wiredgeorge wrote:
Have looked all around the web and have seen a lot of older posts where quality issues seemed pretty rampant with Riverside Retro. I really liked the 5ver with the rear kitchen BUT can't see ANY feedback on this 5ver anywhere. The Riverside Owners Forum is pretty useless (I did ask there and no one responded). One other fella also had asked about quality for the 5ver and no one responded. This is a new RV maker so some initial quality issues are to be expected but they have been around a few years now and I suspect things may have improved some. I also didn't like the 14" tires on the rig... feel uncomfortable about their load carrying capacity. Most initial issues I noted were plumbing and sealing (most everything from roof to windows).
They're not exactly a new manufacturer. They rolled out their first in 2009. The stick and tin 5th wheel models, and their laminated line of trailers, is new. A few years back they claimed they only made stick and tin because they were better and more or less said laminated was junk, even to the point of having a webpage as to why. But alas they now make a laminated trailer and the webpage listing why they are bad is gone.
They're small and independent, and will probably be one of the first to shutter the factory come the next downturn.
