Any brands out there you would totally avoid?

Nice pictures, but what are we trying to see?

Oh you guys are funny! Sorry, I can't help but post these photos! (March 10, 2006):


















If you have ANY opportunity to take a manufacturer tour for ANY RV model, make, or brand, do it. It will be an eye opener.

Funny thing is you gave them money again, you bought a 2015 Cougar, made by Keystone = Thor, which = Dutchmen

If you have never owned a pre-keystone Dutchman,you have know idea why so many hate the Dutchman!

kodiakcanuck wrote:
Funny thing is you gave them money again, you bought a 2015 Cougar, made by Keystone = Thor, which = Dutchmen

That is funny. But it is still not a Dutchmen.

Here's a few reasons why I bought a Cougar. I had a friend who bought a Cougar at the same time as I bought my Denali, he has had zero problems with his, he has never had to take the thing in for anything. So I thought "man I'm fixing this thing all time". "Why don't I get rid of it and get a new trailer?" I bought the Cougar because I liked the floor plan, it wasn't as heavy as some other out there and it seemed like it was a good brand.

So as far as my Cougar is concerned I have not had any repair issues what so ever, nothing, zero. With my Denali there were 17 things on it that needed to be fixed the 1st time out. Now maybe they know how to build them better out in Pendleton OR? For me I think I made the best decision for myself, even though I still gave Thor my money.

Didn't mean to start drama :( Sorry all, I love the Jayco layouts and Keystone as well. Unfortunately, on Long Island there isn't a unlimited supply of RVS we have a few small dealers, would have to go to PA for the RV show to see tons of different models. We are thinking of going to the one in September.

rugermark2 wrote:

Posted By: Nvr2loud on 08/20/14 06:54am



rugermark2 wrote:

I would avoid Dutchmen. I have owned 2 and both were POS.


I want to hear about some of the problems.

Both of the Dutchmen products I owned were built out of the Clackamas OR plant. From what I found out later is that you want to avoid buying one of these units because of the high repair rate. That plant is now closed. I owned a Denali and a Komfort. An example of the things that went wrong with my travel trailers, half of the power went out on the trailer after a year, because they ran the wires where the slide would rub through them and short out. The slide partially fell out of the trailer on my Denali when driving down the road. All of the electric landing gear quit working, all the P traps were missing, this is just to name a few things. This is just my opinion I would never own another Dutchmen product again, I realize that there are other who have had zero problems with there's.

Funny thing is you gave them money again, you bought a 2015 Cougar, made by Keystone = Thor, which = Dutchmen :B

FWIW I have had three trailers in recent years, a used Fleetwood popup that I kept a year with no problems, a new Gulfstream, that was supposedly a poor quality (according to many on this forum) entry level TT with one minor issue fixed under warranty. Kept it four years. Now have a Jayco Eagle that I bought new in January 2012, and have had very few minor issues. I have used the Jayco about 380 nights in two and half years. Can't help much with what to avoid but I have been happy with Gulfstream and Jayco.

We have had our Dutchmen since early 2010 and no issues. We knew it was entry level and didn't expect fancy stuff in it. Suits us just fine.

rugermark2 wrote:

Posted By: Nvr2loud on 08/20/14 06:54am



rugermark2 wrote:

I would avoid Dutchmen. I have owned 2 and both were POS.


I want to hear about some of the problems.

Both of the Dutchmen products I owned were built out of the Clackamas OR plant. From what I found out later is that you want to avoid buying one of these units because of the high repair rate. That plant is now closed. I owned a Denali and a Komfort. An example of the things that went wrong with my travel trailers, half of the power went out on the trailer after a year, because they ran the wires where the slide would rub through them and short out. The slide partially fell out of the trailer on my Denali when driving down the road. All of the electric landing gear quit working, all the P traps were missing, this is just to name a few things. This is just my opinion I would never own another Dutchmen product again, I realize that there are other who have had zero problems with there's.

All the P traps were missing!!! That isn't a small mistake. You must have had a lot of odour coming from your drains after a couple days of camping.

Posted By: Nvr2loud on 08/20/14 06:54am



rugermark2 wrote:

I would avoid Dutchmen. I have owned 2 and both were POS.


I want to hear about some of the problems.

Both of the Dutchmen products I owned were built out of the Clackamas OR plant. From what I found out later is that you want to avoid buying one of these units because of the high repair rate. That plant is now closed. I owned a Denali and a Komfort. An example of the things that went wrong with my travel trailers, half of the power went out on the trailer after a year, because they ran the wires where the slide would rub through them and short out. The slide partially fell out of the trailer on my Denali when driving down the road. All of the electric landing gear quit working, all the P traps were missing, this is just to name a few things. This is just my opinion I would never own another Dutchmen product again, I realize that there are other who have had zero problems with there's.