Hauling water
Whenever we go to the races in Joliet I travel with water tanks full only a 20 minute drive and buy water only if we run out. Headed to the race in Sparta KY about 6 hr drive no water hookup at CG bu...
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SoundGuy wrote:
My beef with Coachmen (which is a Forest River company) is that as designed the 30 gal fresh water tank on my Freedom Express was inadequately supported so after the first fill it sagged noticeably ...
I immediately had my dealer support the tank with metal braces, moved the pump intake hose down to the drain port, and later added my own 4' x 2' piece of wood as further support.
My 2014 model has an open underbelly so this was easy to spot but I pity those who have purchased a more recent model Freedom Express 192RBS which now has an enclosed underbelly as my understanding is Coachmen has done nothing to better support the fresh water tank. :(
Ralph Cramden wrote:
Evidently Coachmen uses the same logic as Rockwood and that is let the buyer worry about it. Despite numerous people having tank failures in the last couple of years Rockwood continues with the piss poor design, steel not up to the task, and flimsy tanks. I understand at least on the Roo's they now have started installing the coroplast under liner for 2018? Hiding it will fix it I assume.
I suspect the reality is that in the manufacturing / assembly world no issue gets addressed unless or until a certain rate of failure is reported. I have no idea what that rate might be - 0.1%, 1%, 2%, 3%, etc - but it's clear in this case that Coachmen doesn't consider tank failure rate to have achieved a sufficient threshold which would cause them to address this issue. So what have they done? - the obvious, hide it and put their efforts into making the trailer look prettier with a front cap and more attractive graphics. Yeah, that may sell more trailers but will it make for a better camping experience? :R
