Cyclone and voltage owners

Quality is abysmal. The manufacturers kick them out the door as quick as they can without anyone even cleaning up the leftover sawdust or checking to make sure things work. We, the owners, are the ones that must discover the defects. It took me a year to get the bugs worked out of my Voltage and I chalk them up to lousy workmanship at the factory.

The plywood under our bed didn't reach the side of the bed (8 inches too short) meaning mattress and the person sleeping there drooped over the side. I fixed it myself. Others say the factory denied it was a problem.

The ductwork under the main air conditioner (fully-ducted) was not properly cleaned of saw dust and the aluminum tape used to seal the area rolled itself up into a ball. The cold air went into the ceiling rather than into the ducts to be distributed properly. I fixed this myself, it was an easy fix. Again, no quality control.

The Schwintek slide system broke and needed to be repaired. It hadn't been installed correctly.

If I had it to do again I'd buy a trailer a year or two old that has had the bugs worked out. I'll never again buy new.

One other point about trailers - there are no detailed owners manuals. The one I got is for every trailer made by the company too generic to be of any use. There are no wiring diagrams, no plumbing diagrams. There is nothing to tell us how things work, or are supposed to work. The manuals we get from the component manufacturers (a/c, water heater, tv's etc) are acceptable but if you want to know how your tv coax is wired forget it, diagram doesn't exist. We are left to figure things out ourselves.

On the positive side once I got the bugs worked out the trailer has been very good.

I bought a Voltage 3950 new in 2011. There were some problems but they were all sorted out under warranty. We were only off the road for about 3 days. Other, later problems were normal wear and tear.

I was not happy with how difficult it was to replace a Schwintek motor (the early ones don't have the motor access slot) but I managed to do it myself.

Got rid of the stupid ST trailer tires of course and we've put lots of miles on since.

Howdy!

One of the reasons we choose Cyclone was because it did not have a Schwintek slide. Cyclone uses cable slide in the bedroom.

"Happy Trails"
Chiefneon

chiefneon wrote:
One of the reasons we choose Cyclone was because it did not have a Schwintek slide. Cyclone uses cable slide in the bedroom.

Make sure your cable slide doesn't leave the vertical wipe hung up on the window - they don't go out as far as the Schwintek.

We ordered a Cyclone 3800 from the factory in 2012. They were supposed to leave the awning off as it was nothing more than an oversized slide topper. They installed one anyway. The dealership had to remove it and fix the holes where it was installed then I had them install separate awnings front and rear. Our slides are all hydraulic. No cables anywhere and have worked well. We have had problems with the furnace, AC, water heater, and the fresh water holding tanks tried to fall out. Side wall delamination, and front and rear cap fading.

I think we have the bugs worked out finally and now have a fairly reliable coach. We just returned from an 8500 mile, two month long trip to Alaska and other than the electric side of the water heater quitting, we had a great trip.

As stated within most of these forums, the factories push the product out as fast as they can with little quality control and we the consumers are left to our own accord to fix the stuff that should not have happened in the first place.

Good luck with whatever coach you decide on.