Wolfeman70 wrote:
Thanks for the information KristinU. I put this here because I was assuming that rental units while built a bit more solidly overall would use cheaper material and insulation resulting in more road noise. I was looking for information from rental owners. Internal rattles and noise I can deal with and repair with suggestions like yours. However, if vehicle and external road noise and shaking make sitting at the dinette and watching a DVD school lesson or writing out her spelling words and math problems next to impossible then I lose a lot of what I was hoping for in an RV.
Cost and overall simplicity (comparatively) of the used rental units (as well as maintenance records) have really pushed me towards them as what I'm looking for. I'm just not sure if what I imagine is what I will be getting. With this being a thread directed at rental owners and their experiences I thought this would be a good place to ask the rental specific questions I'm getting from my other thread.
Gotcha Wolfeman! Ours was a previous rental, and after looking at both rental and non-rental Winnies as well as visiting the Winnebago factory for a tour I wouldn't say that the build itself is any different than a non-rental, but the interior and finish stuff can differ slightly. Some of the things that we've noticed in ours are the shower door is accordian fold heavy duty plastic and I think on a non-rental it would have been glass. We also don't have a mirror on the wall, which is pretty standard on our model when not a rental. I know that the upholstery we have was standard in the non-rental units of our model in the previous year (and is wearing like iron), and access to the water pump under the foot of the bed was screwed down and not hinged. We also didn't have a ladder and had one installed as part of our negotiated purchase. Otherwise I think the rest is pretty standard...so I'm not sure if the sturdi-ness that we see in our previous rental is due to the rental status or due to the quality of Winnebagos. And an FYI as you research: Winnebagos with the name Chalet are rentals. You'll see class A Chalets and Class C Chalets, so it isn't necessarily the model.
