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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
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Topic: Forest River Build Quality Posted: 09 Oct 2023 at 2:13pm |
Can't complain too much about our FR Sonoma. There is some of the usual sloppy work that I've fixed, but the basic trailer, after almost 4 years of use, it's still doing fine. I think one of the benefits of this trailer is the I-beam frame and a leaf spring mounted axle directly under the frame instead of a box tube structure with the cantilevered torsion axle. Also, the lack of a slide out, though inconvenient, does not stress the frame and axle as has been the case with many rPods.
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poohbill
Groupie Joined: 22 Aug 2019 Location: Idaho Online Status: Offline Posts: 87 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Oct 2023 at 2:39pm |
This all makes sense to me. High strength in lightweight materials is expensive, period. My pod buddy only has his 176 two years before he traded it in on a Micro Minnie that he was showing the last trip up a long, rough, Forest road. It had twin axles, a beefier frame, heavier cabinetry, etc., but at almost double the weight, his TV was not happy on a couple rises in the road.
But the trailer shrugged off the trip up and presented well in camp, while we lost parts on the road up and just put a thousand into repairs before bedding for the season. The larger slide-out on the 179 hasn't given us problems but it does look a likely source of future expense.
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