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mikakuja
Nov 24, 2016Explorer
SoundGuy wrote:mikakuja wrote:
What impressed me most was that Coachmen is that unlike most other FG walled trailers they use Azdel in their walls. Azdel is not wood based and won't take on water which leads to delamination...
An overstatement of fact that I'm sure Coachmen would love to have you believe and to propagate. :R In point of fact only the sidewalls are Azdel, the end panels are luan laminated with fiberglass. I have before me on my phone a pic I took at my local Coachmen dealer - brand new Apex on which the entire rear wall had been removed because sealant had failed, the wall became soaked and delaminated, and was being replaced with a new wall. Hate to say it but all the studs are wood with fiberglass batting for insulation between the studs - entirely conventional stick construction. My Coachmen Freedom Express wouldn't be any different. ;)
The OP was looking at a Freedom Express, not an Apex, the two are actually quite different. Can't speak for the Apex but the Freedom express is aluminum cage construction, not wood (at lest in the 16/17 models).. And beside that, any trailer or RV can leak (Coachmen included) and cause damage, which was not the point of the thread or my comments.
Set aside from the fact that you are just biased against everything and very seldom have anything positive to say, I am voicing my opinion, you don't have to agree. So how about offering the OP some useful advise instead of picking apart comments and trolling for arguments.
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