I think the market is ripe for a 'disrupter'. Maybe foreign builders need to enter the market to wake up the "Indiana RV Maffia""One West Coast dealer echoed those thoughts. “My greatest fear now is watching the motorized RV industry get toppled,” he...
The easiest place to make more room for stuff is the rear of the trailer. I used a large platform on all my Class C RV. But now with travel trailer, any mass added 'back there' is not just reducing the tongue weight (which could be compensated by rel...
My Forest River Salem has electric 'stabilizer' jacks (pivot, won't work for side/side leveling even IF they were strong enough). And the usual front A frame jack. I do NOT like to drive onto (2x6, lego blocks, curvy plastic thingies, etc). I rather ...
As in our Class C, our habbits/use of grey and black water capacity always creates the problem that the grey tank is FULL quickly, and the black is almost empty. Over the years I always thought but never further looked into the possibility of an 'ove...
We are just a bit short on freshwater for our typical weekend trip.I have a small wheeld 5 gal (or 8?) tank. Even that one is cumbersome to lift up, hold while slowly draining into the campers fresh water tank. Thinking about a larger one, but with a...
Arn wrote:Unfortunately inspection is a lost art. In North American manufacturing there has been a major swing to self inspection. If I do it wrong without realizing it then it goes down the line like that. Owners save money by having a minimal quali...
rjstractor wrote:I'm not sure why Kia and Hyundai were mentioned in the OPs postSimply space holders for any market disruptors, those being the most recent once from the auto industry. Earlier examples where Honda, Toyota. Could be a new player from ...
The current situation:- high demand (so companies get away with PATHETIC quality "proudly made in USA" (big sticker on my Forest River trailer)- workforce shortage (so workers get away with "I don't give a ****" attitued towards quality and craftsman...
Skibane wrote:vtraudt wrote:Only concerned about the increased sway tendency from the added mass so far away from center.Any mass you added to the hitch tongue would tend to counteract the additional mass in the back.At any given instant, any torque ...
penguin149 wrote:Gotta worry about the bounce too.Good point. Whatever is stored back there needs to be secured (vertically as well) and content 'rattle and bounce' proof.
