There are a few messages elsewhere here about trim pieces loosening or falling off completely. Most have been focused on the trim and valance panels around the windows.
Our trailer has about 8,000 miles on it, virtually all of that on Canadian and American highways (we don't boondock dragging it around off-road, or much on roads any rougher than the highways are).
All but three of the side trim pieces on the windows have either fallen off or become wobbly-loose and had to be re-attached before they fell off. Two of the remaining three are loose and need attention, but the attention is going to require removing the trim around the adjacent window to properly nail the loose trim... a whole lotta work!
After completing an all-highway trip yesterday the large trim board across the top of the dining slide was VERY close to falling off completely. The board had pulled out most of its pin-nails and was drooping an inch or two down towards the front end, seemingly held up by the large decorative trim block in the center of the slide and a few remaining pins. If it had let go it would have crashed onto the dining table or the kitchen counter and then bounced around doing who knows-what damage to the hutch cabinet, wall, floor, etc.
Good grief! Grand Design *really* needs to re-think the use of the pin-nailer. A recent assertion that they've made a small change to the pin nail they've been using doesn't provide much comfort, especially to customers experiencing these problems.
GD is saving itself time and work in securely and properly attaching trim by off-loading that work onto their customers some time after the sale. It doesn't warm the customers' hearts to Grand Design.
Our trailer has about 8,000 miles on it, virtually all of that on Canadian and American highways (we don't boondock dragging it around off-road, or much on roads any rougher than the highways are).
All but three of the side trim pieces on the windows have either fallen off or become wobbly-loose and had to be re-attached before they fell off. Two of the remaining three are loose and need attention, but the attention is going to require removing the trim around the adjacent window to properly nail the loose trim... a whole lotta work!
After completing an all-highway trip yesterday the large trim board across the top of the dining slide was VERY close to falling off completely. The board had pulled out most of its pin-nails and was drooping an inch or two down towards the front end, seemingly held up by the large decorative trim block in the center of the slide and a few remaining pins. If it had let go it would have crashed onto the dining table or the kitchen counter and then bounced around doing who knows-what damage to the hutch cabinet, wall, floor, etc.
Good grief! Grand Design *really* needs to re-think the use of the pin-nailer. A recent assertion that they've made a small change to the pin nail they've been using doesn't provide much comfort, especially to customers experiencing these problems.
GD is saving itself time and work in securely and properly attaching trim by off-loading that work onto their customers some time after the sale. It doesn't warm the customers' hearts to Grand Design.
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