Good question. But there’s more to this or it’s THE oddest occurrence of the year.
No one SNAPS 3 complete sets of leaf springs because they got 3 separate yet equally defective springs.
And the OP hasn’t bothered to provide info that might help find the cause or possibly implicate them in some improper procedure.
This is just another dumb rant. May not even be real.
Hence the reason we’re super pissed off and lucky to be alive because it IS real and did happen! And the mention of the buyer beware because Keystone uses Lippert for parts and that’s where ALL the previous leaf springs have come from. That’s why we’re so pissed about this because it keeps happening, hence the mention of defect. Also, no need for jerk off comments, especially if the warning doesn’t pertain to you. Simply trying to do a buyer beware for people looking to purchase a Keystone Montana. Thanks for the response though. Have a great day.
Apologies on the “real” part.
To be more objective, while anything and everything is possible, it is highly improbable that 6 defective springs failed, each 2 at a time and presumably randomly, chronologically, over however many years.
It is much more probable (in this highly improbable scenario) that there is another factor causing this.
“Could” it be a mfg defect elsewhere causing it? Yes. But if they were replaced 3x without mention of any other significant defect that I can’t even think of (have been running and fixing hundreds of trailers for 4 decades including ALOT of very abusive use), then you may want to look at other factors.
Equalizer flipped over binding the spring travel.
Trailer nose high to the extent that it’s more than the equalizer can take up, overloading rear axle.
Trailer overloaded significantly in general.
These are a few things that would be much more likely to cause broken springs.
But short of any other contributing causes then it is possible you were extremely unlucky or possible you got the same lot # of defective springs 3x in a row over the course of a great deal of elapsed time.
If you’ve honestly ruled out any other contributing causes then you may have just hit the unlucky lottery for strangely similar occurrences be it defective springs or an uncontrollable road hazard type situation.
That said, as frustrating as it is, mixing your emotion and personal issues or limitations in and insinuating that a dealer/mfg/tow company etc should somehow consider those things that are unrelated to the claim (assuming well out of warranty each time) is completely unproductive.
I feel for your serious health issues even though they are 100% not pertinent to the argument for responsibility or compensability.
Also knowing enough about medical conditions and treatments, and when/why a PICC is used in lieu of a port, suggests a risky move of traveling while in an arguably too fragile condition for that to be a good idea.
And interjecting things like you got a “warning ” about taking it back on the road, again, without details make it sound less objective and more emotional.
Hope you’re able to get resolution on the issue so it doesn’t happen again.
