Would you buy forest river again if you had it to do over again?

[wire1946]

some here like the rv .but had some problems with inverter and batterys.dealer is trying to fix the problem

[Bama PrimeTime]

After 6 years with our Surveyor, i can say that i would absolutely buy another Forest River Product again. In fact, We have been looking at the Puma line, but the Solaire has gotten my attention too.

[scottcvp1]

Not sure we would buy another FR. We have had so many issues with our trailer, nothing major, but many "nuisance" items like cabinet hinges frozen to the point of pulling the screw hardware out of the wood, all the screws in the hinges tightened to the point of stripping out the hole, shower stall leaking and little or no support under the shower floor, floor separating under the floor covering leaving a physical "bump", stabilizer jacks so flimsy they could be bent with a pair of vise grips, and they did little to "stabilize" the trailer. Going through the dealership where we bought it resulted in some fixes, and when the issue is taken to FR, no response from them at all. I understand some problems with trailers, and they are usually easy to fix, and our former FR trailer actually had no issues at all, but this one, not the same luck. We love the floor plan, not the problems.

[Lloydg]

Sorry to hear that. What kind of RV do you have and what year?

[scottcvp1]

We have a 2013 Wildwood 25KS that we bought in 2012.

[Weezer]

Originally Posted by bend302

I agree with Herk. I will keep mine until I can't drive it anymore.

That said, I WOULD buy another FR if I were to need one. I know people with Winnebago, Holiday Ramblers, Itasca and Newmar. Every body has problems.

The difference is that Forest River stands behind their product.

Bill

I concur. Why would I trade it in? I plan to keep ours at least until all the QC issues are ironed out, and that's beginning to look like a *long* time. There are folks with many more problems than we have, but sometimes it seems the aggravation factor is outweighing the satisfaction factor. (sigh)

Right now our TT is sitting in the back yard with a cut off cypress stump under the tongue, because I was having nightmares about the faulty jack failing and dropping it on the ground.

Did my every morning walk around Friday and smiled to see that DH had done that. Now I can exhale ....at least until we get it hauled back to the dealer again...for a day/nite shade replacement, the tongue jack, the LP tanks that can't be secured correctly, the very noisy LP regulator, etc. etc.

Oh, and the horribly rusted bolts on the steps....on a 3 month old TT. And yes, I mean 3 months...the dealer had our 2014 unit 3 days before we bought it.

[wire1946]

Inverter fixed and no other problems with are cc 38fl .ordered it the way I wanted it.it looks great .trying to post pics. but can't seam to be able to .any answers on how to post pics of new chevy 3500 and cc 38fl

[wire1946]

I think I just found out how to post pics

[Flying dutchman]

You sure did and the pic's are looking great.

[BigBaron]

Originally Posted by wire1946

I think I just found out how to post pics

Yup, and that's incredible. Five slides? What model is that?

[Flying dutchman]

As he has posted above it is a Cedar Creek 38fl.

[BillyBass]

Look great I like that all the slides are on the driver side

[MarkandSandyNY]

No and never anything from Buffalo RV

[BigBaron]

Originally Posted by Flying dutchman

As he has posted above it is a Cedar Creek 38fl.

Sorry, I couldn't/didn't find it. That's why I asked. It is a monster!

edit: I went back and saw "cc 38fl". I don't know enough about fivers to get that cc is Cedar Creek. Still learning. Thanks.

[wire1946]

Thanks all it's a FL38 over 40 '5 slides 2 a/c units 1 is a heat pump.

[BigBaron]

Originally Posted by MarkandSandyNY

No and never anything from Buffalo RV

Why?

[themounties]

Yes we love our Blue Ridge,had and still have a few little things but would definitely by F.R. again. If for anything this site and meeting folks at Niagara falls is well worth it.

[bob34787]

I have said noway 4 times now!!!!

[Weezer]

(sigh) Been putting off this post, but here goes.....

I previously said yes to this question, but with ours sitting in the back yard with a cypress stump under the tongue (fear of the defective jack failing and slamming it to the ground) I'm beginning to have second thoughts.

See my post above, and there are other problems I posted on a thread under Flagstaffs.

Yeah, it's nice to be able to go to Goshen and get all your issues handled, and have freebies even thrown in, but some of us can't get the time off (and maybe some can't afford the trip) to be able to come away with such good feelings about the brand.

Yeah, I'm sure Goshen costs FR a lot, but look at the hundreds and hundreds of happy campers that come away from there spreading the word about *free* repairs including parts and labor....money can't buy that kind of PR.

Those of us who can't make Goshen have to drag our RVs back to the dealer, then wait weeks and weeks to get it back, *after* we've haggled with the dealers and FR to get poor QC issues resolved....and in our case, on an RV that is only 4 months old.

Sure, some of our issues aren't critical in nature, but if we choose to try to make the repairs ourselves we might find out it voids our warranty.

Just color me discouraged.

[F and E Damp]

Maybe - depends on the condition and the price. We can't afford new and we were lucky with our current MH. It was advertised in our local weekly newspaper and was about 30 miles away.

The folks selling it were the original purchasers and could no longer use it because of medical issues. They had originally funded their purchase with a home equity loan and the asking price was the balance on the loan - about $8K below NADA.

I'm less than enthusiastic about FR's quality around that time. The few things I've had to work on suggest a minimum of engineering and a lot of ad hoc manufacturing - essentially engineering on the fly by the shop-floor guys.

Chances are that this will be our last RV. Expenses are getting steadily worse and the availability of discretionary funds getting less. Our house is 14 years old and various original appliances are giving trouble. In addition to having to replace the RV's fridge earlier this year ($1800 and change), the house kitchen stove went sour a couple of months back ($800 or so to replace) and now the dishwasher has just died (probably another $800). I'm bracing for the 14-year old fridge, furnace and water heater to go south as well!

So, maybe , if we could afford it, we would consider another FR product, but there's not much enthusiasm for it.