Front of travel trailer question
Kind of a strange question perhaps. Newbie with travel trailers, coming from pop-ups years ago. Purchased a used 2011 Keystone Passport Ultralight. We took it on our inaugural trip this weekend. My ...
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as others have asked, can you push / depress the various areas around the front in the same way? Tap around with your knuckles to get a "sounding" of how solid things are. The fronts on trailers like these have a filon cap which has fiberglass over a masonite like material so that it can be bent to form as opposed to the walls which are usually 1/4 ply with fiberglass (along with foam insulation) which is stiffer / non-depressable / non-deformable.
Having dealt with a similar "feel" on my Terry (2006), most of the front was firm EXCEPT along the bottom / base curve and where there was water ingression from the top clearance / running light on one side... :-( The leak caused seperation of the two materials. Although your picture doesn't show the whole front and relative position, I would check the running light areas for leaks and reseal. If the glue has released, there isn't much that can be done without significant effort although I did recently open the side joint on mine and "inject" in some resin epoxy into the area to reglue down the panel. This was based on various videos / internet posts. I don't know how well or long it will last but the main area is now as solid as most of the rest of the front panel. I still need to work the area around the running light but for now, things are better. In my case, the rubber seal on the back of the running light body didn't quite cover / align with the wiring hole in the panel allowing water in at the bottom of the light... :-( Good luck, hopefully it is not a major issue with yours.
Having dealt with a similar "feel" on my Terry (2006), most of the front was firm EXCEPT along the bottom / base curve and where there was water ingression from the top clearance / running light on one side... :-( The leak caused seperation of the two materials. Although your picture doesn't show the whole front and relative position, I would check the running light areas for leaks and reseal. If the glue has released, there isn't much that can be done without significant effort although I did recently open the side joint on mine and "inject" in some resin epoxy into the area to reglue down the panel. This was based on various videos / internet posts. I don't know how well or long it will last but the main area is now as solid as most of the rest of the front panel. I still need to work the area around the running light but for now, things are better. In my case, the rubber seal on the back of the running light body didn't quite cover / align with the wiring hole in the panel allowing water in at the bottom of the light... :-( Good luck, hopefully it is not a major issue with yours.
