jmtandem wrote:
Which one's of us would purchase a truck with a frame that was overlapped and welded together in a typical RV factory?
Excellent point. And a point that seems to be lost on overly optimistic reliability assertions. Anybody that has interest in frame failures can research Lippert (and perhaps others) frame failures. Lippert builds about eighty percent of all travel trailer RV frames. There were documentable Lippert frame failures in both fifth wheels and travel trailers. The Weekend Warrior forums well chronicle frame issues by owners for travel trailer toy haulers 'A' frames and the frames near the triple axle on those units. Keystone has had to fix a number of fifth wheel frames built by Lippert. Many that have been on these and other RV forums remember the many frame failure threads. In the past five or so years frame failures seem to be less or folks are not posting about them.
One exception is Northwood Mfg that makes their own frames and they are overly built and not prone to failure.
How many rv's have you owned with a stacked frame? Did you have any problems with them? Can you tell me of any other TH besides Weekend Warrior that had problems?
I have 2 toyhaulers TT with a stacked frame and 2 regular TT with a stacked frame (none Weekend Warrior) and never had a problem with any of them. I have also owned 3 TT without a stacked frame and guess what, I never had a problem with them either.
I would think the thickness of the metal of the frame would be a bigger influence to failure then method of construction. I know a lot of lite TT use a very lite frame.
