Samsonsworld
West Texas
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As I have my check coming from the sale of my 4th trailer, can't wait to go buy new. The issues that some of you exaggerate are ridiculous. Are there lemons...sure. But most issues on new units are pretty small. SMH.
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Pbutler97
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Samsonsworld wrote:As I have my check coming from the sale of my 4th trailer, can't wait to go buy new. The issues that some of you exaggerate are ridiculous. Are there lemons...sure. But most issues on new units are pretty small. SMH.
You're exactly the type of trusting buyer the RV Industry is counting on. Good luck.
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Samsonsworld
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Quality has been questionable for the last 50 years. I can attest to that. It's your nostalgia that floors me.
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Pbutler97
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ktmrfs wrote:
I will admit to one warranty issue. After the first winter the finish on the alloy wheels started to haze and crack. Being anal I asked the dealer if this was covered under warranty. Dealer took pictures, called back about a week later said "come on in and we will put your new wheels on". Keystone replaced the wheels, paid for remounting and balancing the tires no issue.
I bet if you were dealing with Keystone RV today, as opposed to 2011 or 2012, you would have a much different experience.
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ktmrfs
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ReneeG wrote:ktmrfs wrote:dedmiston wrote:A friend at work is moving across the country into a new home. He told our team that their house here is closing soon and that they've already moved most of their stuff out to the new house. They're just waiting for their RV to be delivered and then they're going to take 3-4 weeks to drive coast to coast in their first RV trip.
I didn't have the heart to tell him that they're going to spend the first 2-3 weeks trying to get their brand new pile of junk to some minimally acceptable state and then spend the last week blasting across the interstate to try to get there before they run out of vacation days.
Most new buyers don't realize that it takes about a year to kill all the gremlins in a newly built RV.
Guess we were lucky. We and the salesman did a complete walk through checking everything in the new trailer. Everything from checking the blinds and windows to completely filling the fresh tank, electric and gas HWH, slides, oven, stove you name it. We did find a few minor things they corrected while we went to lunch. The next day we took our daughter and grandkids on a 4 day campout. and many more weeks of camping over the summer and fall. I'd say we spent maybe a day getting "the pile of junk into a minamally acceptable state" In any event other than thing I chose to add, (inverter, replacement for the WFCO charger, and other updates) Year after year, and after a decade we take care of it, but it's been totally reliable and has yet to have gremlins attach it.
Key here is that you bought this over a decade ago.
Have three friends who have bought new trailers in the last 1-2 years. All three did a good walkthrough had a few issues to fix, and have been troublefree. Are there lemons out there? yes, but IMHO the selling dealer is key, find a good one that cares about their customers and does a good predelivery and lots of the problems are fixed before you even take posession. Now finding a good local dealer, that can be a problem.
2011 Keystone Outback 295RE
2004 14' bikehauler with full living quarters
2015.5 Denali 4x4 CC/SB Duramax/Allison
2004.5 Silverado 4x4 CC/SB Duramax/Allison passed on to our Son!
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