A Brinkley Invasion!

[jd1923]

First we lost our friend Rich @rich.dev to how he wrote it in an email to me, "to the Dark Side." He purchased an Brinkley I235 travel trailer for more room. Rich still misses us and he's online here every so often. Later Rich and Thea traded in their I235 for a 5th wheel version, for even MORE room. We should see them in Quartzsite next year!

Then our friend Art @MAX Burner moved to the Dark Side, also with an I235. I spent an evening with Art at Quartzsite, having a drink, sitting in one of his theatre recliners half-watching the big-screen projection TV, talking the night away! It was very nice and quite comfortable, but you know wallpaper on fiberboard panels is not the same as double-hull fiberglass! We don't hear much from Art here anymore, but he was in the middle of all our Olivers at Q.

When we came back from Q, Blue Compass who took over 3 RV sales locations in our area, had 4 Brinkley TTs in inventory. We use their free dump station, and when returning on another trip 10 days later, one was sold. We were just there last week and Oh My! They now have 5 TTs and four 5th wheels, and you can tell by how they are parked with an empty space, they must have sold one 5th wheel as soon as they got them in! This new hot RV inventory is selling!

They must be good trailers in how popular they have become quickly! But we have waaaaay too much into our Oliver, to ever visit the Dark Side! 😎

Edited 2 hours ago by jd1923

[Steph and Dud B]

Brinkley makes excellent trailers and fifth wheels, probably the best conventional RVs on the market today. The company was started by two guys who left management at Grand Design, which was the top dog prior. Here's what usually happens: someone starts a new RV company with better quality than the rest and they build up a reputation. A bigger RV conglomerate comes along and buys them out, then guts the quality to maximize profits. Then the original guys (or girls) start a new company - now the new best-quality king - and the cycle repeats.

If we were in the market for another fifth wheel today, it would be a Brinkley. 

[mossemi]

Brinkley had a huge display at the RV Super Show in Tampa this year and they were all under cover in a pavilion all to themselves.  They probably had about 30 or so trailers on display.  There was a lot of activity and interest.  They seem to be very active in their advertising and promotion.  I don't know if they are under a big manufacturer's name or not, but I wish them luck.

Mossey

Edited 1 hour ago by mossemi

[rich.dev]

22 minutes ago, jd1923 said:

But we have waaaaay too much into our Oliver, to ever visit the Dark Side! 😎

Never say never John!😁 

22 minutes ago, jd1923 said:

should see them in Quartzsite next year!

 

Loved La Posa South LTVA when we were there last year, but the wind and dust storms were just too much for me, so we booked Dec 2026 - Feb 2027 at Arizona Sun Campground in Quartzsite!