I think the Nash is a good trailer. More Durable than many if not all other wood framed rigs. To my knowledge, they are a wood framed pressure laminated. It is my opinion and only my opinion that any wood framed that has a slide will be weaker than any wood frame trailer without a slide. Thinking a 17k wouldn't have a slide, making it even better for durability. The only real downfall to a Nash is the "more entry level" standard features like no LED's, no slam shut storage doors on the outside etc. I would upgrade the suspension with the MorRyde, wet bolts, hefty shackle plates and shocks.