JediRocker
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- May 21, 2009
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While our KZ Sportsman Lite bumper pull has brought my family many fun experiences, it is an ongoing repair project. For example, last month, while camping, the kids were sitting at the dining table eating when the bench seat collapsed. Discovered the thick horizontal support trim had been stapled (by the mfr) to the vertical support...only a small portion of each staple was left for the vertical support. The list is long of repairs I've had to make over the years. But the final blow occurred this past weekend when the camper was hit with softball sized hail in a storm that produced a tornado 20 min earlier (we store it uncovered).
As I walked around the storage facility and examined the other uncovered RVs, I discovered there were 3 types:
1) ones with aluminum/metal siding beaten to heck, and broken windows (mine falls in this category)
2) ones with fiberglass siding barely damaged, and broken windows
3) ones with fiberglass siding barely damaged, and NO broken windows (thicker glass?)
In addition to the damaged siding and windows on our TT, the roof support wood is soft, indicating water damage. Based on the assessment from the storage facility repair service guy, the cost to repair my trailer exceeds the value of the trailer. I meet with the insurance adjuster tomorrow and expect the same assessment.
My next travel trailer purchase will have to be fiberglass siding. But here's where I need suggestions. What manufacturers use:
- higher quality windows that don't shatter so easily
- higher quality cabinetry
- metal/brass faucet fixtures (had to replace all of mine due to cheap plastic fixtures breaking and leaking)
- higher quality electric breaker/supply (our breakers pop a lot)
- bathroom/shower big enough for a 6' adult to fit in
Thanks in advance.
You can view the hail damage here:
http://www.visualuniverse.org/tmp/rv/1.jpg
http://www.visualuniverse.org/tmp/rv/2.jpg
-PJ
As I walked around the storage facility and examined the other uncovered RVs, I discovered there were 3 types:
1) ones with aluminum/metal siding beaten to heck, and broken windows (mine falls in this category)
2) ones with fiberglass siding barely damaged, and broken windows
3) ones with fiberglass siding barely damaged, and NO broken windows (thicker glass?)
In addition to the damaged siding and windows on our TT, the roof support wood is soft, indicating water damage. Based on the assessment from the storage facility repair service guy, the cost to repair my trailer exceeds the value of the trailer. I meet with the insurance adjuster tomorrow and expect the same assessment.
My next travel trailer purchase will have to be fiberglass siding. But here's where I need suggestions. What manufacturers use:
- higher quality windows that don't shatter so easily
- higher quality cabinetry
- metal/brass faucet fixtures (had to replace all of mine due to cheap plastic fixtures breaking and leaking)
- higher quality electric breaker/supply (our breakers pop a lot)
- bathroom/shower big enough for a 6' adult to fit in
Thanks in advance.
You can view the hail damage here:
http://www.visualuniverse.org/tmp/rv/1.jpg
http://www.visualuniverse.org/tmp/rv/2.jpg
-PJ