Brand survey likes/dislikes
My DW and I are thinking of up grading from a Bumper Tow to Fiver. This is with an eye to possible be full timers. I'm in sales so I've both heard and given BS in my time. That is why I asking folks h...
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Our 3 Carriage 5th wheels purchased new and our 3 new Lance truck campers, all 6 since the first of each in 1988 have been superb and none has had any warranty work done or needed or repairs done due to any RV manufacturer items failing or breaking and never a leak either. Excellent quality RV's and is why we still have one of each today (11'4" Lance TC and the Carriage Carrilite 29' 5th wheel) and use them both a lot. Love'em and they fit our needs, wants, and desires, so why buy a new one until it's needed?
Only repairs done in total to all 6 RV's:
1. A tree fell on our 36' Carriage 3 axle 5th wheel and crushed the roof and stopped about 8" above the bed and our insurance totaled it when it was 16 years old. They (insurance) were fabulous and more than made us whole! We weren't there at the time the tree fell as it was parked on land we own in an RV resort up north.
2. The 29' Carriage Carrilite had to be repaired in 2016 as we had 3 tires blowout (2 on the one side and one on the other) that had less than 5,000 miles on them and were only 2 years old, on our Florida trip, which tore up the wheel well area and the molded wheel opening reveal cover etc. The tire manufacturer refused to replace the 225/75/15 "E" tires which were still under warranty claiming a road hazard caused it. Ya right! They had blown hundreds apart and NO, it wasn't road hazards! Our insurance paid total RV repair bill and we paid for 4 new much better Carlisle HD "E" tires.
3. Rubber roof on the Carriage Carrilite 5th wheel was gouged thru in 6 places and the rolled up awning had 2 rips on top of the roll from a tornado that went over us in Florida in 2012 which broke large branches off the trees in the CG and hit the top of the 5th wheel. Insurance paid for a new roof and awning.
Certainly not the fault of the RV manufacturer as the blowouts weren't even on the OEM tires as it was on the 3rd set of tires we'd put on the 5th wheel. Yup, lots of miles of travel on the RV! Wore out 3 sets of tires and the 4th had blown out! But, alas, new HD tires on it now and already about 3800 miles on them now!
Only repairs done in total to all 6 RV's:
1. A tree fell on our 36' Carriage 3 axle 5th wheel and crushed the roof and stopped about 8" above the bed and our insurance totaled it when it was 16 years old. They (insurance) were fabulous and more than made us whole! We weren't there at the time the tree fell as it was parked on land we own in an RV resort up north.
2. The 29' Carriage Carrilite had to be repaired in 2016 as we had 3 tires blowout (2 on the one side and one on the other) that had less than 5,000 miles on them and were only 2 years old, on our Florida trip, which tore up the wheel well area and the molded wheel opening reveal cover etc. The tire manufacturer refused to replace the 225/75/15 "E" tires which were still under warranty claiming a road hazard caused it. Ya right! They had blown hundreds apart and NO, it wasn't road hazards! Our insurance paid total RV repair bill and we paid for 4 new much better Carlisle HD "E" tires.
3. Rubber roof on the Carriage Carrilite 5th wheel was gouged thru in 6 places and the rolled up awning had 2 rips on top of the roll from a tornado that went over us in Florida in 2012 which broke large branches off the trees in the CG and hit the top of the 5th wheel. Insurance paid for a new roof and awning.
Certainly not the fault of the RV manufacturer as the blowouts weren't even on the OEM tires as it was on the 3rd set of tires we'd put on the 5th wheel. Yup, lots of miles of travel on the RV! Wore out 3 sets of tires and the 4th had blown out! But, alas, new HD tires on it now and already about 3800 miles on them now!
