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We have related many times that we are on our third Montana. The current one is a 2014 3850FL Big Sky model that we have had a couple of minor problems with, but as with the other three, we have never regretted the decision to purchase any of them. We traded for floor plan reasons alone. Keep in mind that you will always read about the problems on the forum, not the successes. Bottom line, we are very happy with the current rig and have been happy with the previous ones. With all that said, knowing that these things are mobile houses subjected to all kinds of road conditions, we have always purchased an extended service plan, just in case something major does happen to go wrong. I think in the last eight years, we have had to use the extended service plan once and that was on out original Montana, and then the underlying fault was ours. A flip-flop beneath a slide-out managed to burn up the motor on the hydraulic pump! Our warranty items have been few and far between and each rig went to dealer about two times after purchase for warranty items that were primarily minor things. We have seen good quality, good dealerships and to date have had good success with the manufacturer. That is our story, and with all that said I must add the caveat that we are weekend and vacation campers and on average are in the rig about 40-45 days a year.
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