LCI - Lippert
NOTE: This is copied and pasted from another forum I belong to. My desire is to give a heads up to those with LCI/Lippert systems, or those contemplating purchasing a rig with this brand on the unit...
Forum Discussion
"Let's hear from the Thor owners. Do they use Lippert slide outs? Probably."
OK, I am a Thor owner and I have Lippert slides and a bunch of other parts from them as well. So far the main trouble that I have had was that the slide tracks were not shimmed properly and the factory and had accelerated wear as a result. Other than that, I had a wire break inside a wall going to one of the slides but I don't feel that Lippert was in any way responsible and Thor used a bed lift rated for 150lbs to lift a double bed with cabinets underneath. Thor has since started putting a 500lb lift in this application. The main money that I have spent on Lippert stuff is I yanked out their sofa and put in a much better one but the old sofa still works. If anybody wants to swing by Pulaski and pick up a free 60" sofa I will give it to you. I agree that neither Lippert or Thor are top of the line but I only paid $145k for my DP and it has done what I really need it to do. Do I wish that they had made it a little better? Absolutely! Am I willing to spend the money for a Prevost? Absolutely not! So where do we draw the line? I don't have a good answer to that. I also doubt that Prevosts are infallible. I will give Thor credit in that it apears to me that most of the issues I have had have been addressed agressively. I would consider buying a coach from them today if I was in the market.
I do agree that dealers are generally incompetent and plan to do as many of the repairs as I possibly can. The last time my coach was in the shop they kept it much longer than they told me they would, a freeze moved in and damaged the water pump even though I was assured that the coach would be winterized, the batteries were somehow completely discharged at some point and my door got a hole poked through it. The problem was not fixed either.
OK, I am a Thor owner and I have Lippert slides and a bunch of other parts from them as well. So far the main trouble that I have had was that the slide tracks were not shimmed properly and the factory and had accelerated wear as a result. Other than that, I had a wire break inside a wall going to one of the slides but I don't feel that Lippert was in any way responsible and Thor used a bed lift rated for 150lbs to lift a double bed with cabinets underneath. Thor has since started putting a 500lb lift in this application. The main money that I have spent on Lippert stuff is I yanked out their sofa and put in a much better one but the old sofa still works. If anybody wants to swing by Pulaski and pick up a free 60" sofa I will give it to you. I agree that neither Lippert or Thor are top of the line but I only paid $145k for my DP and it has done what I really need it to do. Do I wish that they had made it a little better? Absolutely! Am I willing to spend the money for a Prevost? Absolutely not! So where do we draw the line? I don't have a good answer to that. I also doubt that Prevosts are infallible. I will give Thor credit in that it apears to me that most of the issues I have had have been addressed agressively. I would consider buying a coach from them today if I was in the market.
I do agree that dealers are generally incompetent and plan to do as many of the repairs as I possibly can. The last time my coach was in the shop they kept it much longer than they told me they would, a freeze moved in and damaged the water pump even though I was assured that the coach would be winterized, the batteries were somehow completely discharged at some point and my door got a hole poked through it. The problem was not fixed either.
