Monty, keep,all receipts if you have to,get,the unit either to or from the factory if that is what happens. They will probably pay for those plus.

 

Thanks Dave. I have a feeling I'm going to get very irritated at my dealer in a little while.

 

Dang Monty. I hope this goes as well as possible!

 

Monty...I hope they get you fixed up right! That would be very frustrating. That is not an area you want to have issues with on a trailer! Good luck buddy!

 

I sent Monty's video to my buddy who runs XLR first thing this AM. He's been in the business for a long time and I'm fairly certain, has seen it all. He got right back to me and said, while he can't be 100% certain from the little he can see in the video, it looks to me more of a wall issue than a frame issue. He said the frame and RV as a whole is designed to flex or else it would break. What he was seeing in the picture is the wall and fiberglass separating from the aluminum tubing it's attached to as the RV flexes. He said if that is indeed the case, it's an easy fix if addressed quickly. Again, he couldn't be 100% sure from the short video but said he's seen this happen on his and many other brands and it sure is what the video looks like. Let's hope for Monty's sake, he's right.

 

I hope for Monty this is all it is.

 

I just back from the dealer and made an appointment to drop it off tomorrow. The general manager said he was almost certain that it is in the joint where the drop frame cage is welded to the Lippert frame. I've never noticed, but he said that all drop frame campers have a vertical relief cut made in the side wall underneath the bed slide. So I went out to the lot and every one of the drop frames on the lot did have this cut with a piece of trim covering the cut. It's the only cut in the side wall of the camper like that. He also said that Lippert supplies the frame only, but the drop frame cages are supplied by the manufacturer of the camper, not Lippert. Not sure about that one either, but we'll see. He said that seam, the vertical one in the pic, is a tell tell sign when that weld breaks. Who knows. The service manager was off and I will talk to him in the morning.

 

Behave Monty.......No shooting anyone......

 

You just have to suck the fun out of everything, don't you Roy?

 

I don't want to have to visit Monty in Jail........

 

maybe Monty & his bride are having too much fun on the workbench

 

That is IT........

Now I know what I was always hearing late at night...........

 

Good luck on the repair. I hated unloading everything when we took ours in for repairs.

 

Well, I'm back from the dealer. Service manager said no need in him keeping the rig at the dealership as he can do nothing with it. They are calling Keystone/Montana to see what they recommend. More than likely it will have to go back to the factory. Then he warned me it may take several weeks to months to get it back. That last statement DID NOT see well with me. So, now a waiting game. I think I am going to email my factory rep and see where that gets me.

 

I would do the same. Since the unit is so new, maybe they can replace it or expedite the repairs.