Doug,

First of all, welcome to the RV Dreams forums.  It is a great place for asking questions and researching for the purchase or maintenance of an RV.

You may have already seen them, but there have been a couple of threads that were about the Dynamax Trilogy.  One recent thread is good in that there are links to the previous thread about the Trilogy and to a second which is to my observations on my blog after looking at a couple of them. Rather than repeat what are in both of those threads and the blog entry, I'll just let you read those.

Trilogy Information

Previous to the Tradition, DRV Suites built a model called Select Suites.  Both the Select Suites and the Tradition are considered to be less appointed with amenities than the Mobile Suites and the Elite Suites.  They also have a smaller frame, with the Mobile and Elite having 15" triple-box frames and both the Trilogy and the Tradition having 12" I-beam frames.  With respect to the frames, a 12" I-beam would be the least that I would consider on an RV for full-timing.

When the Tradition was first introduced, I felt like it had fewer "amenities" than the Select Suite that it replaced.  However, the Tradition was introduced to compete with the Redwood.  However, in my research into the Redwood, I found it to have a 10" drop-frame, thus making it weaker than the Tradition's frame.

In honesty, we have a Mobile Suites, so my opinion may be a bit skewed, but on the Trilogy, I was concerned with the lack of a ladder, no separate LP tanks which could be removed for filling, and an inconsistency in basic amenities (like the water manifold and inputs for television) between their two models, even though they are of the same weight, length, and capacities of holding tanks.

Good luck with your research, and feel free to ask more questions.

Terry