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So I will be adding on to this but I just wanted to say that I got my clipper 9000 ROK this weekend and I love it. So for the only issue has been with the rooftop tent which I am selling.
Basically everything is perfect. I really wanted the 12,000 ROK to have more room and be able to stand up in it but the weight was just even dry. It was within 50 lb of the tow limit and so just filling up with water would make it over the tow limit. But 9000 has been really nice and I think once I get the tent off it'll actually tow pretty well. Basically I was so worried about the tent coming off that at first I was driving up to 65 but after I found out the tent was coming off I had to drive home going about 50 and I just basically waited till about 1:00 in the morning so there wouldn't be a bunch of traffic and I had to keep stopping to check it and by the time I got to where I store the trailer it was very close to falling off.
I'm just going to put up some pictures for right now but I was actually able to sleep on it without even expanding the gaucho couch into the bed and just using the stock mattress was enough for me at least with a pillow and I really like the clipper because it's like 2 ft longer than the other ones and it has like a 2-ftx2-ft table at the end instead of the other ones like the jayco or forest river 12 srk that just have a tiny little counter at the end and then another little counter against the Wall parallel to it. Also on the other ones they have a little plug you push and it pops up. But on the clipper I have two 11, 10 volt outlets, two USB outlets, and one cigarette lighter outlet. And that doesn't include the two 110 outlets that the furnace and the AC plug into. But you can't really use those boondocking unless you have an inverter and either a big battery system or a generator. Or you can attach to shore power.
It's nice because it has a sink and the faucet you can like change the directions not even change. The directions like you can bend it different ways and it has a quick connect so you can attach a hose that it comes with and it has obviously a water pump but also a water heater and it has a graystone grill which is like a generic version of the Blackstone and it has a nice 3.3 cubic foot refrigerator that does have a small freezer section, although I haven't tried it and at least mine that I bought from general RV and draper Utah which I read so many horror stories online about buying a trailer but they were super easy at least up yo now I recommend Loyle for salesperson It was very cool and understanding since I was coming from out of town and helped me with figuring out everything through pictures and video and stuff beforehand and very up front and work with me on the price which I will talk about. But I do want to make sure that people know that I'm not saying they can do it again, it's just my experience as I understand it, this was of their 24 trailers so they said that the price might go up a little bit for 2025. And I know when I was looking at the 12000 ROK back in February they had the 9,000 listed for $12,999 and the 12,000 are okay. Was listed for $13,999 so prices can change.
So the listed price was $13,9999 I think the MSRP was like 20. I can't remember and at first they had a charge of $1,895 and $845 but I got those taken off and so the tax title and tag was about $2,300 so I put down $2,000 and I had to finance $14,390 and it did come with the optional rooftop tent. Which from what I see online they're about $1,700 before tax. Although I think clipper says they're like $2,000 and you also get the rails in the tracks which probably is what accounts for the other $300. Also, I was able to get an 8.74% financing with a credit Union which does have a local office in Phoenix where I live which was something that I wanted. So my payments came out to $180 a month if I remember right. Which I thought was a pretty good deal and now that my friend is buying the rooftop tent for $1,200 it's really only going to cost me about $15,200 for the trailer out the door.
I did not like the way it towed with the tent and the tent actually came loose and almost fell off. I was very lucky that a nice gentleman in Flagstaff mentioned that to me when I was at a light and I was able to put it back on but the bolts from the driver side front mount actually broke. I was able to secure it with some bolts that I had in my car, but it I do not think that a tent should come on there or at least that one with those mounts and mounted 6 in above the rooftop instead of sitting flat on the rooftop They were not secure enough and they were aluminum. You could actually see the rail that was attached to the top of the trailer to hold the tent on where you attach the crossbars. It was actually breaking and the little metal bits that slide in the track that you tighten down to hold it on. They'd actually start to shear through the rail. I'll put a picture of that.
But basically everything else was awesome so far. Although I did have to fiddle with the outside hatch key lock to get it working and the wheel that's slides on the manual Jack. I had a little trouble getting it on to line up the holes the first time
the first time but the second and third time it was easy.
Basically everything is perfect. I really wanted the 12,000 ROK to have more room and be able to stand up in it but the weight was just even dry. It was within 50 lb of the tow limit and so just filling up with water would make it over the tow limit. But 9000 has been really nice and I think once I get the tent off it'll actually tow pretty well. Basically I was so worried about the tent coming off that at first I was driving up to 65 but after I found out the tent was coming off I had to drive home going about 50 and I just basically waited till about 1:00 in the morning so there wouldn't be a bunch of traffic and I had to keep stopping to check it and by the time I got to where I store the trailer it was very close to falling off.
I'm just going to put up some pictures for right now but I was actually able to sleep on it without even expanding the gaucho couch into the bed and just using the stock mattress was enough for me at least with a pillow and I really like the clipper because it's like 2 ft longer than the other ones and it has like a 2-ftx2-ft table at the end instead of the other ones like the jayco or forest river 12 srk that just have a tiny little counter at the end and then another little counter against the Wall parallel to it. Also on the other ones they have a little plug you push and it pops up. But on the clipper I have two 11, 10 volt outlets, two USB outlets, and one cigarette lighter outlet. And that doesn't include the two 110 outlets that the furnace and the AC plug into. But you can't really use those boondocking unless you have an inverter and either a big battery system or a generator. Or you can attach to shore power.
It's nice because it has a sink and the faucet you can like change the directions not even change. The directions like you can bend it different ways and it has a quick connect so you can attach a hose that it comes with and it has obviously a water pump but also a water heater and it has a graystone grill which is like a generic version of the Blackstone and it has a nice 3.3 cubic foot refrigerator that does have a small freezer section, although I haven't tried it and at least mine that I bought from general RV and draper Utah which I read so many horror stories online about buying a trailer but they were super easy at least up yo now I recommend Loyle for salesperson It was very cool and understanding since I was coming from out of town and helped me with figuring out everything through pictures and video and stuff beforehand and very up front and work with me on the price which I will talk about. But I do want to make sure that people know that I'm not saying they can do it again, it's just my experience as I understand it, this was of their 24 trailers so they said that the price might go up a little bit for 2025. And I know when I was looking at the 12000 ROK back in February they had the 9,000 listed for $12,999 and the 12,000 are okay. Was listed for $13,999 so prices can change.
So the listed price was $13,9999 I think the MSRP was like 20. I can't remember and at first they had a charge of $1,895 and $845 but I got those taken off and so the tax title and tag was about $2,300 so I put down $2,000 and I had to finance $14,390 and it did come with the optional rooftop tent. Which from what I see online they're about $1,700 before tax. Although I think clipper says they're like $2,000 and you also get the rails in the tracks which probably is what accounts for the other $300. Also, I was able to get an 8.74% financing with a credit Union which does have a local office in Phoenix where I live which was something that I wanted. So my payments came out to $180 a month if I remember right. Which I thought was a pretty good deal and now that my friend is buying the rooftop tent for $1,200 it's really only going to cost me about $15,200 for the trailer out the door.
I did not like the way it towed with the tent and the tent actually came loose and almost fell off. I was very lucky that a nice gentleman in Flagstaff mentioned that to me when I was at a light and I was able to put it back on but the bolts from the driver side front mount actually broke. I was able to secure it with some bolts that I had in my car, but it I do not think that a tent should come on there or at least that one with those mounts and mounted 6 in above the rooftop instead of sitting flat on the rooftop They were not secure enough and they were aluminum. You could actually see the rail that was attached to the top of the trailer to hold the tent on where you attach the crossbars. It was actually breaking and the little metal bits that slide in the track that you tighten down to hold it on. They'd actually start to shear through the rail. I'll put a picture of that.
But basically everything else was awesome so far. Although I did have to fiddle with the outside hatch key lock to get it working and the wheel that's slides on the manual Jack. I had a little trouble getting it on to line up the holes the first time
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