Unbelievable how cheap they can make them.

Buy cheap, get cheap junk! Buy junk, get junk! Buy higher level better quality products, have a good chance of getting a better product! A dollar only buys so much and if you desire more, spend more dollars!!!

See how easy it is to avoid junk?

MPI_Mallard wrote:
Did you contact Forest River about this????

He's the second owner and it's 8 years old. Not a snow ball chance.

travelnutz wrote:
Buy cheap, get cheap junk! Buy junk, get junk! Buy higher level better quality products, have a good chance of getting a better product! A dollar only buys so much and if you desire more, spend more dollars!!!

See how easy it is to avoid junk?

Gee, that sound so easy. We spent a night in a company campground picking up our new toyhauler. The owner of the company mostly sold very high end motorhomes. He had a bunch of people camped there waiting to have their very fancy, very expensive, very new motorhomes repaired. Several had been there a couple weeks and one guy had been there a couple months waiting on parts.

A couple years ago we camped next to a woman with a very expensive Mobile Suite that had so many issues after she bought it she had to take it back to the factory to have the repairs done.

The only thing more expensive RV's guarantee is that you'll have less money in your pocket when you're done.

I can tell you now, I wouldn't buy a drv again so the idea that you pay more and get no issues is bs.

If you're playing the longevity game on these units you simply have to keep the water out.

I had a Forest River Sierra 5ver and was not impressed with the lack of quality. The Sierra is not the cheapest trailer in the Forest River lineup.

Another Sierra parked next to me today...guess what? Yep, he had to replace his entire back end. Buyers/Owners beware.

Aridon, It is sad about the DRV's. We had heard that they were among the best. We looked at a "barely" used '07, which was "pre - Thor", and quality really took a "dump"! To say that we were "underwhelmed" is " not" "overstated"!!! :W BUT...It was "pretty"! :B

Sorry for your problems with your fifth wheel. We have always had a Northwood fifth wheel because they are known for building a great unit. Although we had a couple little issues, they corrected quickly without delay. We are glade to have kept with Northwood after reading story after story of other manufactures poor workmanship and the dealer failure to repair these units before or after delivery.