Crack in Sidewall by Bedroom Slide

Tumbleweed79 wrote:

laknox wrote:

FLY 4 FUN wrote:
For sure I feel for you, but there are only a few rv's designed and shipped with bumper mount bike/cargo racks. The rest are clearly placarded against modifying in any way.

I doubt your cargo rack had anything to do with the crack, but now the dealer and manufacturer have every right to deny your claim as you voided the structural warranty.

I am truly sorry you are getting the run-around, but they play the game to win!

Daryll

If there was no drilling or welding on the frame, they have a =very= weak case.

Lyle

I agree! My friend took pictures of a Honda Prius with a bike rack on the back and sent it to them... He said maybe Keystone needs to get together with Honda to figure out how to make a frame that won't crack from a bike rack. Also, there was NO PLACARD anywhere. It only stated it in the owner's manual, which I cannot even read until I have bought the thing! By that time I had already moved the cargo platform over from our other trailer.

Also, the very fact that other manufacturers INSTALL cargo platforms on the back show that it can be done without destroying the integrity of "Frame Camber". As a matter of fact it may be a safety net so that nothing else can be put on the back bumper without TRULY modifying it.

Since you have now posted a picture, they're going to say that you installed a "cargo rack" with a capacity of up to X hundred lbs. The fact that you never put anything but bikes on it will get lost in the shuffle. Had you taken the rack off before taking it in, we would still likely be having this conversation, as that's the way the mfrs all work, but you'd have a much stronger position. I agree that by them bending over and keeping you happy would sell a lot more RVs than them putting you through this. The mfrs just don't seem to get the power of the Internet and how bloody =fast= and =far= this kind of stuff can spread. And don't be afraid to spread it around, either. Good luck, is all I can say.

Lyle