Keystone - never again
New 2017 Keystone trailer, on trip of 600 miles. Cabinet door hinges falling off, dealer never flushed antifreeze from system, Water heater won't work on propane, water pump wouldn't work was sucking ...
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We just bought a 17 Forest River Surveyor, We did a walk through and spent 30 min in the trailer befor we told the guy we would take it, When I called to say get it ready I had a list of things that needed worked on, when we took delivery there were still a couple things needing fixed but nothing major and I would rather fix them right than have it half done and need to redo it anyway.
The water heater would heat but no hot water came out of any outlet, ( one bypass valve was still closed ) had to adjust the shower door, repaint the toung and front frame ( It looked horible ) yes I am anal like that, the shine and detail job thay did was a spray down with water and slim up the rubber and plastic with armor all, so it needed a good cleaning to get all the factory off of it, one under dinet seat drawer is still wonky but we are going to let it go for a little while, many many screws were not what i call tight, and I put my hand on every single plumbing fitting I could reach and they ( all) could have been tighter,
There is a good chance these things are built by younger guys putting in there 8 hours, finding a builder that takes pride in the product they are prodicing is rare, finding a dealer and camper prep guy that takes pride in what they do is even worse, the 2 ( boys ) that done the PDI on my camper maybe had good intensions but they just didn't know anything and probably didn't care that they didn't know anything.
If you buy a new or used camper check it over as best you can before you say, I want it, and then when you get it home go over it with a fine toothed comb,
I do it with everything I buy wheather it be a car, truck, motorcycle, tractor, lawnmower.
It is basicly like buying a bicycle at walmart and expecting to go race the tour-de-france without checking it out first.
Dar
The water heater would heat but no hot water came out of any outlet, ( one bypass valve was still closed ) had to adjust the shower door, repaint the toung and front frame ( It looked horible ) yes I am anal like that, the shine and detail job thay did was a spray down with water and slim up the rubber and plastic with armor all, so it needed a good cleaning to get all the factory off of it, one under dinet seat drawer is still wonky but we are going to let it go for a little while, many many screws were not what i call tight, and I put my hand on every single plumbing fitting I could reach and they ( all) could have been tighter,
There is a good chance these things are built by younger guys putting in there 8 hours, finding a builder that takes pride in the product they are prodicing is rare, finding a dealer and camper prep guy that takes pride in what they do is even worse, the 2 ( boys ) that done the PDI on my camper maybe had good intensions but they just didn't know anything and probably didn't care that they didn't know anything.
If you buy a new or used camper check it over as best you can before you say, I want it, and then when you get it home go over it with a fine toothed comb,
I do it with everything I buy wheather it be a car, truck, motorcycle, tractor, lawnmower.
It is basicly like buying a bicycle at walmart and expecting to go race the tour-de-france without checking it out first.
Dar
