languiduck wrote:
Upon loading up for the first time of the summer, I noticed some bubbling under the finish near the driver's side front jack. We headed out to the Outer Banks, NC and to Ocracoke Island for a long father's day weekend. At least it was a great time. I was loving this camper.
Yesterday I wanted to see what the damage does so I poked it with a screwdriver and it's all rotten and wet underneath. I'm positive the damage affects a much larger area than I can see. This is just awful. We bought new so we wouldn't inherit someone else's problems and this is exactly what I wanted to avoid. I don't think I can take being a truck camper owner, everyone I personally know who has one, has rot problems. I want to love this thing but I can't.
Our local dealer sucks and doesn't pay attention to detail. I guess I'm taking this to the factory for warranty repair and then going to cut my losses and sell it.
My wife and I have been trying to be "RV People" for years now and it just fights us every step of the way. Our first was a pop up that leaked and the canvass ripped and molded. It made way for a travel trailer whose frame eventually cracked on us. I tried a gently used Aliner a frame camper that also leaked to point the a frame rotted. Now this one has rotted and it's not even a year old. If someone could make something...anything...that doesn't leak and rot we might try one more time. But now, I don't trust anything and I think we are done. Yet we truly liked the truck camper and the ability to go anywhere we wanted. Travel Lite has let me down. The rep on the phone sounds truly interested in fixing this correctly for me, but he did mention I need to get there int he next 3 weeks because they are strict on the warranty period. Leaves me to believe they will just get me in and out quickly and out of their sight and warranty period.
So sorry to hear of your problems as they really hit a nerve. Your RV experiences mirror ours. We too have owned various RV's with similar results (all new}. They were all different brands/types and include an 80k Newmar Mountain Aire fifth wheel. They were all meticulously maintained and all were garaged and yes they all were/are junk, including the one i own now. So sad the state of QC in the RV industry. Again so sorry you are experiencing the same woes as we have with RV's. If it makes you feel any better on the last 3 i have owned i never even made it home from the dealer before experiencing major problems. The two truck campers leaked in multiple locations and the Newmar had to go back to the factory 3 read 3 times and was still not repaired after 4 years of ownership. Good luck to you.
Upon loading up for the first time of the summer, I noticed some bubbling under the finish near the driver's side front jack. We headed out to the Outer Banks, NC and to Ocracoke Island for a long father's day weekend. At least it was a great time. I was loving this camper.
Yesterday I wanted to see what the damage does so I poked it with a screwdriver and it's all rotten and wet underneath. I'm positive the damage affects a much larger area than I can see. This is just awful. We bought new so we wouldn't inherit someone else's problems and this is exactly what I wanted to avoid. I don't think I can take being a truck camper owner, everyone I personally know who has one, has rot problems. I want to love this thing but I can't.
Our local dealer sucks and doesn't pay attention to detail. I guess I'm taking this to the factory for warranty repair and then going to cut my losses and sell it.
My wife and I have been trying to be "RV People" for years now and it just fights us every step of the way. Our first was a pop up that leaked and the canvass ripped and molded. It made way for a travel trailer whose frame eventually cracked on us. I tried a gently used Aliner a frame camper that also leaked to point the a frame rotted. Now this one has rotted and it's not even a year old. If someone could make something...anything...that doesn't leak and rot we might try one more time. But now, I don't trust anything and I think we are done. Yet we truly liked the truck camper and the ability to go anywhere we wanted. Travel Lite has let me down. The rep on the phone sounds truly interested in fixing this correctly for me, but he did mention I need to get there int he next 3 weeks because they are strict on the warranty period. Leaves me to believe they will just get me in and out quickly and out of their sight and warranty period.
Yesterday I wanted to see what the damage does so I poked it with a screwdriver and it's all rotten and wet underneath. I'm positive the damage affects a much larger area than I can see. This is just awful. We bought new so we wouldn't inherit someone else's problems and this is exactly what I wanted to avoid. I don't think I can take being a truck camper owner, everyone I personally know who has one, has rot problems. I want to love this thing but I can't.
Our local dealer sucks and doesn't pay attention to detail. I guess I'm taking this to the factory for warranty repair and then going to cut my losses and sell it.
My wife and I have been trying to be "RV People" for years now and it just fights us every step of the way. Our first was a pop up that leaked and the canvass ripped and molded. It made way for a travel trailer whose frame eventually cracked on us. I tried a gently used Aliner a frame camper that also leaked to point the a frame rotted. Now this one has rotted and it's not even a year old. If someone could make something...anything...that doesn't leak and rot we might try one more time. But now, I don't trust anything and I think we are done. Yet we truly liked the truck camper and the ability to go anywhere we wanted. Travel Lite has let me down. The rep on the phone sounds truly interested in fixing this correctly for me, but he did mention I need to get there int he next 3 weeks because they are strict on the warranty period. Leaves me to believe they will just get me in and out quickly and out of their sight and warranty period.
