Thank you for your honest review of your Brinkley. As new Brinkley owners, who are full-timers, we are still in the honeymoon phase. However, it’s important to hear well-rounded viewpoints! Your rig is beautiful and thanks for the video!
Hey! We are new to your channel! We too have never camped or owned an RV. We are looking to travel in the near future and we are looking at the Brinkley! We love the layout and the features. Can you please tell us what campground you were at in the video. The beautiful red rocks! Looks like Arizona or Colorado! Thanks again for your review! Safe travels!
@@cdrewsjr we love our Brinkley I don’t think you can go wrong with one. I think that video was Valley of Fire area in Nevada. Good luck on your search!
We have a 3100 and had the exact same issue with the leveling system..or so I thought. The problem not reading the instructions thoroughly. We use large wooden blocks up front, then I was extending the legs until they nearly touched the blocks before leveling. That's a mistake. Need to leave a 3"- 5" gap so it has the adjustability needed to level itself. Once I did that, has never failed to work perfectly. If site uneven left-right, extend legs differently to keep that same gap before leveling. Love Love Love ours!!
@@HallnAK thanks for that suggestion. That is exactly what we do we lower the legs as close as possible to the block. So we will try your approach it would be amazing if that’s the fix!!! Thanks.
Rosie and I bought our Z3100 early on (392). We had met some of the owners back at Grand Design. We had it to Alaska last summer and Arizona where we lived off grid last winter. This season we travelled to Washington State from Wisconsin. We have had a few small issues, but no game changers and Brinkley has been great to work with. I love the heavy-duty tires, and springs. We will be heading back to Arizona soon for the winter. Enjoy your Brinkley! Burlington Bill busking on the road and here on you tube.
Good choice in vodka, Goose. Smart not to take delivery until furnace was corrected. I'll bet it would have taken longer, but they were motivated. Our tires were being lifted. We were able to recalibrate what the system considered level. It puts a little more weight on the wheels but doesn't try lift as much. We also use two 2x10 pieces under the low tires to get closer to level at the start. Still happy with your truck?
@@TraconWizard haha got to have good vodka to enjoy the sunsets!!! Appreciate the comments and tips. Still very happy with the truck as we are getting more comfortable towing I am finding the truck is doing even better.
Lowering the front before auto level will mean it will not go back to truck height. It should be able to level front to back without lifting the rig. Side to side it more important to get close before you unhook. Possibly a problem if you are on a big uphill slope front to back I suppose.. if the front can't get low enough to level it can only compensate by lifting the back jacks further. Moral of the story, be close to level before you level
Tires on one side come off the ground leveling? To solve for that, make sure you are more level side to side before auto leveling the system. It's going to lift until it's level so if your close then it won't adjust past the suspension travel.
@@parraga8 it is really washed out. We didn’t realize it till we got home and was too late to redo. Sort of a dis justice to how pretty it really is. Thx
@retirementlife4us485 thanks for your video. I am curious about the 2-month delay once you tried to pick it up. Do you think that was a Brinkley issue or do you think that was a dealership issue? Or just an unfortunate situation bad luck
@@mneururer I wasn’t in a rush for the delivery so at first I didn’t mind the delay. But started to get frustrated as we wanted to get out and use it. I think the first few weeks the dealer really didn’t prioritize it. Then they tried to fix it and really did a lot. But it wasn’t till they really coordinated with Brinkley didn’t get fixed. I also reached out to Brinkley wanting them to help and they did. So I think maybe a little responsibility to go around. However it is fixed and working well and I do appreciate the dealer found this issue before I took delivery. Hope this helps.
Thank you for your honest review of your Brinkley. As new Brinkley owners, who are full-timers, we are still in the honeymoon phase. However, it’s important to hear well-rounded viewpoints!
Your rig is beautiful and thanks for the video!
Beautiful. The fifth wheel isn't bad either.
We tow our Z2900 with our F350 King Ranch diesel and absolutely love both. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Hey! We are new to your channel! We too have never camped or owned an RV. We are looking to travel in the near future and we are looking at the Brinkley! We love the layout and the features.
Can you please tell us what campground you were at in the video. The beautiful red rocks! Looks like Arizona or Colorado! Thanks again for your review! Safe travels!
@@cdrewsjr we love our Brinkley I don’t think you can go wrong with one. I think that video was Valley of Fire area in Nevada. Good luck on your search!
We have a 3100 and had the exact same issue with the leveling system..or so I thought. The problem not reading the instructions thoroughly. We use large wooden blocks up front, then I was extending the legs until they nearly touched the blocks before leveling. That's a mistake. Need to leave a 3"- 5" gap so it has the adjustability needed to level itself. Once I did that, has never failed to work perfectly. If site uneven left-right, extend legs differently to keep that same gap before leveling. Love Love Love ours!!
@@HallnAK thanks for that suggestion. That is exactly what we do we lower the legs as close as possible to the block. So we will try your approach it would be amazing if that’s the fix!!! Thanks.
Rosie and I bought our Z3100 early on (392). We had met some of the owners back at Grand Design. We had it to Alaska last summer and Arizona where we lived off grid last winter. This season we travelled to Washington State from Wisconsin. We have had a few small issues, but no game changers and Brinkley has been great to work with. I love the heavy-duty tires, and springs. We will be heading back to Arizona soon for the winter. Enjoy your Brinkley! Burlington Bill busking on the road and here on you tube.
@@burlingtonbill4687 that’s great to hear it’s been going so well. And wow such great travels…inspiring. We are going to look you up on UA-cam!
Good choice in vodka, Goose. Smart not to take delivery until furnace was corrected. I'll bet it would have taken longer, but they were motivated.
Our tires were being lifted. We were able to recalibrate what the system considered level. It puts a little more weight on the wheels but doesn't try lift as much. We also use two 2x10 pieces under the low tires to get closer to level at the start.
Still happy with your truck?
@@TraconWizard haha got to have good vodka to enjoy the sunsets!!! Appreciate the comments and tips. Still very happy with the truck as we are getting more comfortable towing I am finding the truck is doing even better.
Try lowering the front of your rig below the unhitch level then do the autolevel
@@RoadRunner2025-x2v thanks for the suggestion I will try it.
Lowering the front before auto level will mean it will not go back to truck height. It should be able to level front to back without lifting the rig. Side to side it more important to get close before you unhook. Possibly a problem if you are on a big uphill slope front to back I suppose.. if the front can't get low enough to level it can only compensate by lifting the back jacks further.
Moral of the story, be close to level before you level
Tires on one side come off the ground leveling? To solve for that, make sure you are more level side to side before auto leveling the system. It's going to lift until it's level so if your close then it won't adjust past the suspension travel.
@@russellnell3474 thanks for that suggestion.
Do you wish you had the back patio?
@@DeannaMeredith-l3n the back patio model is really nice. But we still really like and prefer our floor plan.
Did you guys have an independent pre-inspection done before the pick up?
@@celestezardeskas6510 we did not. We felt the reputation of Brinkley gave us confidence.
Are you towing it with the F250 or 350
@@chadkoller7809 it is an F-350. 7.3L gas engine 4.30 gear ratio.
why so much light ? its really white washed.... shadows are crazy... but information is really informative!
@@parraga8 it is really washed out. We didn’t realize it till we got home and was too late to redo. Sort of a dis justice to how pretty it really is. Thx
amazing rig. love the info. was just curious .
Where did you get your Brinkley what dealership?
@@mneururer blue compass in San Marcos CA.
@retirementlife4us485 thanks for your video. I am curious about the 2-month delay once you tried to pick it up. Do you think that was a Brinkley issue or do you think that was a dealership issue? Or just an unfortunate situation bad luck
@@mneururer I wasn’t in a rush for the delivery so at first I didn’t mind the delay. But started to get frustrated as we wanted to get out and use it. I think the first few weeks the dealer really didn’t prioritize it. Then they tried to fix it and really did a lot. But it wasn’t till they really coordinated with Brinkley didn’t get fixed. I also reached out to Brinkley wanting them to help and they did. So I think maybe a little responsibility to go around. However it is fixed and working well and I do appreciate the dealer found this issue before I took delivery. Hope this helps.
When leveling side to side wheels have to come off the ground.
No they don’t, and should not. Get it close using Lego blocks and then auto level.
@RaaJra1992 what I meant was they could come off ground if nothing is put under them