birdistheword
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Hi everyone. My wife and I have our first ever trailer, 2012 Big Country 38' 5th wheel. We were very excited when we first got it and now we wonder if we made a mistake buying something from Heartland.
The longer we have it, the more we find wrong and the more I have to fix. Easy at first, a screen would fall out here and there, pantry shelves were falling down when in motion, loose locks, little things. Until I discovered the water leaks (now I read here about all the problems I'm in for, great).
I took it in to the dealer on the 1st leak in the basement (under warranty at La Mesa RV), They said they pressure tested it and found no leaks. This is a total crock on their part. Leaked worse the next time we took it out. I will never go back there again. I still have 5 months left on my warranty.
I tracked it down to loose connections behind the shower valves. I thought we were out of the woods but no, the basement was still wet. I won't trust La Mesa RV ever again so I pulled the wall off myself and found 4 more connections not even hand tightened. Still not out of the woods, the "T" connections are leaking (seeping). Not sure where to go with this one. Clamps on plastic pipes are stainless and hard to remove to replace. But do I want to use those again?
I'm a pretty handy guy and I guess I'm in for a total piping makeover in the basement. I saw a post where someone had already did this and cannot find it, they posted 4 pictures and I would like to see them again so I can get some ideas. Any help there would be appreciated.
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I want us to be excited about our trailer but this really puts a damper on it. It shouldn't be this way.
Thank you all, I have much to learn.
Joe and Sherry
The longer we have it, the more we find wrong and the more I have to fix. Easy at first, a screen would fall out here and there, pantry shelves were falling down when in motion, loose locks, little things. Until I discovered the water leaks (now I read here about all the problems I'm in for, great).
I took it in to the dealer on the 1st leak in the basement (under warranty at La Mesa RV), They said they pressure tested it and found no leaks. This is a total crock on their part. Leaked worse the next time we took it out. I will never go back there again. I still have 5 months left on my warranty.
I tracked it down to loose connections behind the shower valves. I thought we were out of the woods but no, the basement was still wet. I won't trust La Mesa RV ever again so I pulled the wall off myself and found 4 more connections not even hand tightened. Still not out of the woods, the "T" connections are leaking (seeping). Not sure where to go with this one. Clamps on plastic pipes are stainless and hard to remove to replace. But do I want to use those again?
I'm a pretty handy guy and I guess I'm in for a total piping makeover in the basement. I saw a post where someone had already did this and cannot find it, they posted 4 pictures and I would like to see them again so I can get some ideas. Any help there would be appreciated.
** DELETED ** Heartland Bashing - against forum rules - jbeletti
I want us to be excited about our trailer but this really puts a damper on it. It shouldn't be this way.
Thank you all, I have much to learn.
Joe and Sherry
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