Flying microwave!

getgoin wrote:
Hi All,
We did our second journey in 'Wanda the wandering Winnebago'this past weekend. All was fine, enjoyed nature had fun with the DW and the fuzzy kids. Nothing could go wrong.....that is until that right turn, near home, into the gas station....CRASH! The microwave jumped to its death....yes, it hit the floor, the door was separated. Well we filled up for the next 'adventure'. And headed home. Upon my doing an 'autopsy' I find the self tapping screws had no purpose whatsoever, they were too short to reach the metal brackets and self tappers DO NOT hold in wood. Also the right under the sink door has a dent so deep that the inside is cracked. This is a 2016 26HE.....my retirement gift! I have found so many stripped self tappers due to rapid, agressive installation. We enjoy the rig very much but it seems I am always fixing something. Oh, I do know my hardware and proper construction methods....40+ years as a prototype, maintenance and repair machinist, (never production) built the house we live in. A bit disappointed.... maybe I should head to IA and teach?

Mike
Mikestatland@gmail.com

Similar to an experience we had about 2 months ago in our new 2016 Winnebago Adventurer 38Q. While approaching the dealership for warranty work on a failed slide after 10 days of ownership, I turned left and heard a massive crash. My wife screamed- I puckered- the residential french double door fridge fell out of its slot across the motorhome, and on to the microwave on the opposite wall- severely damaging both. Ripped up a good bit of molding and woodwork in the process. Seems they "missed" the anchoring straps for the fridge during production and drilled the self tapping screws into "air". They fixed it all and replaced the appliances, but what a surprise- and a very scary experience.