What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[ultrarunner]

I wonder if quality varies?

Don’t have much RV experience outside of Class C and 5th Wheels…

Both really had no issues and my brother called one home for 10 years… the Alfa Gold 5th wheel circa 1980 he bought when it was a year old.

I fooled around with a live aboard sailboat circa 1967 and was impressed just how well it was constructed… from the 2000 pounds of lead in the keel to the fuel tank made of monel…

 

[Eagle1]

I wonder if quality varies?

Don’t have much RV experience outside of Class C and 5th Wheels…

Both really had no issues and my brother called one home for 10 years… the Alfa Gold 5th wheel circa 1980 he bought when it was a year old.

I fooled around with a live aboard sailboat circa 1967 and was impressed just how well it was constructed… from the 2000 pounds of lead in the keel to the fuel tank made of monel…

It does vary but trending to worse every year on all levels. Stuff in 500K+ units is fancier but the are often not much better behind the curtains. Most are designed for a 5-6 year life, so not bad for the first 10 maybe. I sure don't miss them.

 

[mrmikey]

You want to hear horror stories, watch a few of this channels stories. Liz Amazing

 

[gstrom99]

Better than many RVs, paneling and veneers hide a lot of evils.

Do they build 'em out of stapled together 2x2"s?

 

[Eagle1]

Do they build 'em out of stapled together 2x2"s?

Here is one factory, plenty more vids on line...

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

My Grandfather had motor homes and I traveled a lot with grandparents. He always bought new and from the "factory". I couldn't believe how they were made. One had 3/8" rubber fuel line everywhere, gas tanks to pumps & carburetor and before a long trip he asked a local garage to replace everything with metal lines. They convinced him everything would be fine. The RV caught fire and burned to the ground in Pennsylvania.

 

[WinterDeere]

My Grandfather had motor homes and I traveled a lot with grandparents. He always bought new and from the "factory". I couldn't believe how they were made. One had 3/8" rubber fuel line everywhere, gas tanks to pumps & carburetor and before a long trip he asked a local garage to replace everything with metal lines. They convinced him everything would be fine. The RV caught fire and burned to the ground in Pennsylvania.

I know very little about RV's, never owned one. But I'd be awful leery of sleeping in anything with 40 gallons of gasoline stored beneath me, and questionable wiring throughout.

I assume most today must be diesel? With all of today's safety regulation, it's almost hard to believe they're even allowed to put gasoline engines in RV's, anymore.

I grew up on and around boats, and watching gasoline boats eplode at the marina was not a completely uncommon experience. Never saw a diesel boat explode, but I do remember a fire occurring on one large diesel party boat I was on, safely extinguished.

 

[Sprinkler Fitter]

I know very little about RV's, never owned one. But I'd be awful leery of sleeping in anything with 40 gallons of gasoline stored beneath me, and questionable wiring throughout.

I assume most today must be diesel? With all of today's safety regulation, it's almost hard to believe they're even allowed to put gasoline engines in RV's, anymore.

I grew up on and around boats, and watching gasoline boats eplode at the marina was not a completely uncommon experience. Never saw a diesel boat explode, but I do remember a fire occurring on one large diesel party boat I was on, safely extinguished.

It happens.

Boat catches fire in Prescott, Wis.; multiple people hospitalized following explosion

A video was shared with 5 EYEWTINESS NEWS showing massive amounts of smoke coming from the boat on fire.

kstp.com

 

[WinterDeere]

It happens.

Boat catches fire in Prescott, Wis.; multiple people hospitalized following explosion

A video was shared with 5 EYEWTINESS NEWS showing massive amounts of smoke coming from the boat on fire.

kstp.com

Article didn't name diesel, so I'd assume it was a gasser.

Most boats were inboard or I/O when I was growing up. Engine in an enclosed compartment, either at back of boat or under the floor. Any fuel leak would lead to fumes trapped in that space, and they'd tend to go "boom" when starting them after they'd been sitting unused and building up fumes.

All had blowers, since at least the 1950's, to evacuate any fumes from the engine bay. You were supposed to run the blower for a prescribed time (usually 60 or 120 seconds, but some as long as 5 minutes), before starting the engine, but many would short-cut the process and fire up before the blower had run long enough.

Diesel boats (and RV's) may catch fire, but they don't seem to have the same proclivity for turning themselves into a bomb, as the gassers.

 

[BnRidge]

The RVs from the 40s were masterpieces. Like ships and yachts of the day. But sales demanded fast cheap and easy. I recently restored a 58 shasta (gutted and remanufactured actually). By that time there were so many look alikes, and so many manufacturers that they soon became a study in fast cheap and easy. My scrapped out reproduction would never sell. Too fancy, too small, too high priced.