Richard 34A
Gone Traveling
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by rgrstndgby:
Richard, congtatulations on your detective skills and perseverance. Im impressed, and hope this all comes to a successful conclusion for you. As you might recall from posts I made a couple of weeks ago, I was strongly of the opinion that this MoHo had been dipped, and it looks like it had alot of company. Just eyeballin my W20 Adventurer, it looks like it would take about 6" of water ABOVE the rear axle centerline(center of wheel) to have water begin to enter the axle housing. Anything deeper is only worse. That depth on my Advent. would have water far above the bottom of the storage bins and would surely foul (with silt, grit as well as the water)any open joints in the suspension, and possible the driveline too. I hope they are "up" for a thorough inspection..Again, congrats on your detective skills. I'll have to say tho, I dont see where Winnebago has any esponsibility (I didnt say interest!!) in this. To do so would make them the insurer in this deal, a role im sure they won't assume. BTW, was this salt water?..rgr... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
No, Winnebago probably doesn't have any responsibility at this point, though I'm surprised that both Winnebago and Fleetwood didn't require inspections. Most of the units in the picture were 'new' at the time of the picture, which means that when they sold, they were under warranty. My '05 is still under the chassis warranty through Workhorse; once they found the contaminated differential fluid, they were off the hook for the cost of repairs. Since I didn't own and 'park' the MH there, I sure don't feel like I should have to pay for repairs... the RV store is finally paying for the repair, based on what THEY think is fair and reasonable, ($3k+) while I feel they should have to replace the entire differential as a unit, ($6900) which is what I think is fair... the worse part, of course, is the other 138 units: what's happened to them mechanically over the last year and a half?
Had I been quoted a lesser amount for repairs, I might have paid it. Due to the original $7k quote and no warranty help, it 'inspired' me to find an answer on what had happened to this MH.
The water wasn't salt water; some was a nearby creek over-flow and most was the Petaluma River flooding...
Richard, congtatulations on your detective skills and perseverance. Im impressed, and hope this all comes to a successful conclusion for you. As you might recall from posts I made a couple of weeks ago, I was strongly of the opinion that this MoHo had been dipped, and it looks like it had alot of company. Just eyeballin my W20 Adventurer, it looks like it would take about 6" of water ABOVE the rear axle centerline(center of wheel) to have water begin to enter the axle housing. Anything deeper is only worse. That depth on my Advent. would have water far above the bottom of the storage bins and would surely foul (with silt, grit as well as the water)any open joints in the suspension, and possible the driveline too. I hope they are "up" for a thorough inspection..Again, congrats on your detective skills. I'll have to say tho, I dont see where Winnebago has any esponsibility (I didnt say interest!!) in this. To do so would make them the insurer in this deal, a role im sure they won't assume. BTW, was this salt water?..rgr... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
No, Winnebago probably doesn't have any responsibility at this point, though I'm surprised that both Winnebago and Fleetwood didn't require inspections. Most of the units in the picture were 'new' at the time of the picture, which means that when they sold, they were under warranty. My '05 is still under the chassis warranty through Workhorse; once they found the contaminated differential fluid, they were off the hook for the cost of repairs. Since I didn't own and 'park' the MH there, I sure don't feel like I should have to pay for repairs... the RV store is finally paying for the repair, based on what THEY think is fair and reasonable, ($3k+) while I feel they should have to replace the entire differential as a unit, ($6900) which is what I think is fair... the worse part, of course, is the other 138 units: what's happened to them mechanically over the last year and a half?
Had I been quoted a lesser amount for repairs, I might have paid it. Due to the original $7k quote and no warranty help, it 'inspired' me to find an answer on what had happened to this MH.
The water wasn't salt water; some was a nearby creek over-flow and most was the Petaluma River flooding...