mike-s wrote:
soren wrote:
mike-s wrote:
If they're all that way from day 1, just invite any lookers to visit a dealer and check out a new one, then come back for a good deal.
Doesn't really work that way. The assemble is sandwich of beadboard foam and thin, really thin plywood, with an occasional square, hollow aluminum tube as a "floor joist". My old Trail-Lite had these at least 30" apart. Over time, under the load of foot traffic, the the foam starts to deflect between supports and lose rigidity. So, a brand new rig will feel fine.
So the OP wasn't being truthful when he said "...that is the way it was from day one." That's what I based my comment on.
Sorry Mike S but the foam core floors feel spongy from day one, they only get worse as time goes by and even more so if the occupants are on the heavy side. If you read my post you'll see that I owned one and disliked it and after one trip traded it in.
It's so ingrained in people that soft floors equal water damage that people don't understand foam core floors other then experienced RVers. By now you know your options. For someone that could get a bargin and put in a overlay or add more reinforcement underneath It might be a good deal if the price was right.
