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Re: jayco vs forest river
Fast0ne wrote: Well after spend a year looking at a lot of different traliers and talking to lots of different people. I myself would not own a jayco I was never impressed with fit and finish and seeing things like a dinette both air stapled together for the back and then falling off as I sat down at the table was not fun. And then after thinking maybe this was a one off thing some friends just bought a jayco this year,and guess what there second trip out there is the seat back falling off held together with air nails. I am not trying to down jayco but small things like this make me wonder what could be lurking with bigger things. But as far as price point and I am guessing customer service it may be worth it. And forest river had some great looking product but there was nothing that fit for what we were looking at. We went totally different and 7000 km of towing and our unit has held up very well looks like new inside and out and am happy with my choice in company's. What ever you end up with will have some issues that need to be fixed and it is up to the dealer and the company to look after you. Every Jayco that I every owned there was not one staple in the unit, even on my 185RB everything is screwed and glued. I remember many years ago we stopped and looked at a Forest River TT and when my wife, salesman and myself all got into the trailer the salesman fell throught the floor. My wife and I looked at each other with our mouths hanging open. I will never forget that.4.2KViews0likes0CommentsRe: jayco vs forest river
I would look at their customer service meaning the 800 number you call, then I would pick the one. The brand name means nothing it is all about who is on the other side of the phone when you have a problem. I have always owned a Jayco I have even owned a lemon, but it is the 800 number that keeps me a loyal customer.4.2KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Fridge cooling fan mod
I personally think that it does not matter who you buy, Gulfstream Jayco or any of the others. Here in America after the consumer does the quality control we build some great products.:E The problems that most people face is the dealer. I know that our dealer tried and tried to fix it but it finally became beyond he abilities.614Views0likes0CommentsRe: Fridge cooling fan mod
I stuck a mirror inside and looked up from the bottom this morning, they installed a piece of the pink foam board about 1 1/2 thick to the wall of the trailer to close the gap from the fridge to the wall of the trailer. The fans behind the unit say Norcold on them. There is 2 fans attached under the coils on each side. Then they installed a Valtera refrigerator exhaust fan about an 1" up from the lower opening, there is a thermostat installed on the left side of the coils that is wired to the 2 Norcold fans, then there is a thermostat installed with aluminum tape wrapped around the big tube coming out of the burner that is wired to the Valtera fan. Then they installed a lower baffle that is on a 50 -55 degree angle, installed a upper baffle in front of the upper coils, at about a 35 - 40 degree angle exposing about 3/4 of the coils. The final baffle they installed was from the back of the upper coils with a gentle curve to the bottom of the top of the upper vent. I will draw a picture and post it to the thread. Hope this helps.614Views0likes0CommentsRe: Fridge cooling fan mod
EnochLight I have been following your posts regarding your fridge. I have no answers for you but I would like to share my experience with you. I have a 2013 Jayco Swift SLX 185RB that has the same setup as yours. I have been dealing with fridge problems for a year and a half now, temps rising to over 70 degrees during the day and dropping to 20 degrees at night. The dealer has tried to resolve the problem with baffles and fans. Finally Jayco sent a transport to come and pick the unit up, Jayco and Norcold engineers spent a month measuring and building custom baffles adding bigger and more fans behind the fridge, then they replaced the fridge and repeated the process all over again. During this time that Jayco had the trailer there was some questions regarding the A/C unit that was mounted in the side wall of the trailer. Jayco figured out that when the A/C was turned on the air flow was disrupted from behind the fridge causing it to not cool, the A/C unit that is installed in these units is a window A/C so it will pull the condenser cooling air from the living space. So Jayco when back to the drawing board, Jayco looked at mounting a roof top A/C but due to the design of the trailer it could not handle the loads caused by a roof top A/C. Jayco tried to seal around the A/C but no luck. So they changed the baffles and fan design one more time. When I got the trailer back last week they completely changed everything behind the fridge. Jayco extended the warranty another year and said it was good to go. We took it out last weekend and the fridge failed again. Since I have owned this trailer I have asked everyone that I came across with a trailer like mine they all say they have some sort of fridge cooling problem. After a year and a half we have come to no other choice but to unload the unit. We are very saddened by having to trade the unit in but now it is the dealer's and Jayco's problem. Like I said I am sorry I do not have any fixes or solutions for you but I just wanted to tell you what happened to us in hopes that you or your dealer might be able to pull some ideas out of our story. Good luck.613Views0likes0CommentsRe: Refrigator Problems
wwest wrote: patkvm wrote: Hello all, I would like to bounce something off of this group. Kind of long... I have a 2013 Jayco 185RB Swift SLX trailer. This trailer is back in the shop after 1 use this year for refrigerator issues. Well not exactly issues with the refer itself. Every time I turn on the A/C the refer box warms up to about 70 degrees, turn off the A/C and the refer works fine. Jayco, Norcold and the dealer are still trying to figure out why this happens. Norcold has replaced the refer. Jayco and dealer have reinstalled the refer and replaced all baffles. So now Jayco is talking about picking up the unit and transporting it back to Middlebury to figure out what is going on. My question to the groups is, has anyone heard of this? Does anyone have this problem? Thank you for your time and your responses. Oh, I see, the blind man said when the goose kicked him.... Looking at the Jayco online pictures of the 185RB it appears to me that the supplied A/C is simply a standard window unit that you might purchase at Costco. In standard operation most of the enclosure sets OUTSIDE the living space. In that configuration the condenser cooling airflow is drawn into the condenser/fan plenum area through the louvers in the side/top of the A/C and exhausted out the back. In the Jayco the entire condenser airflow intake is INSIDE the TT. So it wouldn't take very much of a leakage path for the slight vacuum in the condenser plenum area to draw in airflow from the living space. And it wouldn't take much airflow diversion to overcome the meager 150 watts of AC/(DC?) absorption cycle HEAT.. I went outside to the trailer and put foam around the air conditioner to seal the gap in the cabinet PRESTO the refer is cooling great with the air conditioner running. Now that I know what the problem is I have been looking at pictures from dealers online that are selling the 2014 and 2015 models, I have noticed a couple of things. The A/C is of a different model and it looks like a thru the wall A/C. Thank you again for all the help.628Views0likes0Comments
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