Terrible workmanship in our new trailer
We are at the end of our first month of our brand new 2016 Forest River Wildwood and I am here to tell you that the interior workmanship is the worst I have ever experienced. We bought the trailer b...
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I think its all a roll of the dice on any brand you look at. Firstly, you have to understand that in order to make them light weight (yes, I think a 40ft. 15k lb. rolling palace on wheels is light weight) things have to be a little thinner, a little less beefy, to achieve being able to pull it without a semi tractor. Not to mention its trying to shake itself apart when you do pull it anywhere.
You had better be able to fix most things on your own or you will have it at the dealer more than you will camp in it. Quality control is probably the most lacking thing there is in the building process, or its a matter of production numbers to fill orders that they just ship things out knowing they are defective and let the warranty process fix it. Thats more the issue to me than them not knowing its a bad build. Just get it out the door and we(manufacturers) get paid.
How does a buyer protect himself from that? Especially new buyers. I didn't know what I was looking at when I bought my first trailer. Even though I had no issues with it I was fortunate to get a good unit. Same with my 2nd. trailer. I have fixed things in my current unit and have never taken it back to the dealer and that let me use it alot, not wait on a service dept. to "fit you in". There is only so much that is visible to inspect, even the most experienced RVer is susceptable to getting a lemon.
You had better be able to fix most things on your own or you will have it at the dealer more than you will camp in it. Quality control is probably the most lacking thing there is in the building process, or its a matter of production numbers to fill orders that they just ship things out knowing they are defective and let the warranty process fix it. Thats more the issue to me than them not knowing its a bad build. Just get it out the door and we(manufacturers) get paid.
How does a buyer protect himself from that? Especially new buyers. I didn't know what I was looking at when I bought my first trailer. Even though I had no issues with it I was fortunate to get a good unit. Same with my 2nd. trailer. I have fixed things in my current unit and have never taken it back to the dealer and that let me use it alot, not wait on a service dept. to "fit you in". There is only so much that is visible to inspect, even the most experienced RVer is susceptable to getting a lemon.
