Alpenlite Aspen
Hello everyone, I am a long time lurker but first time poster. I am so grateful for all of the helpful information shared on these forums! My husband and I are looking to buy a well-built older trai...
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I'll give you some honest input about what I thought of Alpenlite.
I bought a 2001 Alpenlite Augusta 32 5th wheel from them in (new) 2001. They had a fantastic facility in Washington. I was totally impressed. Once I purchased the 5ver and headed to CA, and AZ I discovered that warranty service was almost impossible. In fact I stopped at one of their service dealers in CA and they did about $1000 damage to my new 5th wheel. I returned to Washington and Alpenlite told me they could fix it but was not responsibile for any service their licensed dealers did on my unit. Plus would not even help to recover any funds. Alpenlite built a great RV but the lack of good warranty service by their dealers drove them out of business. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a used unit because the warranty is gone anyway. We loved our 5ver. Very good solid construction. One of the better RVs built. I told Western RV when I returned to Washington that their poor dealer service to us was going to come back to bite them if it continued and that they should try to rectify the problems they had. Guess what? Drove them into bankruptcy.
I bought a 2001 Alpenlite Augusta 32 5th wheel from them in (new) 2001. They had a fantastic facility in Washington. I was totally impressed. Once I purchased the 5ver and headed to CA, and AZ I discovered that warranty service was almost impossible. In fact I stopped at one of their service dealers in CA and they did about $1000 damage to my new 5th wheel. I returned to Washington and Alpenlite told me they could fix it but was not responsibile for any service their licensed dealers did on my unit. Plus would not even help to recover any funds. Alpenlite built a great RV but the lack of good warranty service by their dealers drove them out of business. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a used unit because the warranty is gone anyway. We loved our 5ver. Very good solid construction. One of the better RVs built. I told Western RV when I returned to Washington that their poor dealer service to us was going to come back to bite them if it continued and that they should try to rectify the problems they had. Guess what? Drove them into bankruptcy.
