2019 Kodiak water in wheel well
I recently sold my NL TC and moved to a 2019 Kodiak Ultra Lite 201QB. Its in great shape but that never means "perfect" though what is. I've taken it on 1 weekend trip and with heavy rain found t...
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bkenobi wrote:
When I started disassembling things to gain access, I started off in a good mood but was quickly pretty upset. It appears to me that what people have claimed was a higher end trailer intentionally hid things that could not be detected by a potential buyer without disassembling things. At this point, it's too late to correct the design or find a different trailer, so I have what I have.
That said, I appreciate the feedback and agree. The best I can hope for is to seal it with the best option and check for leaks periodically. The trailer lives in a metal building so this is only an issue during trips (of which I have had 1 trip of 2 days).
Do not get upset as you have nothing any worse than anyone else unless you start comparing to some uber expensive custom built rig, a Prevost based A, etc, and even those may have shortcomings. A Kodiak is not high end, nothing is. Kodiak is a Dutchmen clone brand. Kodiak,Aerolite,Coleman,Denali all were/are built in the same plant from the same materials by the same people. Whats different? Decals and upholstery colors. Travel trailers and 5'ers, no matter who makes them, are simply junk built as fast as possible and pushed out the door, without much or any QA/QC. Anything you read on a manufacturers website or in a brochure is marketing BS using words like high quality, luxury, craftsmanship, etc. Folks claim this one is best, or that one is better, but the fact is you can find shortcuts taken and shoddy workmanship with all of them. That's why the warranties are so skewed towards the manufacturers to the point there almost worthless. The RV Industry is one of the shadiest industries that ever existed. Spend some time reading their propaganda rags RVbusiness.com
or go RVing.com and you'll see it's always roses all the time and everything is perfect in the RV world.
I've now owned 5 all purchased new including an Aerolite back a few years ago which was a sister to a Kodiak. Anyone who tells you X made by Y is better than K made by Z is mostly full of it, there are few exceptions if any in a mass produced RV.
If you get upset about what was hidden behind the wheel skirt, never, I repeat NEVER, drop a coroplast underliner and take a good look at what's hidden in there.
Seal the thing up, put it back together, and use it.
