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rmoparman
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Nov 10, 2014

Great trailer after 15 yrs but one thing.

Have a 2000 Forest River Sandpiper 30 ft single slide.
Bought new.Been a great trailer except Delamination of front and rear caps.After 3 yrs in caps started to come apart.
I think was from frame flexing, nothing leaked.
Other then that flawless rig.:)
  • visible delamination. NOT A problem

    EBAY sell everything, might not be the exact but similar..
  • Yea Scott...

    We attach value to these... they see them as units to be
    moved. I stood there , ran my hand over the entire delamination
    section, and the dealership guy said, "no biggie". I'm guessing
    the buyer thought the same on their PDI. I wouldn't want to
    tackle the fix, or pay the cost to repair. Or, maybe we (on these
    forums) make a bigger deal out of delamination then it is ???
    I always thought it was more then cosmetic... more along the lines
    of pending structural failure... maybe an exaggeration ?

    Ronnie ... these musings probably don't apply to your rig.

    Charles
  • cdlaine wrote:
    Ronnie,

    My last TT... a McKenzie Medallion (Monaco) started showing
    early signs of side wall delamination (I suspect from a rubber-
    ized roof leak) at about year 8 of my 10 year ownership (traded).
    I could not walk by it without seeing it every time... that was
    my reason for trading...and reason for not listing as for sale by
    owner... I would have felt guilty, but the place I traded it moved
    it on in a week and a half. ( In my defense, I pointed it out to them...
    they were unimpressed).

    I hope you have better luck.

    Charles


    The TT we traded in last time had some rot under a window. I talked to several dealers when we were looking and none of them cared about the damage.
    I was kinda shocked really.
  • Ronnie,

    My last TT... a McKenzie Medallion (Monaco) started showing
    early signs of side wall delamination (I suspect from a rubber-
    ized roof leak) at about year 8 of my 10 year ownership (traded).
    I could not walk by it without seeing it every time... that was
    my reason for trading...and reason for not listing as for sale by
    owner... I would have felt guilty, but the place I traded it moved
    it on in a week and a half. ( In my defense, I pointed it out to them...
    they were unimpressed).

    I hope you have better luck.

    Charles
  • I hope you continue to like it, because with visible delamination you're probably going to own it for a long time.
  • Other than that? Delamination is a major problem. Glad it didn't bother you for 12 years. That would be a deal ender on a resale for me. Good Luck.