bbaley wrote:
I have new Keystone Cougar TT and I am sick of it.
There is nothing about it that doesn't scream "I am going to break or fall apart in a few more miles"
Sadly, even though made in my home state, this thing just stinks.
Everything is flimsy, half completed junk work done by some guy who didn't care late on Friday afternoon, and components chosen to save pennies.
Is there anything in the functional world of travel trailers (e.g. not Airstream) that isn't complete JUNK ?
I am ready to trade.
I'm right there with you on the frustration with the build quality of travel trailers; I have sunk well over $10K into my trailer in the six years I've owned it to keep it on the road and in good shape. That's over half the price I paid for it new! As of right now, it's sitting in Boise awaiting my return this weekend to fix a leaf spring that busted on my trip home from Utah last weekend and I am having a limit switch problem with the furnace causing it to cycle the burner every 5 minutes when it's in use.
After the breakdown last weekend, I was ready to patch it back up and find something new, but anything built stronger tends to be much bigger, and I'd actually like to go slightly smaller with a new trailer due to where we like to camp.
If Northwood or Outdoor RV made a floor plan I liked in a smaller trailer, that's probably who I'd go with, although I've heard good things about Open Range and that Oliver RV another poster suggested looks well built and I really like the 23.5' floor plan. Some good friends of mine that I camp with own a Lance 1575 and it seems to be pretty well built, too.
You're not the first person I've heard complain about Cougar travel trailers. Some people I camp with once or twice a year had a brand new Cougar rear kitchen layout that looked awesome inside, but they had roof leaks and faulty plumbing that flooded the entire trailer their first trip out. The problems kept coming, so they bailed on it within a year and changed to the Lance 2285. I haven't seen their new trailer yet, but I've heard they have had much better luck with it and are quite happy.
