Newmar Baystar 3124- No comparison

dougrainer wrote:

Bruce Brown wrote:

Effy wrote:

2gypsies wrote:
There's no lamination in the Newmar walls so it will not delaminate.

I don't know that this is an issue anymore for any manufacturer. The new glues don't really delam like they did a decade ago. I haven't heard any complaints of newer coaches from any brand with delam issues.

You need to look around the campgrounds more.

My SiL has a fairly new TT that has more bubbles than a kids birthday party.

Personally I wouldn't own a laminated camper of any kind.

At least my aluminum sided TT I could fix.

Newmar's can have delamination. NOT Common, but it can happen. Newmar uses a hung wall system. What they do, is install adhesive on all the studs/trusses and then install the walls and then BRACE overnight. This is NOT a typical lamination process like the other RV makers. I have seen only about 2 0r 3 in 23 years of working on Newmar's and NONE in the past 7 or 8 years. Doug

True, but as you described certainly not laminated in the typical sense of the word - and if by chance it did happen at least it can be fixed to some degree without a complete wall replacement.

And for as many as you see, I'll take my chances on 2 or 3 in 23 years. :B

The other notable thing is some traditionally laminated walls rely almost entirely on the lamination process for the structural integrity of the wall itself. Lose the lamination and you lose your structural integrity. The studded hung wall designs don't.

I grew up on a farm. We had (3) Harvestore silos, the blue ones. They we bolted together and also sealed with Sikaflex. As farms grew there were a lot of Harvestore silos being taken down. After the bolts were taken out the only way to get the panels apart was to cut them. Almost like gluing two pieces of wood together, the Sikaflex virtually bonded the glass lined panels together.