New to RV's but not really
First time posting here. I grew up around RV's since before I could walk. My family owned a dealership since before I was born. By the time I was a teenager, I was a a full time lot boy scrubbing R...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:Monster1 wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I'm trying to stay at about 10k for my purchase. I'm not going to be living in it or full time rv'ing. My plan is to do several weekend trips and a few one week trips a year. I'm primarily a boater, but I'm just looking for an upgrade from tent camping with the family that we've been doing. Here's a link to the 07 tango I'm looking at.
https://bakersfield.craigslist.org/tro/d/ft-tango/6668657329.html
After reading about the company that makes that trailer I wouldn't touch that thing.
Do you research or you will be sorry.
I've researched the company and found that this particular model was manufactured during original ownership of the company when quality control and customer service was high. When the company was sold, everything deteriorated (supposedly). Being an 11 year old unit, I'd think that any design flaw or manufactured defect would present itself and be evident with a thorough pre-purchase inspection. There was a post someone made on this form about this brand and how "never again" etc. It was their 1st post and they never did say what the problem was. They then disappeared. That kinda leaves me skeptical of what, if anything, really was wrong. There are other owners who had very little issues. We had a similar type of person bad mouth our Sandpiper line back when we were in business. At the factory there was a water line inside the subfloor that didn't get crimped. The unmarked compression ring didn't have a mark on it from being crimped. The trailer passed PDI and we sent the customer on their way. A week later, they brought the trailer back screaming at us that it was a POS and full of water in the undercarriage. The entire undercarriage water barrier was sagging due to many gallons of water. It was obviously a manufactures defect in the production of the trailer. We repaired the damage and the manufacture made it right. If we had internet back then, I'm sure it would have been posted online that Sandpiper was the worst brand ever. Hardly the case though.
