For all of you that followed the old post. I spoke with the insurance co today. They gave me full retail value of my camper, without one word from me. They are a good company and are very supportive. But we did have a discussion re: Lippert pin box failures. In the end I hope they go after them with both barrels as she indicated may happen. NO ONE should have to worry about things like this EVER. I mean yes, not everything stays new forever, but this type of failure can and more than likely has, ended in death or serious injury. Because it is hidden. And not everyone knows what to look for. I didn't until recently. I simply stated to her, "you insure these things, and most folks do not know it is happening until it's too late....by no fault of their own. It just does and there is NO way to check when everything is sealed up." That rang loudly in her ear. She even began researching it while we were talking. And I heard the repeated" OMG, they know about it and have done nothing."
I am so very thankful to have a great insurance co that stands behind their customers. And even better, try to fix something that could be catastrophic to their customers and far beyond.
In the end it wasn't water intrusion, it was more than likely the box or frame causing the issues, which caused the sealed seems to fail, which caused the water to get in and rapidly deteriorate the rv. And this was the jist of the report from the shop. So no amout of attention to detail would have prevented this. No sticking it here or there, covering with this or that, after the fact.
My next camper should that happen, will be older than me. I want something that was built when people cared, when things were made to MY specs.
Thank you for all the advice you all gave me. It really did steer me where I needed to be.
Adventure is what makes life worth everything.
