Camper For Sale By Owner

Manufacturer: Forest River
Model: Flagstaff Model 228BHSE
Purchased new from Western Campers

Unloaded Vehicle Weight UVW): 2,559 lbs.
Weight On Axle: 2,202 lbs.
Weight On Hitch: 339 lbs.
Year Purchased New: 2021
Vendor: Western Campers
8383 Camp Bowie West Blvd.
Fort Worth, Texas
Main: (817) 244-3066

Dealer Contact Person: Peggy Johnson-Lee

Floor Plan

Features

Original Features

• RV Rooftop Air Conditioning
• Gas Furnace (LPG)
• Exhaust Fan on roof
• Queen-size bed forward
• Full-size bed aft
• Electric bed heater controls
• Combination Light and Fan for each bed
• Ample storage cabinets under the sofa, below the aft dining table seat cushion, in the kitchen, forward on either side of the queen-size bed
• Built-In Restroom with Shower
• Dual Propane (LPG) Bottles
• Trailer Jack, Hand Operated
• Readily accessible fuse and circuit-breaker panel
• Four Leveling Jacks
• Self-Contained Awning
• Full Kitchen: Stove, Sink, Refrigerator
• Hot Water Heater
• Outdoor Gas Grill with food preparation shelf
• Integral FM/AM Radio with internal and external speakers
• Integral Overhead Lighting
• Integral outdoor lighting
• 120-volt Electrical Outlets inside and outside
• Cable ready—standard coaxial TV cable connects cable TV signal to cable TV outside jack. Coaxial cable stored in same bag with external power cables
• Integral Equipment for Remote Locations
  • Solar Panel
  • Lead-acid, Leakproof 12-volt Battery (space for second battery)
  • 12-volt DC to 120-volt AC inverter
  • Built-in Water Tank
  • Built-in Water Pump
  • WiFi Booster on rooftop
• 120/208-volt power cable
• power cable adapter for 120-volt outlets
• Built-in TV cable wiring and jacks
• Spare tire
• Big wheels and perfect balance along the beam of the camper make for pleasurable towing.

Added Features

• 12 VDC Electric Trailer-tongue Jack, original hand-operated jack stowed on the front stowed on front deck storage
• Combination Light and Fan with Segregated 12-volt DC circuits for the beds to allow nighttime convenience for individual beds without the use of overhead lighting
• Custom sink cover for use as a food preparation surface
• Custom shelving (3 levels) is designed for kitchen storage and convenience. It easily stows in the trailer for quick set-up and tear-down.
• Lockable toolbox secured to front deck storage
• Two-axis bubble levels for one-man setup.
• Rear View wireless camera (monitor not included, but easily available online)
• Convenient weather-proof heavy-duty plastic storage container for gas grill

Why are we selling our camper?

We have been recreational campers since our early marriage years in the 1970s. Our first ‘camp house’ was a large wall tent that provided ample room for two adults and four children to sleep comfortably.

Later, as our children grew, we inherited a Wards Field & Stream PopUpPortable camper from our grandparents. We wore it out, but it was easily pulled by our 1971 Chevrolet Nomad station wagon.

As our two older boys moved into their teen years, we upgraded to a large and heavy camper with air conditioning, propane heating, a refrigerator, and a complete bathroom. Each of our four children had their own bed, and we had a private bedroom. To pull this camper, we bought a Chevrolet Suburban with a 350 cubic inch displacement engine.

As the children grew and left home, we gave up camping. Gave up, that is until grandchildren came along!

As senior citizens (Harry Truman was my first president), we yearned to camp with our youngest granddaughter, sometimes only the two of us. We did not want to have to buy a big truck or van to pull our next camper. We looked for an all-weather camper we could pull behind our Toyota Sienna. We found the perfect camper at Western Camper in Fort Worth, Texas. Peggy Johnson-Lee provides top-notch service, and accessories are sold there. There was only ever one service, a warranty service on the roof lift system.

All of our camping with the Flagstaff Model 228BHSE has been in Texas State Parks, in East Texas, Central Texas, and South Texas on the Gulf Coast. The camping facility on the Gulf Coast is the Serendipity Bay Resort RV Park & Marina, a terrific place to camp with a community room, public restrooms, and showers. You can fish saltwater to your heart’s content. We chose a spot that backed up to the boat harbor.

We have enjoyed our camper in the heat and the cold, in rainy conditions and dry. Our Toyota Sienna easily pulled the camper. The Toyota lug weight is 3,500 lbs. The camper’s gross weight is 2,500 lbs.

A wireless camera powered by the vehicle’s lighting circuit to the trailer’s rear lights gave us full visibility of traffic behind us. We already had a camera monitor on the dashboard to monitor live traffic behind us via a wireless camera on the back of our vehicle.

Due to my age, manually cranking the tongue jack was out of the question. I replaced the manual jack with a 12-volt electric jack powered by the camper’s 12-volt electrical supply.

Customizations include:

• adding a hardwood shim to be able to open the indoor shower cover door to a straight-up position
• Crafting a custom wooden kitchen sink cover for more food preparation workspace
• Crafting easily set up and tear down kitchen shelving
• Fashioned a vacuum breaker for the sink drain line
• Segregated the overhead lighting circuit from the two over-the-bed fan/light fixtures to allow individual lighting at the beds independent of the ceiling lights
• Added horizontal bubble level and a fore-aft bubble level to the front trailer frame
• Also an age-related matter, we used a DeWalt battery-powered nut driver with a 3/4-inch socket (DeWalt nut drive is not included) wrench to operate the trailer jacks
• Built two wooden supports for setting up the camper awning
• A lockable toolbox is permanently mounted on the front service deck

John White
Rockwall, Texas