I was getting ready to take a nice short weekend trip loading the camper and filled the water tank. I do this off truck and jacks down till the back step barely clears the ground. Got everything loaded and woke up early this morning to find bottom 8 inches down on the passenger side with a gaping hole exposing aluminum cross members, insulation, and the edge of a water tank. If your thinking that this guy filled the tank with he hose straight into the bung, think again. I lurk on rv.net to know better, not write this sob story. I do fill with the small hose adapter every time. I go running to stop the water when I hear it drip out. And my water here has low pressure anyway. takes about 45 minutes to fill the tanks. Should be perfect right?Anyhow, out of service for now. Called dealer and they setup a appointment. Said it should take a couple days to get it fixed. I am half wanting to do the repair myself. Being under warranty is the only reason I am going to the dealer. Looking at the brackets AF used makes me wonder how in the heck they could have failed. They look more than sufficient to do the job. It appears the heads broke off the assembly. Also I see lots of insulation and solid looking work in the basement as well. Just my crappy luck showing it's hind end.

I would definitely suggest that something was not done right at the factory. The way you fill the tank should have no bearing on what you are experiencing. I always fill once the TC is loaded on the truck, but even the way you did it should be ok. Many AF owners use their TCs off the trucks while camping and most have them only on the factory jacks. My guess is somebody forgot to do something right at the factory.

I am not worried. The dealer is very supporting and I know the north woods reputation. Even that said the more I look at it I cant help but think that it broke on seam of the section of plywood where it stops and rejoins another piece. I really want to know that if only one piece can be used or it is done to help with assembly of the floor since it might be unmanageable to accomplish in one section. Anyone one else had theirs apart?

No pictures of it yet. Been busy unloading the camper. Only posted about it while taking a break to get advice how anyone else handled this out of warranty. I want to upgrade the insulation with reflectex and run some wiring I wanted to do while it is broke. Everything to me is a opportunity! Want to do led lighting under the rails, 12 volt exterior power supply to the outside rear to charge phones. And install a small fan on a switch down there in the basement to increase the air exchange rate for winter camping.

Basement Floor Failure On 2013 Arctic Fox 990

JumboJet
Explorer
Oct 07, 2013
Possilian wrote:
at first they are huge, later they get smaller, so many choices?

I re-size before uploading to Photobucket.
JumboJet
Explorer
Oct 07, 2013
Possilian wrote:
Anyhow the Gutting is complete. Just need new wood and insulation. I will design the tub in the morning. I am going to use either teak or Cyprus wood. Something furniture grade for sure. Glad I did this myself, didn't matter the brand I owned I would probably do the same.

I have helped rebuild two Lance campers that suffered from rot due to water leaks. The quality of the wood used to replace the rot was much better and we glued, screwed, doweled, and used angle braces during the rebuild.
69_Avion
Explorer
Oct 07, 2013
Possilian wrote:
Anyhow the Gutting is complete. Just need new wood and insulation. I will design the tub in the morning. I am going to use either teak or Cyprus wood. Something furniture grade for sure. Glad I did this myself, didn't matter the brand I owned I would probably do the same.

I can assure you that your workmanship and design will be much better than almost any dealer in the country would provide under warranty service. Those of us with nice campers usually will take the time to do it right. We won't skimp on cutting corners to save a buck. I don't care what brand of RV that you look at, many of them will have defects from the folks building them trying to put things together too fast and being careless. My Avion, that was supposed to be one of the best campers available in the 1960s, had so many craftsmanship flaws that it was embarrassing.
Possilian
Explorer
Oct 07, 2013
Anyhow the Gutting is complete. Just need new wood and insulation. I will design the tub in the morning. I am going to use either teak or Cyprus wood. Something furniture grade for sure. Glad I did this myself, didn't matter the brand I owned I would probably do the same.
deltabravo
Nomad
Oct 07, 2013
I like photobucket.
Possilian
Explorer
Oct 07, 2013
at first they are huge, later they get smaller, so many choices?
Possilian
Explorer
Oct 07, 2013
i will fix it later. sorry
Possilian
Explorer
Oct 07, 2013

I hope these are better. My wife thinks I am nuts. Running in the house to post these.
deltabravo
Nomad
Oct 07, 2013
deltabravo wrote:
What happened to the pictures? They are very blurry.

It looks like you might need to check the upload settings in your photo gallery, so the photos don't get shrunk down so much.

The bluriness is a result images being really small in your online photo gallery, then getting enlarged here on the forum.

See the actual image at the photo gallery here:
Possilian
Explorer
Oct 07, 2013
I want to let you all know this one thing, I got my bravery in seeing what you all did before me. That is all.