Ride, rattle and roll......

oscar

Well-known member
As an aside to our shakedown, and for all the prospective owners browsing this very forum, I do have an observation to share.

On our previous camper (another brand travel trailer and we really liked that one too) we had an extensive routine to make sure nothing rattled loose or out of the cabinets while traveling. The sliding pocket door to the aft bunk room tended to jump it's track and was a PITA to get back in. An empty shake and bake bottle jammed in-between it and the entertainment center kept it in place. The forward facing galley cabinet doors needed a small bungee to stay put. There was a boatload of anti skid stuff in the cabinets to keep all the plates. glasses and cups in place. And so on and so forth, most learned the hard way. And even then, sometimes there would be surprises. The biggest one, which lead to another change in SOP was the paper towel roll (mounted horizontally under a cabinet on the lateral axis) COMPLETELY unrolling itself.....Henceforth it rode in the sink with a bunch of other stuff.

On the 4100 I see NO evidence of this. Now, we don't tempt faith so we still take all the artwork off the wall, and take the nick nacks off the shelves, etc etc but I can tell from the way things inside the cabinets are after driving 600 or 1000 miles that there is a LOT less shaking rattling and rolling going on.

This is good, and a pleasant surprise. I suspect that the upgraded "spring connectors" the proper name escapes me right now, have something to do with that, but again, a definite upgrade in QOL. (that's quality of life.....:cool:)
 

Ray LeTourneau

Senior Member - Past Moderator
Oscar, Thanks for the report. We've had a few times when we've forgotten to put away an item and arrive at our destination to find it right where we left it. Coffee pot, toaster...
 

Lynn1130

Well-known member
There are a couple of strips of US 54 through Texas and Oklahoma that test the placement of every item in the trailer with every trip and most everything seems to stay where it was placed. I have been happy with the stability of the trailer. I wish OK would take some of that speed trap money they get and repair the roads. Nope they have not got me. I stay at the speed limit but I watched some guy in a class A get nailed at about 80.
 
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FiremanBill

Well-known member
There are a couple of strips of US 54 through Texas and Oklahoma that test the placement of every item in the trailer with every trip and most everything seems to stay where it was placed. I have been happy with the stability of the trailer. I wish OK would take some of that speed trap money they get and repair the roads. Nope the have not got me. I stay at the speed limit but I watched some guy in a class A get nailed at about 80.

I-95 through the Carolina's will teach you a few lessons too!

I had a tool box hard mounted (welded) to the rear frame of an old TT I used to have and that stretch of road broke 2 of the welds and I had that box dragging the highway behind me.:eek:
 
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