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American Hymer Eriba 550

in Anything Eriba-related Tue Apr 09, 2019 3:35 pm
by Randa france | 13.287 Posts

An Eribafolk Facebook Message from John Thawley.

Official introduction post. Picked up our Hymer 550 yesterday in Dallas Texas. Couldn’t let you Brits and Euros have all the fun. So when we heard about Hymer North America going under we figured it was now or never. This was one of only three left for sale in the western US.

Spent last night at a winery using the web service Harvest Hosts for the first time and couldn’t be happier. Looking forward to the rest of the journey back home to Southern California.

john thawley.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) Chalk Mountain Texas.

John linked to this:-https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases...OopCv4HQPLueLWQ

Not able to read it for myself (iffy wifi). What does it amount to?

Randa


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RE: Hymer Eriba 550

in Anything Eriba-related Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:14 pm
by Frantone (deleted)
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I’m not very business savvy but it amounts to Thor buying EHG (Hymer) so as it already owns Jayco it’s about the biggest RV group around!


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RE: Hymer Eriba 550

in Anything Eriba-related Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:58 pm
by Bryn | 1.031 Posts

I'm Thor he cried, and the horse replied, "you forgot your thaddle thilly"


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RE: Hymer Eriba 550

in Anything Eriba-related Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:20 pm
by Randa france | 13.287 Posts

Here's an interesting weight comparison between John's American Hymer 550 and the German version.

Quote John :-

Took the (empty) trailer to a scale yesterday. 2760lbs/1252kg (unhitched) with a 240lb/109kg tongue weight. Or 8.7%. Looking at all the great photos in this group, I'm beginning to see there may be quite a few differences between the UK/EU Eribas and our North American unicorn, the Hymer Touring GT 550. Have any of you folks measured your own overall and tongue weight figures we can compare?

Can anyone offer a comparison and what is "tongue weight"? Is that Nose weight?

Randa


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RE: American Hymer Eriba 550

in Anything Eriba-related Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:45 pm
by OCJohn (deleted)
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Quote: Randa france wrote in post #1
John linked to this:-https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases...OopCv4HQPLueLWQ

Not able to read it for myself (iffy wifi). What does it amount to?

I don't remember posting that. Are you sure it came from me?

This is the link I posted: https://www.rvbusiness.com/blog/french-b...g-roadtrek.html



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RE: American Hymer Eriba 550

in Anything Eriba-related Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:39 am
by Randa france | 13.287 Posts

Zitat
Quote OCJohn:- I don't remember posting that. Are you sure it came from me?



Sorry John. If it wasn't you it must have come from elsewhere on the Eribafolk Facebook pages.

Randa


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