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03-04-2017, 01:34 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Syracuse
Posts: 2
M.O.C. #19499
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lippert frame on montanas
Greetings I am a new member and I could use some info on how to tell if I have a lippert frame on my trailer (2010 3615RE), my friends were coming from AZ and their 07 34 ft mountaineer had some welds fail on the frame, they had to leave it about 100 miles from home.
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03-04-2017, 04:34 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Harford
Posts: 948
M.O.C. #7122
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I do believe all Montana frames come from Lippert.
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03-04-2017, 05:03 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Grand Rapids
Posts: 1,896
M.O.C. #9561
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your frame is lippert, is there a question about your trailer and the frame?
the major issue about the frame is the front end breaking welds....lots of money in repairs, if you can even find someone to do it.
if your caulking on your side walls where the front meet the sides is not pulling apart/moving when putting on and off trailer then you have a good front end.
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03-04-2017, 05:36 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Syracuse
Posts: 2
M.O.C. #19499
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Thanks for the heads up mazboy, my rig is covered in a lot so I have not looked it over, however when I covered it I gave it a good look and there was nothing obvious. my friends just had their problem 2 days ago.
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03-04-2017, 06:59 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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Lippert makes a lot of frames for several manufacturers. I think the % of failed welds is small in relation to the number of Lippert frames...unless it is your frame.
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03-04-2017, 09:22 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Box Elder
Posts: 4,737
M.O.C. #12947
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We had a frame failure last year, welds failed and that caused a major structural component break completely in two. We also had numerous cracks in the frame where the pin box bolts to the frame. We were extremely fortunate to locate a mobile RV repair guy who is also a welder, and after the better part of the day, had us put back together. I don't think it is so much the frame being too weak, but more due to the roads we are traveling on that tears up our rigs. Sure, they can build these frames a lot stronger, but every bit of extra steel they weld to these frames is that much more weight we have to pull down the road. Our rig had almost 40,000 miles on it when it failed, but is still good after those repairs were made last year.
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Bob & Becky
2012 3402RL
2012 Chevy 2500HD D/A CC 4WD
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03-05-2017, 07:09 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Lake Gaston
Posts: 8,773
M.O.C. #12156
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Montana uses only lippert as do most other manufacturers. We have had Montana units (4) since 2002. No issues
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03-05-2017, 07:14 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Salem
Posts: 7,597
M.O.C. #2283
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richfaa
Lippert makes a lot of frames for several manufacturers. I think the % of failed welds is small in relation to the number of Lippert frames...unless it is your frame.
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That's exactly what I tell the guys in the shop. If we make let's say a thousand of a particular product with one bad one in the lot that is 1/10 of one percent but it is 100% to the person that gets it.
Lynwood
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03-05-2017, 07:16 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Arroyo City
Posts: 3,110
M.O.C. #13395
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Only a few high end manufacturers build their frames, most use LCI
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03-05-2017, 08:21 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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We invested lot of $$ in a attempt to ease the stress on the front of the Montana
Morryde IS suspension and the bedsaver BD 3 hitch. That is over 3K $$.We do put a lot of miles on the RV and there are a lot bad roads in the USA.
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