fresh water tank bracing bending down

prairiequad wrote:
I'm a newbie just purchased a 2017 forest river pull behind trailer and found the fresh water tank brackets bending. is this a common problem or recalls with any makes ?

Of course it's common, manufacturers will do as little as possible to get a trailer off the production line, any extra attention goes into making it look pretty rather than more functional. The fresh water tank on my own 2014 Coachmen Freedom Express originally looked like this ...



Fortunately my model year had an open underbelly so it was easy to spot. I had my dealer rectify this by adding steel supports ...



By 2016 Coachmen (a Forest River company) had added an enclosed underbelly to the 192RBS and mockingly added "support braces" to the FW tank, a minimal effort considering this tank full of water would weigh in excess of 250 lbs. It's only a matter of time before these braces bend and the screws strip out, allowing the tank to sag severely from the weight of water sloshing around inside it and eventually fall off the trailer entirely.



Recalls? That's funny - unfortunately the joke's on you.