Picking Up Our New 2022 MDC AUS RV X15 Overland Camper

Picking Up Our New 2022 MDC AUS RV X15 Overland Camper - Initial Thoughts

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2 жыл бұрын

We took delivery of our new MDC X15 camper trailer in Salt Lake City, UT and drove it home to Northern Idaho. I talk about early impressions and how it handled on the 11 hour drive home behind our 2012 Chevy Avalanche pickup truck.
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@JavierBlanchardBJJ 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats, beautiful hybrid camper in the future I be getting one also

@kevinn3051 Жыл бұрын

LOL! I have a 2004 Avalanche and this trailer is the first thing that came to mine. I just got done putting on high capacity MOOG SPRINGS in the rear but I may go with a smaller trailer.

@U20E27 Жыл бұрын

These trailers all come out of a Chinese facility they get ordered with various options and tweaks by each “Brand” Opus, Black Label, Dweller, MDC etc. You need to look at each one little things like rounded door frame on the MDC vs the Opus costs a little more to make but with Aluminum structure you need rounded top corners to avoid cracked door frames. FWC Campers learned that one decades ago. The basic 15ft before shipping is about $16,000, shipping today 2ish per 4ft container $6000 ish cost to ship 2. Pre pandemic the early ones weren’t selling and those that were were going for about $36,000. Its been fascinating watching various brands surface in the US selling their version for crazy high prices.

@rustyellis3702 Жыл бұрын

China built, I’m out!!!!!

@HotCarTrack Жыл бұрын

Nice👍

@timetraveler5640 Жыл бұрын

I was so close to purchasing their X11 model but after seeing it in person changed my mind. My impressions of the X11 were the suspension and frame were absolute beasts. Nothing USA made travel trailers comes close to it. Mostly everything else on the trailer felt cheap or there was no quality control at all. Some of these things include the door. It wouldn't close at all or correctly. The slide kitchen was wobbly and felt like it was going to break on its first use. There was no on-demand hot water even though the water lines are colored red for hot, blue for cold. There was no ensuite for an outdoor shower, even though it's advertised that it comes with one. Like you, the windows felt cheap and felt like it would break on its first trip out, etc... On top of that, the sales rep I was dealing with doesn't really know the trailer. Even I knew more about it than him. For a $50K trailer, I expected more. Good thing I went and saw it in person. For those of you considering this or other trailers in this class: Black Series, OP-15, OBI Dweller, etc., I suggest you go see it in person and get your hands on everything and in the trailer.

@northidahoadventurers4323 Жыл бұрын

Yes, some of the parts are very cheap and I think it’s overpriced. That said, we are enjoying it.

@MrFeralsteve Жыл бұрын

Wait until you get this model over there kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pL5yetWCtavYgKs.html

@danielhsubr Жыл бұрын

Black Series prices are down due to reliability issues and lack of tech/service and parts support. That’s what I heard at least.

@northidahoadventurers4323 11 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree about a lot of the parts being cheap. That has been a let down. Overall what needs to work seems to work. But I do think it’s overpriced. Im new to campers. My friends tell me most campers are crap made as well. So this essentially follows that trend, just with a new style. But I agree you would expect higher quality because of the cost. But in this case you are paying for the differentiation in the camper space. Probably not worth it. But we are enjoying it nonetheless.

@rumin8470 9 ай бұрын

whenta i have seen videos of people adjusting weight distributing hitches the front jack stand is used to elevate the hitch point or the connected tv and trailer before attaching tension bars, this generates tension as the jack is removed. Never did it myself but if your jack stand must be up before you set bar, then you might need to use a separate jack to elevate the hitch while setting bars.

@jeremycarey4347 6 ай бұрын

Nice, I just bought the X15 too. What size fridge/cooler did you get? Would you go with a bigger unit or smaller?

@marym9529 Жыл бұрын

The black out screens you have to make sure you raise them evenly, lifting from the middle or they can come out of the track on one side. They are easy to get back in like you said with a knife. We’ve had them in Australia here for probably 20 years and I’ve never had any problems with them on all the vans I’ve had.

@northidahoadventurers4323 11 ай бұрын

I’m interested what these units cost in Australia by comparison. I’m assuming we are paying quite a bit more in the US. But with the shades my expectation is that they would have figured out a system that is more user-proof at this high price point. I’m careful and the large rear window shade in the back just does not want to work no matter how careful I am.

@bmerky 2 жыл бұрын

Love this walkthrough. I am making a comparison video between this trailer a a few others of the same size. Could I use some of the footage from this video (no audio), and give credit to you?

@northidahoadventurers4323 Жыл бұрын

That’s fine.

@bartman1857 4 ай бұрын

How goes your mdc holding up

@MrFeralsteve Жыл бұрын

Use two hands when lifting and lowering the blinds. They are a standard item across the industry. Just watching you handle them I can see why you’re having issues.

@northidahoadventurers4323 Жыл бұрын

I had a camera in my hand. I do use two hands. :)

@FatJesusLive Жыл бұрын

Did you pay all that money to replace the speakers? Nah, man. they need to put in good equipment.

@northidahoadventurers4323 Жыл бұрын

This iteration is kind of a money grab on a lot of the quality of the components. I primarily wanted the No-wood body so I overpaid for that attribute. We are enjoying it though.

@kirbyclone3293 2 жыл бұрын

It appears your weight distribution hitch is not distributing weight at all…..just set up for sway control (maybe). Normally, you cannot set up or take off the bars for weight distribution unless the tongue of the trailer is jacked way up, which seems impossible with this jack set up.

@northidahoadventurers4323 Жыл бұрын

I think I figured out my problem. I used the hitch without the bars once and that put it out of the right alignment. I’ve readjusted it to be level and always used the bars since then and I have no issues. If I need to take it off-road then I probably need a second pin assembly that doesn’t have the stabilizer bar setup. I can switch it out when I get to the off-road area.

@edoffher Жыл бұрын

Your d35 hitch has a red button, this red button needs to be pushed in to lock the hitch, your lucky you had stabiliser bars on or it could of came off. Also the stabiliser kills the effect of this particular hitch, it’s designed so that if the van starts swaying and flips it won’t flip your vehicle as well. We in Australia don’t use stabiliser bars on off road vans, for highway travel we are only allowed to go at 100 kilometres an hour in mph is ? which is a standard speed for ALL towing including trucks, enjoy your new purchase we’ve had ours for over 2 years here in OZ and been every where you would not expect , enjoy.

@northidahoadventurers4323 Жыл бұрын

I know but I must not have weight distribution figured out. I have watched vids and done my best to mimic but it still sways like crazy when there’s any wind. So I just do the bars and it drives comfortable. If I go off road I can remove them. I know about the red button and have never driven with it not locked.

@edoffher Жыл бұрын

@@northidahoadventurers4323 thanks for the reply, something to look out for is tyre pressure, 50psi, also when towing the first time in an auto I was putting it in “ drive” where if you tow in the the top gear, mine is fourth, much better controll going downhill & cornering, saves a bit on fuel as well and to 100klm an hour max ( I think that’s.60 mph) and you’ll be right, enjoy your adventures.

@BigDoeJ424 Жыл бұрын

So can you only access the chest fridge from the outside?

@northidahoadventurers4323 Жыл бұрын

Yes. There us a kitchen on the inside but no fridge. If I was doing winter camping this might be a problem but I doubt I will. I only used the outdoor kitchen with the outdoor access fridge all season.

@BigDoeJ424 Жыл бұрын

Thx. It seems like they could put the bunk bed on a hinged lift or something so you could access from the inside too?

@jjwoody6532 Жыл бұрын

No need to fit stabiliser bars to this type of trailer if it’s loaded correctly. This type of trailer is everywhere in Australia and I’ve never seen one with bars.