jplante4 wrote:
A brand new trailer, driven once on salted roads and fasteners are rusting out and breaking? Something isn't right.
Could be a possibility depending on long the unit sat in the holding yard in Indiana, at the dealers lot before you bought it. All RV builders store their finished units outside on gravel (and sometimes dirt) lots.
Always keep in mind that while the unit may be 'new' to you as in never sold to a consumer, you have no idea how long it sat in the elements before you bought it....
Anything is possible.