Constant breakage. Tiring.

Snowman9000 wrote:
We are on our fourth RV. Every trip is a handyman's dream. I am handy, but this is just getting old.

We are on a long trip now with our Sunseeker Class C. It's 3 years old now and we are the first owner. So far this trip, just off the top of my head: a leaking water valve on the toilet, a bad gauge on the propane tank (magnet no fixie), piece of ceiling trim strip came loose, vinyl exterior trim insert pulled out of the track on the inside corner of the cabover trim.... And we have 6 weeks to go. Every trip with every RV has been like this.

This must be why Airstream, LazyDaze, etc. owners use the term SOB, Some Other Brand. Ours have all been SOBs.

Our Jayco Greyhawk had 2 water valves that used to like to work themselves loose during a drive. The one on the toilet and the cold inlet on the hot water heater. I don't know why coach manufacturers don't use teflon tape. After adding teflon tape to both, they never came loose again. We had our new Destination Trailer delivered last week. Both water valves at the sink in the half bath worked loose in the 10 mile drive from the dealership to our seasonal campground.

The trim around our entry door would come loose every so often while driving. I could see it in the side view mirror and it usually vibrated enough to hear it. I've noticed it on other campers while going down the road. I don't ever remember it happening on our Hybrid TT, but it did on the Motorhome.

At the 5 year mark, we had about a half a dozen things go wrong during a 6 week trip. Most of them were minor like yours, except for the converter failing. That was a bit of a hassle.

I was wore out from fixing things during our 6 week trip. I didn't even bother with replacing the converter, just used a battery charger instead until we got home.

-Michael