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egarant
Explorer III
Mar 12, 2019

TC heading to Adventurer LP in Yakima WA for Repairs

My 2013 Eagle Cap 950 is heading back up to the Yakima factory to look into a slide issue.

I noticed one side of the floor nearest the slide was rising and when I took it off the truck and on it's jacks the floor would drop. We are taking a distance of probably 1/2".

The other day I noticed it had pushed out the rear wing (the same side the slide is on) when I retracted the slide.

They of course say they can fix anything, something definitely let loose in the framing. This camper has been to the factory once before to take care of an entire front cap that delaminated during the first year of ownership, they fixed it under warranty.

I baby this rig, can't believe it's tearing itself apart like this....oh wait, yes I can.....

I look forward to what this bill will be.
  • Sorry to hear about your slide troubles. I owned a 2014 Adventurer 910DB with one slide. Never had any issues with slide or front cap. Thought ALP was good quality built TC. Did sell TC last fall only because we were going to sell our FW too and go with a motorhome. Could not sell FW so I changed my mine and went to a slightly bigger TC. All the best with repair and update us how it is going.
  • We had a 2016 Adventurer 80RB. To keep weight down they fitted a very meager 6 gallon grey tank which as you can imagine doesn't take long to fill even when being mindful of the limitations. However, this wasn't the actual issue. From the time the camper was new I would empty the tank from full and the monitor panel always said 1/3 full when it was empty (not a drop coming out). I kept thinking how could the sensors be gummed up so soon ? This was a grey tank after all, and the unit was brand new. Eventually I discovered that the tank was installed incorrectly. The tank was installed at an angle that kept the tank from emptying completely. So how does a 4 gallon grey tank sound to you all ? I tried to determine if this was something I could fix myself but gave up seeing at how much stuff was crammed into such a small space below the shower. There was no room whatsoever to accomplish anything without some serious disassembly of structure. In the end I would routinely drive the truck up as high as I could on the Anderson levelers to raise the front as much as possible to get as much rear slope as I could to encourage more water to drain from the tank. This was very tedious and annoying. My point here is simply that Adventurer is not without fault in their quality control and pride in workmanship.
  • I’m with Billyray. I had a great experience with my adventurer (2015 910db) Minor issues, otherwise a great camper for the money and slide worked great.

    OP, hope they’re good to you in Yakima, please keep us posted on your EC slide repairs.
  • I will deal with Brad Boyle, the gentleman that assisted with my first repairs. He made things right, granted it was under warranty, so I hope the good relationship continues.

    Cheers,
    Eric
  • egarant wrote:
    I will deal with Brad Boyle, the gentleman that assisted with my first repairs. He made things right, granted it was under warranty, so I hope the good relationship continues.

    Cheers,
    Eric


    Don't hold your breath. I tried in the Fall and again this Spring to have them help me with a broken frame issue. I had purchased the camper last Fall and noticed it that same weekend but was unable to give the camper back to the private seller. After taking it apart this Spring, my 2014 86SBS had welds that hand broke and the whole Driver's Front corner was compromised and would sag...and nothing to do with water damage. Unfortunately I was left to find a way to repair this myself. Some help would have been nice to say the least.
  • We had a 2016 Adventurer 80RB. To keep weight down they fitted a very meager 6 gallon grey tank which as you can imagine doesn't take long to fill even when being mindful of the limitations. However, this wasn't the actual issue. From the time the camper was new I would empty the tank from full and the monitor panel always said 1/3 full when it was empty (not a drop coming out). I kept thinking how could the sensors be gummed up so soon ? This was a grey tank after all, and the unit was brand new. Eventually I discovered that the tank was installed incorrectly. The tank was installed at an angle that kept the tank from emptying completely.

    Some things never change!!...Adventurer camper manufacturers were originally Slumber Queeen campers built in Aldergrove, BC....I bought a new Slumber Queen in 1988 and had same issues with grey tank. Took it back to factory and found that tank had been installed upside down!!...tank at that time was manufactured with tank top flat, and bottom sloping to the rear for drainage...good tank, bad install....they never took it out, just shimmed the dump valves downward. Fix never was any good, and later dump valve seal started to leak...arrrgggg!!