weekend warrior issues
I have a 2005 Weekend Warrior SLC 3905 fifth wheel. I just bought it. I didn't do much research on them prior to, since I had a toy hauler before and figured they were pretty solid. After I bought it ...
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allcool wrote:N-Trouble wrote:
Hmmm. So he worked for THE company that built severely under-engineered structured haulers and now repairs them at a profit. Great business model...
JFYI...
I admit, am a bit biased as I do own a WW... but the WW TH's for most part where not under-engineered. It was the frames that caused most of the well documented problems of the most popular TH ever built,,, in its time. Not saying that WW shouldn't have handled (lifetime)warranty problems better, just many other TH have the same exact problems. Lippert Frames issues causing numerous structural problems.
WW TH's frames were not produced by WW but by Lippert.
I've heard anywhere from 65-90% of all TH manufactures use(used) Lippert frames.
Leland frame was bought up by Dexter(axles)which was bought up by...Lippert. So seems the Lippert frame use figure could be even higher now.
Here is a not complete list gathered before I bought mine and was looking at used TH's...
Toy Hauler's that use/used the Lippert frames.
Keystone
Jaycos
Thor
Forest River
Crossroads
Northwood use too, but iirr they now do in house frames...
From what I understand Lippert frames made the frames but they were built to the standards that WW asked for because WW was under stating the Gross vehicle weight so they didn't scare customers away . In California if you have a tag trailer over 10,000# or a 5th wheel over 15,000# you are required to have a Class A Non Commercial licence so WW was lying about the gross vehicle weight so prople didn't need that licence. I have had 2 WW's and know the truth about the weights.
