stress fracture
A 6 inch or so diagonal stress crack appeared on our brand new (10 day old) RV coming off the bottom corner of the bedroom slide. Is this normal? It looks pretty rough.
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I have seen several Monaco coaches but in the longer version with stress cracks. On the shorter 38' HR which this gentleman owns I had never seen or heard of stress cracks. To get a crack on a shorter coach like that either there is something broken on the framing of the superstructure of the coach or somebody put this coach through a road that had one real sharp incline to create a twist on the frame and cause the fiberglass to crack.
While staying at BayLanding in South Carolina a saw a National coach break a windshield and something must have broken to cause such stress. The whole front end cap broke where half of it was like one inch higher then other side. I also saw a American Tradition long coach with cracked windshield.
Monaco has changed so many times in ownership I do not even know what frames or chassis they use. But longer coaches are susceptible to stress cracks on the fiberglass because of the length.
While staying at BayLanding in South Carolina a saw a National coach break a windshield and something must have broken to cause such stress. The whole front end cap broke where half of it was like one inch higher then other side. I also saw a American Tradition long coach with cracked windshield.
Monaco has changed so many times in ownership I do not even know what frames or chassis they use. But longer coaches are susceptible to stress cracks on the fiberglass because of the length.
