RV Engineering and Construction
I spent this afternoon repairing a canned-food storage drawer on our toy hauler. It was obviously loose and not sliding correctly. Yet again, I discovered the poor engineering and construction of RV...
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All one has to do is shop for the better built trailer. Take the time to look at how the cabinets are made. We recently walked thru a new Redwood 5th wheel. I was surprised to see how cheap that the drawers were made. The sides of the drawers were so thin that 1/2 were slightly warped. This is on a $100,000+ 5th wheel.
On the lower end our Northwood Fox Mountain (I could buy 3 of them for the price of that Redwood) uses thicker plywood for the drawers. The front piece where the drawer front attaches to is 5/8" thick. I'd put cans in any of the drawers I have.
I did a mod to the large pantry door where I attached wire baskets to it to put pantry items. I put cans, boxes, bottles, etc. The door is rock solid.
The 1st thing I do when walking thru RVs is look at how they build the cabinets.
Jayco also builds some solid cabinets. Most others are built with minimum construction materials and technics.
If I find solid cabinets then there's a good chance the rest of the unit is better built. If a MFG cuts corners on something that's right in front of you then what corners are being cut where you can see them?
On the lower end our Northwood Fox Mountain (I could buy 3 of them for the price of that Redwood) uses thicker plywood for the drawers. The front piece where the drawer front attaches to is 5/8" thick. I'd put cans in any of the drawers I have.
I did a mod to the large pantry door where I attached wire baskets to it to put pantry items. I put cans, boxes, bottles, etc. The door is rock solid.
The 1st thing I do when walking thru RVs is look at how they build the cabinets.
Jayco also builds some solid cabinets. Most others are built with minimum construction materials and technics.
If I find solid cabinets then there's a good chance the rest of the unit is better built. If a MFG cuts corners on something that's right in front of you then what corners are being cut where you can see them?
