2010 Montana 5th wheel frame problems
I purchased a 2010 Montana 3400RL new. I have towed it less than 3000 miles. I have experianced many major problems with it since I purchased it. Now I found that the frame has a major problem. The wa...
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Our previous trailer was a 2012 Carriage Cameo and it experienced some flex in the front frame at the side wall just forward of the bedroom slide out. We took the trailer to Kansas RV Center (formerly the NuWa HitchHiker production plant) in Chanute, KS. The skin was removed on the left front corner and plates were sistered onto the frame and side wall. Theis was farther strengthened with 3/4" plywood. The area was reinsulated and the skin reapplied and the seams caulked.
There was not much movement, but just enough to open up the caulked seams and let water enter.
It appeared that Cameo did not consider the frame area with the large slide cut out.
Every time I hitched and unhitched, you could hear the creaking in the side wall.
It is a real shame that a quality builder would have let this happen to a quality trailer.
So the problem is not JUST Lippert. But I have seen some of the really poor welding on the Lippert frames and it is really wide spread.
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There was not much movement, but just enough to open up the caulked seams and let water enter.
It appeared that Cameo did not consider the frame area with the large slide cut out.
Every time I hitched and unhitched, you could hear the creaking in the side wall.
It is a real shame that a quality builder would have let this happen to a quality trailer.
So the problem is not JUST Lippert. But I have seen some of the really poor welding on the Lippert frames and it is really wide spread.
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