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kannon
Feb 07, 2015Explorer
You can never tell about quality.My first MH was a Dutch Star.Many on the net recommended Newmar products.Took a trip down to Cancun and along the way my Cat broke down and left me stranded in the middle of nowhere.Had the tow car and traveled around looking for a tow truck to get me back to a city where there was a Caterpillar facility.Tow trucks to haul a 40 ft MH don't exist in that part of the world.My wife speaks german and we found a german man living in Mexico who called around trying to help us..After a week sitting on the side of the road a larger tow truck,not nearly big enough, showed up hauled us the the Caterpillar facility destroying the front of the MH.Caterpillar fixed a broken pump in the engine and the tow company sent me to a car mechanic to fix my MH.We knew that was not going to work and were not going to get any satisfaction.Headed back to the USA and discovered at Beaudry that the whole frame of the MH had been bent out of shape.The shop fixed everything up for 10K.Insurance didn't not cover Mexico.I had a Motosat on the MH and was able to communicate with Caterpillar in the US and they took care of the motor repair under warranty but the failure of the engine cost me neverthe less.
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