Big Bad Allis
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Love our Montana Mountaineer 356TBF
Devinh2 said:Thanks everyone for the comments. I know the layout I want, so that has helped narrow some things down. Still looking hard at Montana's and Solitudes!! Made the mistake of looking into DRV's. Man those are nice, but harsh on the wallet!!
8Muddypaws said:Heartland builds a nice looking RV and lots of people look no deeper than that. The biggest RV dealer in my area is one of the biggest HL dealers around. SeeGrins RV in Gilroy, Ca.
It was not a fridge fire. HL and the lawyers tried every angle they could to pin it on the refer. The Fire Marshall said the fire started 'near' the waterheater. Not in the water heater, just near it. That would seem to point to an installation error wouldn't it? Incidentally, nothing in the RV was on. But it was plugged in to maintain the batteries. If my sister in law hadn't had to pee in the middle of the night they could have been trapped in a burning house. If it had happened a day later that would have been on their way to India on their honeymoon.
The stuff you're looking for, ie blaming the supplier, just ain't happening. They use the same suppliers as everyone else and other than the crappy Jensen DVD/sound system stuck on the wall near the TV everything else has been reliable. It's been replaced twice that I know of.
My brother in law, the one who lost his house, is on his third Heartland.
Muddypaws8,
Can you tell me what kind, year and model of HL FW your brother-in-law had and when it caught on fire. Our HL FW also caught on fire in the middle of the night. Hope to hear back from you. Thanks.