reliable components
wife and I are looking at being full-timers and we could use help in determining what components have given you long term full-timers least amount of problems and best service. Using your least we wil...
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Can't be sure what will work, but I suspect my experience is pretty typical...
About 18 months ago I bought a (new) Forest River Silverback. It is in the lightweight, but fairly upscale category. I like the floor plan and it mostly works well. I expected to fix a few things the first year. The heavy slide (kitchen, TV) had problems - mechanism OK, but brackets holding slide wall to slide mechanism weren't strong enough. Re-enforced that and it's stable. Landing gear failed - replaced 4K lb with 6K lb rated and they now seem stable.
In short, the places where a manufacturer can save money and weight will be the likely failure points. While the original components will work; drive the FW over rough roads for a while and things will fail. The best you can do is compare the specs on the big components and see how close to the margins they are.
About 18 months ago I bought a (new) Forest River Silverback. It is in the lightweight, but fairly upscale category. I like the floor plan and it mostly works well. I expected to fix a few things the first year. The heavy slide (kitchen, TV) had problems - mechanism OK, but brackets holding slide wall to slide mechanism weren't strong enough. Re-enforced that and it's stable. Landing gear failed - replaced 4K lb with 6K lb rated and they now seem stable.
In short, the places where a manufacturer can save money and weight will be the likely failure points. While the original components will work; drive the FW over rough roads for a while and things will fail. The best you can do is compare the specs on the big components and see how close to the margins they are.
