WW Repairs
As just about all of us have read here, certain models of WW trailers have defects that have resulted in a number of different problems. To one degree or another, this subject has come up on this forum and most of the posts have eventually been locked and/or deleted. The forum administration has decided to make a one-time exception and allow this thread in order to help our forum members get informed and hopefully get their trailers repaired. IMPORTANT GROUND RULES: This thread is a one-off exception to the following forum rule: Posts are not allowed in which a local or state consumer action board and/or legal counsel is/have been involved. This includes posts related to future, ongoing or past lawsuits. This exception applies to this one thread only. This rule will continue to be enforced in other threads. So keep the WW class action discussion in this thread, or your posts will be deleted. The following rule will still be enforced: You may post about problems you have with a product or organization, however the use of the forums to repeatedly attack them is strictly forbidden. In other words, no bashing allowed. This thread is for disseminating information, not venting your spleen. Flaming, trolling, bashing, etc. will not be permitted. Only general discussion of these problems and repairs are allowed. Specific questions about individual circumstances are not allowed ("my XYZ is bent, does this situation apply to me?"). We all have brains. Please use them. Verify what you read here. I am wrong all the time. Please don't rely on me for any decisions you may choose to make. If you make a bad call, don't blame me, please. For the sake of full disclosure, I own a 2005 FS2600 and am having trouble with my trailer. I consider myself fairly objective, but that doesn't mean I don't ever have biases. In some recent cases where I could not be objective, I defered to Y-Guy and Admin to take the wheel. In this thread I will tell you what I've done and what my experiences have been. Now, with that out of the way... As most of you know, there has been a class action suit and Weekend Warrior is settling with the class. Here's a link to the Settlement Agreement: http://www.trailersettlement.com/sa.pdf. I won't go into the details of the settlement, because I don't want to be in the position of interpreting it or giving any legal clarification or advice. So if you're having trouble with your trailer, this is one possible avenue. Contact (866)459-6003 or visit www.trailersettlement.com for information about the class action settlement. They can tell you whether you qualify and where to go from there. That's one option. Without going into too many details, I discovered some problems with my trailer. After seeing pictures of some that were worse than mine, I decided I'd better do something before it got worse. However, I'm not a fan of class action suits. I've received too many checks for $10 in the mail to cover one class action or another. I didn't want to take the chance of having my trailer only partially fixed or having to personally pay a bunch of money for only half a fix. So I contacted Weekend Warrior directly and told them about my problems. Couldn't hurt, right? Know what they said? "Let's make an appointment for you to bring it in and we'll fix it." :E So yesterday I took my trailer down to beautiful Perris and dropped it off. I asked about the cost, and my service writer said they'd FIX IT. I watched him write up his sheet and he only filled in prices for the extra items I requested (fair 'nuf). Being the selfish guy I am, I took this bit of good news and high tailed it out of there counting myself a very lucky man. Sure, it would have been better if it hadn't broken in the first place. But the past can't be changed. I just want mine fixed. After feeling fairly secure that I had MINE taken care of, I wanted to find out if I had just personally hit the jackpot or if this was the WW policy in these cases. So I contacted someone higher up at WW to find out if other people in this same situation could expect the same treatment. Here's what I was told: Any customer who currently has an issue, we are standing behind [them]. If they have an issue that has not been resolved, we are directing them to contact us here, locally, or the dealership in their area. We are standing behind our product. By that, I mean we are fixing anything that needs to be fixed as long as there are no apparent signs of abuse. If the consumer is, however, looking for any type of monetary compensation then we cannot directly assist them. They would then need to contact the (866)459-6003 number or visit www.trailersettlement.com. There's your other option. If you choose to contact Weekend Warrior directly for repairs, call (909)579-0353. The operator in Upland routes the calls to the appropriate repair facility in Perris (Superlite or Normal).
Off Road Riding Spots (with coordinates)
Hey folks... I won't even try to take credit for this, but I've had this info in my "favorites" for a long time.. I figured I'd share.. I make no claims to how accurate any of these are, but the dozen or so I've used were spot on.. Please feel free to add to it with your favorite spots. If you have coordinates to the spot, I'll add those to this list. This will make finding the spots with tools like Google Earth much easier. I will do my best to modify it and add riding spots as they are posted to this thread. If everyone agrees, I will organize this by region. I could list them by state, but that didn’t seem right to me (read: too much work)…As of now, I will create to following regions: Southwest, Northwest, North Central, South Central, Southeast and Northeast. Our neighbors to the North and South will each get one region (I will add more as spots are posted.) Canada and Mexico This map is a good reference for the regions.. Southwest Lucerne Valley / Stoddard Valley / Johnson Valley and SW High Desert Anderson Dry Lake Camp N34 33.635 W116 46.602 Bessimer Mine Camp (Rock Pile) N34 29.967 W116 39.852 Bessimer Mine Rd (Entrance from US 247) N34 24.587 W116 43.345 Cougar Buttes Camp N34 29.298 W116 49.454 Cougar Buttes Entrance from Camp Rock Rd. N34 29.950 W116 49.818 Cave/Mine (Between Bell Mtn. & Slash X N34 41.483 W117 07.100 Cave/Mine (Anderson Dry Lake) N34 34.064 W116 43.423 Cave/Mine (Anderson Dry Lake) N34 34.673 W116 40.772 Sand Dunes (East of Soggy Dry Lake) N34 25.434 W116 35.599 Bessimer Mine Rd. (Soggy Dry Lake) N34 28.072 W116 42.640 Wreckage (Lucerne Valley) N34 32.811 W116 40.303 Slash X Bar/Grille N34 45.605 W117 00.607 Sand Track (Cougar Buttes) N34 28.736 W116 49.098 Hodge Road N 34 44.345 W 117 08.065 Dale Evans Parkway N 34 39.120 W 117 13.521 Randsburg (the town itself) N 35 22.098 W 117 39.391 Searles Cutoff Staging (Red Mountain) N35 31.002 W117 39.545 Charlie’s Place (AKA Wagon Wheel,@ Red Mountain/Trona Rd.) N35 34.335 W117 32.939 Husky Monument N 35 13 12 W 117 19 00 El Mirage N 34 37.577 W 117 32.904 Dago N 35 08.347 W 117 51.462 Phelan Ridge Sand Hill 34°22'58.29"N 117°33'23.82"W Hilltop Cafe staging area 34°23'24.57"N 117°34'30.82"W Phelan Play Track 34°23'50.44"N 117°31'11.48"W Rasor Rd. Camp (Were we camp) N35° 5.579' W116° 7.693' Trees N35° 5.423' W116° 7.71' Sand Bowl (Half Pipe) N35° 4.660' W116° 9.318' Gravesite N35° 2.742' W116° 9.891' Desert Megaphone N35° 1.382' W116° 11.904' Outside California City off of 20 Mule Team Rd Campsite N35° 15.709' W117° 49.362' Campsite N35° 15.207' W117° 49.457' Campsite N35° 12.285' W117° 49.079' Campsite N35° 11.332' W117° 52.278' Campsite (By a Huge Water Container) N35° 14.975' W117° 46.777' Copper City Rd. - Near Barstow Camp (Were we camp) N35° 4.277' W116° 59.265' Spider (Halloween Decoration) N35° 9.607' W117° 4.953' Superior Dry Lake Bed N35° 14.937' W117° 1.152' Fossil Canyon N35° 2.757' W117° 6.919' Owl Canyon N35° 1.213' W117° 0.963' Rainbow Basin N35° 2.088' W117° 2.206' So Cal Mountain areas Cajon Pass Staging area (by RR tracks) 34°19'57.57"N 117°28'44.51"W Cleghorn Rd. Staging Area 34°17'58.63"N 117°27'24.05"W Silverwood Lake North Dam Staging Area 34°18'18.54"N 117°18'38.61"W Catcus Flats Staging Area (Big Bear) 34°17'53.29"N 116°47'45.18"W Willow Creek Staging Area (Arrowhead) 34°17'52.08"N 117°12'1.57"W Kennedy Meadows Kennedy Meadows – Fish Creek Overflow Campground N36 03.930 W118 13.417 Kennedy Meadows – General Store N36 01.111 W118 07.417 Kennedy Meadows Turn off from US 395 N35 50.530 W117 52.486 Mammoth / Eastern Sierra Mtns. Glass Creek Campground (Ride from camp) 37°45'6.43"N 118°59'17.59"W Algodones Dunes ( Glamis ) North End The Mythical Water Fountain N 32 49.55 W 114 57.53 Plane Crash Site N 32 52.22 W 115 02.53 Cahuilla Ranger Station (Gecko Road) N 32 58.44 W 115 10.30 Glamis Store N 32 59.76 W 115 04.37 Crazy Craigs (formerly Dirty Bobs) N 32 59.52 W 115 04.10 Wash 10 (shortcut to Boardmanville) N 32 58.81 W 115 02.77 Boardmanville (Tavern/general store N 32 59.14 W 115 02.06 Osborne Overlook N 32 59.01 W 115 07.96 Gecko Road Camp sites: Pad #1: N 32 57.97 W 115 10.23 Pad #2: N 32 57.24 W 115 09.68 Pad #3: N 32 55.92 W 115 08.18 Pad #4: N 32 55.13 W 115 07.28 Keyhole Campground: N 32 54.83 W 115 06.94 Roadrunner Campground: N 32 54.68 W 115 07.01 Gecko Campground: N 32 56.49 W 115 08.40 The Big Hills: Competition Hill: N 32 59.04 W 115 07.66 Oldsmobile Hill: N 32 57.77 W 115 05.96 Brawley Slide: N 32 56.65 W 115 04.82 Lizard Hill: N 32 55.57 W 115 04.04 China Wall: N 32 54.48 W 115 02.19 The Wall: N 32 53.25 W 115 01.47 K-12: N 32 58.66 W 115 07.65 Banshee Point: N 32 57.64 W 115 06.34 Honda Point: N 32.56.65 W 115.05.39 South Dunes, Buttercup and Gordons Well: Patton Valley: N 32 46.83 W 114 56.88 Dune Buggy Flats: N 32 43.10 W 114 56.16 Plank Road Monument: N 32 42.72 W 115 08.14 Midway Well: N 32 42.95 W 114 54.89 Buttercup Comp Hill: N 32 43.82 W 114 52.86 Ocotillo Wells 5 Palms N33 14.953 W116 06.388 426 Adobe Hut N33 15.001 W116 00.997 42 Artisian Well N33 09.997 W115 56.653 105 Blow Sand (Top) N33 09.670 W116 09.391 538 Blu-In N33 07.515 W116 02.661 18 Bus Man N33 15.165 W116 00.713 36 Desert Ironwoods N33 09.027 W116 10.877 346 Gas Dome N33 10.696 W115 56.996 142 Pumpkin Patch N33 13.378 W116 04.101 197 Shell Reef N33 11.368 W116 04.078 306 Phone booth 33 18'5.22"N 116 1'47.46"W Nevada Sand Mountain 39° 17.99 N 118 24.04 W Moon Rocks 39° 50' 44" N 119° 44' 37" W Northwest Washington Juniper Dunes (BLM), Washington N48°21'03.08" W118°56'45.75" Horn Rapids ORV Park, Washington N46°21'03.16" W119°20'48.94" Oregon Morrow County ORV Park N45° 01.3934 W119° 40.6074 http://morrowcountyparks.org/ Winome-Frazier OHV Complex, Oregon N45°09'30.20" W118°38'25.83 Oregon Dunes National Rec Park, Oregon N43°56'19.89" W124°08'03.73" Sand Lake Dunes, Oregon N45°17'14.44" W123°57'30.72" North Central South Central Southeast Northeast Attica Indiana - The Badlands 40 16'20.00 N 87 16'00.00 W Canada Mexico Baja Mission San Fernando 29° 58.25N 115° 15.62W Mission San Vicente Ferrer 31° 19.84N 116° 15.62W Elevation 330 ft/100.6 mts Mission Santo Domingo turn off 30° 44.79N 116° 00.13W Mission San Javier 25° 51.70N 111° 32.62W Elevation 1408 ft/429 mts Waterfall on the Rio Loreto 25° 59.33N 111° 26.01W Mission Nuestra Señora de Loreto 26° 00.60N 111° 20.62W Cabo Pulmo National Park 23° 24.22N 109° 25.36W Great Clamming Beach Bahia Concepcion 26° 32.32N 111° 44.12W Elevation 29 ft/8.9 mts The Cristos Cardon Cataviña area 29° 46.66N 114° 46.89W Bahia Coyote Rock Art 26° 42.51N 111° 54.37W Santa Rosalia Parque Morelos 27° 20.26N 112° 15.93W Mission San Ignacio Kadakaaman 27° 16.90N 112° 53.63W Mission San Borja 28° 44.66N 113° 45.26W El Marmol Onyx Schoolhouse 30° 44.43N 115° 59.67W Punta Gaspareño 23° 00.99N 110° 05.54W 28th Parallel Statue 28° 00.07N 114° 00.82W Cataviña Rock Art 29° 45.12N 114° 44.57W Playa Encinitas, Bahia Concepcion 26° 44.76N 111° 53.69W Hotel California, Todos Santos 23° 26.94N 110° 13.54W Cabo Falso Lighthouse 22° 52.68N 109° 57.70W Tres Virgenes Volcano Vizcaino Biosphere 27° 27.36N 112° 31.69W Elevation 1333 ft/411 mts Tecate Border Crossing 32° 34.53N 116° 37.64W Rancho Santa Teresa Sierra de San Francisco Rock Art 27° 36.77N 113° 04.01W Playa El Gallo, Mulege BS 26° 51.33N 111° 54.58W
The Complete List of Toy Haulers
Updated the list, saw a lot of manufacturers drop toy hauler brands, and condense their listings in the big 3 groups. (Last Update 08/02/2022) --Independent RV Manufacturers Alliance RV: Valor Arizona Dune Sport: Firestorm ATC Trailers: Toy Hauler Carson Trailer: Fun Runner, Rebel, Titan Eclipse RV: Attitude, Stellar, Iconic Featherlite:Toy Haulers Genesis Supreme RV: Toy Hauler Gulf Stream RV: Track & Trail and Wide Open Mirage: Balboa New Horizon: Summit & Majestic Northwood RV: Desert Fox Outdoors RV: Trail Series Play-Mor RV: Sport LX The RV Factory: Luxe & Weekend Warrior Shadow Trailer: Cargo-Racing-Toy Haulers SpceCraft MFG: Full Custom RVs Stealth Trailers: Nomad Sundowner Trailer Corp: Pro-Grade Toy Hauler Sunset Trailers: RUSH Toy Hauler --Forest River Inc. Rockwood RV: Sports (front deck popup) Coachmen RV: Adrenaline, Catalina Trail Blazer & Freedom Express Select Forest River RV Branded: Sandstorm, Shockwave, Stealth, Vengeance, Wolf Pack by Cherokee, Work & Play and XLR Palomino: Puma --Thor Industries Cruiser RV: Stryker DRV Luxury Suite: Full House Dutchmen RV: Voltage Heartland RV: Cyclone, Road Warrior, Torque, Fuel & Gravity Jayco RV: Seismic & Seismic Luxury Series Keystone RV: Fuzion, Raptor, Carbon, Impact, Outback KZ RV: Sportsman, Sportster & Venom --Winnebago Industries Grand Design RV: Momentum Newmar: Canyon Star
Converting my dully to a 10 wheel drive to handle Toyhauler
I have gone where most will no go. I am in the process of adding a 2nd drive axle. I am doing the work myself. As you can tell from the pics. I have came a long ways. I just have the bed work to finish the project. I will be extending the bed & dully fenders to have a full bed. Let me know what you think. The reason I am doing this is to handle the toy hauler better on the road.
Any Mountaineer 347THT Owners?
Picking my 2010 up soon. Plan on putting the Road King in the garage. I am wondering what others who have this model are doing to haul their bikes. Main questions are: How did you outfit it with a chock? Are the tie-down points good enough? Any issues with loading or unloading the bike on the 2 piece ramp? Thanks for sharing any tricks you've learned and anything to watch out for.Feedback from current Dutchman Voltage RV owners
We have a 3200 Dutchman Voltage on order and I was reading their Facebook Page and read some horrible reviews about quality. (Voltage reviews 1&2 under comments)Would current owners please let me know the good and bad of this product. If bad did they take care of the problems. If yours is a 2012 built have they improved quality control? I have a very looooooong PDI list to check rig but concerned about all the issues. ThanksLivinLite VRV Alum. Toyhauler
http://www.livinlite.com/VRV-overview.php EDIT- dropped the bomb and here it is!! Arrived in May '12 Please, i am looking for anyone that may have an opinion and experiences with this manufacturer and their VRV line of toyhaulers. Would like to know of any known durability issues, design flaws, build quality issues, etc.- or if you think they are great :) I have seen 1 of their quicksilver campers and it looked to be of great quality- bit it was brand new, barley used, so no problems have risen yet. We are a family of 3 that love to go dirtbiking, surfing, kayaking, etc. so we need a small toyhauler to carry our toys and camp comfortably in. 1/2ton Tundra towrig. We like to get off the beaten path a bit and also live in the E. Sierras so we see alot of rough dirt roads and snow. Looking at the 8.5x18 Sport. We will add a walk-on roof and and a few other options Like the VRV because it is all alum, lightweight; and somewhat spartan but with all the necessities. It certainly seems a few steps above a nice enclosed hauler. small kitchen, small full bath, heated, insulated, fold out tent queen bed that can be used when your toys are still inside, awning, dexter torsion axles, 6lug 3500lb., etc.. We like it, just want to hear if anyone has an opinion or some bad news about these. Thanks, aaron Mod's Edit: Fixed screen size to prevent side-scrolling.
vrv toyhauler
I am thinking of getting a VRV toyhauler. My total weight with gear,water,propane etc and weight of trailer should be about 6000lbs. I have heard that the tongue weight is about 10 to 15% of total weight. Is this correct? I should mention the the models I am looking at have a tongue weight of 650lbs. Any info would be appreciated. I have dodge 2500 diesel that has a hitch rated for 1200lbs tonge weight. Thanks-Don
