The most reliable Travel Trailer
Based on your experience, which brand of travel trailer is among the most trouble free. I'm not looking for luxury, I don't want fancy counter tops nor amazingly beautiful cabinets...what I'm searchin...
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My thoughts on purchasing a RV have evolved. I have the ability, skills, tools and experience to fix them much better than new. That's pretty easy.
-First I wanted an Airstream, I know RVs both leak and rot. The ones we found would be a project and the wife said we should travel not work on a trailer. She was right.
-She wanted a walk around bed. I pointed out they would be in the 22' class with a slide. I wanted light weight with aluminum framing. Remember rot.
-At a show she found a ORV Creekside 20FQ. It had a walk around bed. What I liked was the heavy duty frame under it. It was also wood framed in those days.
- I thought what the heck, wood framing should last 10 or 15 years. I'm dead wrong about that. I dented the nose on the first camping trip by jackknifing. I found heavy mold when I repaired it, 2 years in. And it wasn't from the dent.
-For hunting I gave up using a wall tent and it's wood stove for a 18 year old used camper. Of course it had leaks and rot, but for a RV it had been very well made, they had even used a Proflex like sealant in places. Those places did not leak
-When I look on my camper and our trailer, I smile, I know neither is going to leak and rot with all that Proflex sealant used.
- Bigfoots and Airstreams leak. When I was looking for a used camper, a Bigfoot roof vent had leaked and interior had rotted. The same thing happen Airstreams , with added joy of all those rivets loosing . I have a tinny.
-First I wanted an Airstream, I know RVs both leak and rot. The ones we found would be a project and the wife said we should travel not work on a trailer. She was right.
-She wanted a walk around bed. I pointed out they would be in the 22' class with a slide. I wanted light weight with aluminum framing. Remember rot.
-At a show she found a ORV Creekside 20FQ. It had a walk around bed. What I liked was the heavy duty frame under it. It was also wood framed in those days.
- I thought what the heck, wood framing should last 10 or 15 years. I'm dead wrong about that. I dented the nose on the first camping trip by jackknifing. I found heavy mold when I repaired it, 2 years in. And it wasn't from the dent.
-For hunting I gave up using a wall tent and it's wood stove for a 18 year old used camper. Of course it had leaks and rot, but for a RV it had been very well made, they had even used a Proflex like sealant in places. Those places did not leak
-When I look on my camper and our trailer, I smile, I know neither is going to leak and rot with all that Proflex sealant used.
- Bigfoots and Airstreams leak. When I was looking for a used camper, a Bigfoot roof vent had leaked and interior had rotted. The same thing happen Airstreams , with added joy of all those rivets loosing . I have a tinny.
