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garysol
Explorer
Oct 23, 2017

How old is too old?... older NICE rig or newer budget rig.

Currently we have a 5 year old Dutchman fifth wheel and we are looking at trading it in to get into a midsize used gas motorhome in the 30-35ft range. If I were to be looking at used fifth wheels I wo...
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gbopp
Explorer
Oct 24, 2017
Bruce Brown wrote:
garysol wrote:
Gjac wrote:
Newmar is nice because it can't delaminate but it can leak and have other problems like any other brand. .


Why can't Newmar coaches delaminate? Are they not fiberglass construction? I have my learning hat on :)

They are built using a hung wall method as opposed to lamination. Newmar, Holiday Rambler/Monaco, and Travel Supreme/Entegra all use this method.

I didn't know that. Good to know info, thanks.

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