Our new Freedom Express 192 RBS
Went from in 3-4 years getting a big 5th wheel for retirement, to being forced into a F150 (long long story) and SWMBO saying, why wait, lets get something smaller now and start traveling. 3 years ...
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Congratulations on your new rig. I hope you have at least as much enjoyment with yours as we have had since we brought our 2016 home in August, 2015.
This past summer on the way back from a camping trip to the Midwest, we looped up to Elkhart, IN and took a tour of the Freedom Express plant. FWIW, having been around other factory assembly lines (mostly general aviation aircraft), the tour left me feeling pretty good about the way our TTs are put together. Sure, there are jillions of quality complaints from all over the map, but I didn't see any red flags that would give me pause about the manufacturing process of the 192RBS.
Ours has been essentially fault free with my only real complaint being the OEM tires supplied with the trailer. Those tires didn't make it to 12,000 miles . . . started seeing blown internal belts upon our return from a trip to the Black Hills. I replaced them with a set of Goodyear Endurance tires that have been great. So watch those OEM tires (we've put almost another 6,000 miles on those Goodyears and they hardly look worn at all).
Final thought is that the 192RBS has been comfortable and functional enough for us to be on the road for almost a month at a time as well as those short, 3-4 night trips. Got one of those longer trips coming up in May to the southern Rockies in New Mexico, and I promise that we will have no problem enjoying every day while we are in our home on wheels. We really do look forward to planning and carrying out every trip. Hope you do, too.
This past summer on the way back from a camping trip to the Midwest, we looped up to Elkhart, IN and took a tour of the Freedom Express plant. FWIW, having been around other factory assembly lines (mostly general aviation aircraft), the tour left me feeling pretty good about the way our TTs are put together. Sure, there are jillions of quality complaints from all over the map, but I didn't see any red flags that would give me pause about the manufacturing process of the 192RBS.
Ours has been essentially fault free with my only real complaint being the OEM tires supplied with the trailer. Those tires didn't make it to 12,000 miles . . . started seeing blown internal belts upon our return from a trip to the Black Hills. I replaced them with a set of Goodyear Endurance tires that have been great. So watch those OEM tires (we've put almost another 6,000 miles on those Goodyears and they hardly look worn at all).
Final thought is that the 192RBS has been comfortable and functional enough for us to be on the road for almost a month at a time as well as those short, 3-4 night trips. Got one of those longer trips coming up in May to the southern Rockies in New Mexico, and I promise that we will have no problem enjoying every day while we are in our home on wheels. We really do look forward to planning and carrying out every trip. Hope you do, too.
