As much as we love our perfect little T@B trailer… to be honest, it’s not exactly perfect.
Window Scratches
The first thing we noticed shortly after we got it home, were the scratches on all the windows. My assumption is that during the ‘detailing’ job at the dealership, they weren’t sufficiently soaked to get rid of the winter dirt before rubbing commenced.
Disappearing Trim
Shortly after arriving at Maryhill State Park (our 2nd day out on the road with the T@B) we were chatting with a few folks about the T@B and one of them pointed out the fact that we had no trim on the left side of the T@B at the back…. which explained why there were a ton of black marks on the back of the trailer (exceedingly difficult to remove, BTW) and perhaps the reason that other drivers were staying unusually far behind us on the highway.
As much as ‘whipping trim’ might be considered a beneficial feature, I guess we’ll find just how well T@B’s warranty program works.
UPDATE – May 24, 2009: Just talked to Maureen, the warranty lady at Valley RV in Westbank and she advises me that Dutchmen (T@B’s manufacturer), is ‘having trouble’ accepting my photograph of the missing trim and did I still have the trim? Uh, NO… it FLEW off in transit. She also expressed surprise at the problem – never having heard of this happening before – uh, if you bother to read T@B owners comments online, they’d KNOW that this isn’t the first case of disappearing trim. Furthermore, she didn’t even bother to mention the windows.
HELLO? Look left, look right, look left, look right. See the difference?
Argh.
Anyway, now they’re sending their own ‘specialist’ over to take pictures.
Will keep you posted.
It looks good to George and me! We were your neighbors at High Country RV Park in Whitehorse. Safe travels to Watson Lake and back home. We are headed to Watson Lake on Monday and then down the Cassier Highway.
Jaimie Hall Bruzenak
http://blog.rvlifesytleexperts.com
Hi Jaimie,
Thanks kindly for stopping by! Hope your trip down the Cassiar was absolutely spectacular and didn’t pose anymore wheel (or tire) troubles. Also hope you didn’t get the rain that we had from Liard south to P.G. Kind of nixxed the plans for an extended stay at Muncho. Oh well. Home is nice too. 🙂
Cheers,
Rosalind
Hi Rosalind. I enjoyed your write-up of your T@b trailer experiences. What was the outcome of the missing trim and scratched window experiences?
Hi George,
Thanks for stopping by and yes, sorry, I said I was going to provide an update about the T@B snags.
The manufacturer didn’t accept my photos, so they sent someone by to take their own photos (lesser quality than mine I will add). After those were submitted, they agreed to replace the windows and trim. Took several weeks to order and come in, but they were finally replaced.
Thanks for asking!
Cheers,
Ros