really easy to close
especially when I got my arm full of
other gear. Now in the very front this
trailer has an awesome feature it's a
full fiberglass end cap. You see a lot of
trailers that don't have this and
they're more likely to develop leaks in
the front end of the trailer. This is
like putting the hull of a boat on the
end of your trailer it protects it from
getting leaks at the seams and edges
which is the weather end of the trailer
of course is where that's most likely to
happen. This feature right here really
helps separate this trailer. Now there's
one other thing that I want to tell you
before we finish. The sidewall
construction on this trailer has a new
kind of underlayment it's been around a
couple of years but not very many people use it yet.
Most trailers have some layer of wood
veneer beneath the fiberglass to help
bond it all together this one uses a
material called as Azdel. It's waterproof
and it's not biodegradable it's very
very unlikely that you would ever have
any kind of a delamination problem with
this trailer. So there's a thumbnail
sketch of the Apex 245 bunkhouse. There's
a lot more to talk about I hope you'd
like to see it in person. If you have any
questions or you'd like to come by just
give me a call. My name is Matt Elliott
my number is 541-954-8495. Thanks for
watching. You have a great day.