weld broken on the slide - common??
We seem to have a broken weld on our slide. This is a 2005 Host Rainier 9.5 I want to know how common it is for a weld in the slide to break from "normal wear and tear". We found a crack coming f...
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JTLance wrote:
I cannot see how a tree branch would have weakened the slide either.
Sorry for your loss. :(
I've learned a lot in the last 3 weeks. 3 weeks ago I would have been 100% sure that branch caused the issues and the rains over the winter got into the slide once the fiberglass was cracked and caused all the rot.
Not anymore. I think the slide weld was poorly done to begin with. Probably a lot of aluminum welds were poorly done in the time frame that our camper was built. This is a 2005.
But the fact that that branch hit as hard as it did and the roof took it is proof that the camper roof is built really well.
