Stick-Built Versus Molded Fiberglass
We got an additional tow vehicle, more than capable, so now we have one vehicle that tows 5700 and the newer one, 6500. I like the idea of "no boundaries" which was at one time the motto for A-Liner ...
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MM49 wrote:
The framed TT vs a fiberglass wall is totally different dynamics. The two trailer will still flex. The final location of the flex is the question. I owned a Jayco, tin and stick. The lower corners ripped out. I now own a Sunny Brook fiberglass TT and the flex ends up in the roof seams. I have to keep a much closer eye on the rubber sealing on the Sunny Brook. The occurrence of cracks in the rubber is 1000:1 Sunnybrook:Jayco
MM49
This is something that I did not think about in comparing, not the fiberglass wall (we had one of those, two thumbs down), but the molded fiberglass in that the only real place the body could flex, I think, would be the seam and the Scamp, Casita, Oliver, Escape, Trillium, etc. have a belly band where joined while the EggCamper, and out of production U-Haul and Burro have a vertical seam. The seams are fiberglassed after joining with compound, I think that is how it goes.
We have seen a lot of used units over the years and remember seeing those edge seems pulling apart on the traditional build. Now, I do like it when they have the molded end caps and think that must help but not a lot of manufacturers do that.
Oliver is very nice but more than we want to spend. EggCamper is also double-shelled, a little smaller and less luxurious but 1/2 the price of Oliver and made in the great state of Michigan where I grew up, I know, that shouldn't be an element in the final decision.
