Absolutely Gorgeous Vanleigh Beacon 40FLB Fifth Wheel RV!

what's going on guys so today i am out here at explore usa rv super center in bernie texas and we are going to take a look at this absolutely beautiful vanley beacon fifth wheel now this specific floor plan which is called the 40flb is a floor plan they've had for a while and it's one i've never actually toured but this is essentially the type of floor plan and interior that made vanlee famous in terms of what they're capable of doing on the inside and the overall look of these units from the outside so hang tight you're not going to want to miss this [Music] as always let's take a moment and look at the numbers on this unit first so this is gonna have a gvwr of eighteen thousand five hundred pounds it's gonna have a cargo capacity of thirty one hundred pounds so it's got a really high cargo capacity it's gonna ride on 17.5 inch h-rated tires so this is definitely something you want to tow behind a dually not just because of its weight because you know there are single rear wheel trucks that can handle that much weight it's because the overall length height and width of this unit it is a wide body super tall super long it's straight profile so it doesn't dip down in the back like some units do it's got a lot of slides there's a lot of reasons that you would want a dually to toe something like this safely also worth noting is this beautiful full body paint job i mean it is absolutely gorgeous and i don't think the camera is probably giving you a really good representation of just how beautiful it is i've been doing a review on a 42rdb beacon for a while which is also full body paint more like this scheme right here but this dark tone is absolutely gorgeous i kind of wish this would have been the color they sent me however beautiful beautiful unit love the overall look i mean they just stand out you know i'll be the first one to admit that there are reasons why a drv costs more and has some additional features such as like three inch thick sidewalls a 15 inch you know triple boxed frame but this thing weighs significantly more for the same size unit you're gonna probably talk about a unit that weighs nearly seven to eight thousand pounds or more than this beacon so you're talking about something significantly heavier whenever you're comparing this to a mobile suite or a drv and furthermore this is going to be probably 40 000 less than a drv so keep that in mind and i would honestly say the interior of this beacon blows away the interior of the drv and you'll see when i get inside has an upgraded rotoflex lci pin box outside basically it rotates right here this large rubber bushing absorbs some of that motion helps dampen it and reduce chucking and some of the effects of towing something heavy you have hydraulic leveling auto leveling system controls right here i do not know if this has a generator it does not look like it has the exhaust pipe so it is probably prepped for one it is prepped just doesn't have the generator in it and i love that they use these really thick heavy baggage doors a lot of manufacturers skimp out here and go to something really thin also slam latch is everywhere they don't use a little twisties over here nice thick baggage door here has a 30 pound propane can you could easily fit something larger in here though here's one side of your basement storage again super thick baggage doors you have a really nice aluminum panel in here and everything here is cut out or laser cut which is nice you have electronic gate valves up here which is also really nice everything is easily marked nice to get to and you also have a whole house water filtration system little area for your hoses to come through you have a sprayer in here most of the stuff is pretty common except for these electronic gate valves and this really really nice laser cut surround is awesome plus it's sealed off so any water that spills in here is going to drop down and here your low point drains nice and concealed inside of here you have your lci controls right here and not too much storage on this side but you can definitely see where it opens up more towards the back there something else that they like to talk about is their use of i believe it's like a plastic floor system down here so you don't have to worry about water intrusion possibly rotting out your floor this is gonna be the outside of your water heater and then the outside of your furnace this can be equipped with a on-demand water heater as well like the unit that i've been reviewing has a huge frame so this is a 10 on 10 i-beam frame 10-inch main beam with a 10-inch drop frame rack and pinion slide this is going to be the outside of your refrigerator so you can winterize it coming around over here this runs westlake h-rated 17.5 inch tires this also has the lci equiflex which is interesting because the one i have has the road armor suspension and this one has the equiflex both made by lci i kind of prefer the road armor system but it does have the heavy duty shackle straps and greasable wet bolts it is an upgraded suspension which is nice though this unit has drum brakes they do offer disc brakes as an option though [Applause] you have a schwintec slide back here nice frameless windows and again beautiful beautiful paint job coming around back here electric cord reel is standard on the beacon beautiful one piece fiberglass back cap absolutely gorgeous and it just stands out so much i love the silver stripe down the center of it the way they do the logo is just absolutely gorgeous plus all the led lighting in the back this is definitely something that looks high-end when you're driving behind it they still give you a bumper which is also nice [Applause] coming around this side schwinn tech slide here you can see something that they do which is really nice is they actually paint the sides of the slides here some manufacturers don't another slide here rack and pinion you can see how they put a boxed tubular section here underneath the 10 inch i-beam it's going to give you a little bit more structural rigidity but it will also raise the chassis up a little higher so you can level it out a little better whenever you're towing it behind these newer taller heavy duty trucks huge frameless window right here coming around this way you can see that there's one slide here and there's one slide here [Applause] almost wish they would have put slide top awnings on some of these like like this one right here and the one there in the back you can't really put it on this one since that slide would kind of cover it schwintec slide up here opening up this side of the storage again nice slam latches super thick baggage doors you have your power disconnect here everything's finished off really nice you have your central vacuuming system cable power connections and then your other propane cans gonna be in there [Applause] this also has the lci steps let's take a look inside of this absolutely beautiful 40 flb vanley beacon okay all right so i'm going to pan around a little bit here so you have a moment to kind of take it all in when i talk about the woodwork and the craftsmanship inside of a vanly product this is what i'm talking about again there are aspects of other units that make them more expensive and are considered to be a little higher end in terms of things like side wall thickness this has a two inch thick sidewall versus like a drv with a three inch or a lux or a new horizon but when you're looking at the overall interior and what you get especially for the price i definitely wouldn't consider these to be budget but they're definitely less expensive than a lux or a drv by a pretty significant margin these are going to be more in line with like a redwood or a river stone but the interior again sets itself apart residential franklin furniture i mean take a look at just the valances i mean how all of this is said this is all soft touch this is all real fabrics mixed in with absolutely beautiful woodworking craftsmanship just take a look at this front entertainment area nice wide view fireplace nice large tv this looks like something you would see inside of a home or a condo or even on a yacht again the furniture is absolutely the most comfortable furniture i've ever sat in in any rv you have your controls here this is their spider control system lets you monitor and control everything and all of your light switches things like that they're all wireless so they have batteries inside of them and they control by speaking to the spider control panel turn lights on to do different things like that beautiful beautiful kitchen all the hardware everything's gorgeous nice whirlpool refrigerator more cabinets up top convection microwave already in place upgraded furion cooktop here huge oven as well and it's closed off right now but this is what i'm talking about all these controls here are wireless so they all speak to that main control board over there wirelessly the batteries last a couple of years nice island as well it's going to be a dual basin stainless steel island nice residential grade fixtures [Applause] gorgeous dinette area the flooring is all hand laid vinyl tile so it's not just a roll of linoleum do use carpet in the slides here and i really don't care to be honest with you this is one of those areas that it's personal preference this has an msrp of one hundred and thirty five thousand six hundred and thirty three dollars sale price on a unit like this is probably going to be just slightly north of a hundred thousand dollars beautiful beautiful storage here check this out it's even finished off you have these nice pull out drawers everything is super high gloss the woodwork in here is fantastic it's almost like you'd want to hire these folks to come to your house and do your cabinetry there as well stepping into this absolutely gorgeous bathroom has a one-piece shower super high ceilings because all of their fifth wheels have a straight profile to the roof they don't dip down so you don't get that angle as you get towards the back porcelain foot flush toilet you have a little sprayer hose here for whatever you want to use that for nice flooring in here throughout absolutely gorgeous medicine cabinets in here this entire area is just very very nice and look at that even the woodwork around the front of the sink bowls nice residential under mount sink basins that's an upgrade in a home even okay exiting the bathroom real quick you have more storage here as well going into the bedroom space look at this this is just gorgeous i mean this is what you would expect to see in the back of a prevost or the back of a super high-end motorhome this is the type of woodwork that you see and that's because of the tiffin lineage the fact that the folks at tiffin collaborated with the folks at van lee because it's the same company now under the thor umbrella because thor acquired them but you can see what you get and check out this space because this is a slide and because that's a full depth slide you have all this space here at the end of the bed you probably have six feet of space here absolutely gorgeous gorgeous wardrobe tv already mounted in place you have a place here for your washer and dryer more cabinets up top i have a huge closet here at the end very very residential i mean that's just kind of the whole message behind this unit is very residential feels absolutely gorgeous i mean just look at this space right here besides the bed not being made more storage right here little niche areas another one of your control panels right here even the doors and they're all very very solid feeling they don't feel like cheap flimsy doors anyways i'd love to know what your thoughts are again i've been reviewing one of these beacons for a long time the 42 rdb which is a little bit different in terms of floor plan the living rooms in the back and the bedrooms up front but the kitchen's in the center i've been super impressed with the one that i've had and every time you walk inside of it or anybody else walks inside of it the first thing you think is holy cow they put all of this in an rv i see why you like it and this is just a gorgeous gorgeous example of what they're capable of doing from the interior again when it comes to the chassis when it comes to some of the things they're doing with suspension they're not what i would consider to be the highest end out there but they're definitely at that upper tier regardless not quite what drv does not quite what some other companies do but for what you pay for one of these it is definitely comparable to anything else in its price range until you walk into the interior and you see that the interior on this unit might be what sells you and one final thing before i forget is the soft touch roof i know i've brought this up several times but they pad the roof like you would expect to see in a high-end motorhome so that's really cool and it does add a significant amount of sound deadening which is also really nice you can even get it with thermal pain dual pane windows which is nice that blocks out a lot of sound a lot of people that go to them will never go to an rv without them you know as far as temperature control keeping hot air out or cold air in or hot air in and cold air out you know they do an adequate job but the real real big value here is the fact that they make things so much quieter because we're right next to the highway and it's not really loud inside anyways guys i sure hope you enjoyed this video if you haven't had a chance please take a moment subscribe to my channel give me a thumbs up and we'll talk to you again very soon [Music]

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Published: Mon Mar 22 2021