Forum Discussion

DutchmenSport's avatar
DutchmenSport
Explorer
Dec 20, 2018

Good golley! I never realized!

I've been an RV enthusiast all my life. Started when I was 8 years old when my parents purchased their travel trailer in 1963. In my teens, I fell in love with fifth wheels, in my 20 I did my share of tent camping, in my 30's I did my share in the Army, in my 40-50-60's I've been an RV owner myself, and after all these years ... I never realized ....


How much of all my RV's could have so so many part and pieces and "things" from Lippert!

I just discovered their web site, and did a quick compare with my own current camper.... and OMG!

Feel kind of stupid now. A few weeks ago I drug one of the rear Lippert 6 point leveling jacks and lost the foot pad. It did not hurt the jack.

I contacted my dealership and they had one shipped from Lippert. I never put 2 and 2 together! I could have done that myself! Luckly, they didn't charge any extra for doing it for me, and it was shipped directly to my house.

But just a short while ago, I discovered the Lippert web site, and I'm still in shock!

Well, if you can't find "it" there, I don't think it can be found anywhere! Maybe my camper should not be called Keystone, maybe it should really be called "Lippert RV!" In still reeling in shock! I just never put 2 and 2 together!

Lippert Web Site, click here.
  • thedoghouse's avatar
    thedoghouse
    Explorer
    Dec 25, 2018
    campigloo wrote:
    thedoghouse wrote:
    Lippert has to be the worst company to ever deal with!!! I had the sealed bearing axles on my camper and had issue and Lippert didn’t make repair parts for those axles and offered zero help. I purchased ALKO axles and I hope I never have deal with that company again. THEY WORST COMPANY


    I had to deal with ALKO for parts a few years ago. They were great!


    Sorry for the confusion. ALKO was great to deal with. LIPPERT was who I was referring to as being the worst company. TERRIBLE

    THANKS for that. Didn’t mean degrade ALKO. Great people
  • deltabravo's avatar
    deltabravo
    Nomad
    Dec 28, 2018
    DutchmenSport wrote:
    I never realized ....


    How much of all my RV's could have so so many part and pieces and "things" from Lippert!


    It's just been within the last 4-5 years that Lippert seems to own, and keeps buying, other parts suppliers.

    I won't own a rig with an LCI Frame though, that's for sure. I saw some pretty sketchy workmanship and cost cutting measures when I has transporting RVs for two years.

    I will never forgot one frame I saw that was two short pieces joined together, in order to "use up" every last bit of material the frame fab shop had on hand.
  • deltabravo's avatar
    deltabravo
    Nomad
    Dec 28, 2018
    Blazing Zippers wrote:
    Lippert frames supplied to Keystone are junk. It seems we also dumped Lippert products and ended up with a Northwoods unit. I was not overjoyed when I realized some of the components were Lippert.


    LOL. It was the Keystone units where I saw the cr-ap LCI frames.

About DIY Maintenance

RV projects you can tackle on your own with a few friendly pointers.4,352 PostsLatest Activity: Jan 20, 2025