Thread: 2009 Wildcat 30LSBS By Forest River

nothing annoys me more than all these retail places that promise the moon and deliver a..........peanut. Sorry to hear that story...I feel your pain....

I have a 2009 Forrest River Puma 26RLSS. I have kept anything that might need fixing, fixed. They cost way more than you get. The camper has more than paid for itself in going on 6 years. I spend 4 to 5 months a year in it. That said, I would not buy a Forrest River trailer again either. Too many little nit picking things that wasn't done right at the factory. Their quality control sucks.

Glad to see this post was looking at on of their 5th wheels

Hate to hear of your problems. When I retired we sold our house, put our furniture in storage and traveled and lived full time in our motorhome for 5 years before building a new home and retiring from RV travel. You learn to expect and deal with all kinds of issues in this lifestyle and I found this website to be very valuable in dealing with issues that cropped up. We were very fortunate that our Winnebago Adventurer never once left us stranded in those 5 years, but we did have some maintenance issues to come up. It was rare that I could not find someone who had already dealt with the issue and posted their experience.
I call this the CDC for Rving. iRV2 Forums

Hope it helps those of you in the RV life as much as it did me.

I'm on my 4th rv. 3rd 5th wheel. All have problems. I keep mine in a building when not using and that helps, but my 3rd was a Fleetwood product and it stayed with something broke. I had good luck with the 2nd and it was a forest river Cardinal. Anyway good luck , they are worse than boats to maintain.

I've owned RVs for 40 years and had trouble with all of them; however some was much worse than others. I had a Pilgrim by Forest River and it was the worst. I had to take it back to the factory for repairs and still had major problems; they wound up replacing it. The best I've ever owned is our current fifth wheel; it's a Suite by DRV. We've some minor problems with it and the factory was quick to make corrections. I feel your pain Randy......

Best one I ever own was a KZ. Small family owned company that took care of their customers. Seems all RVs age out when they get about seven years old. Trade them or sell them at that age before they become a money pit.

I have a friend that owns one of the largest RV dealerships in the south. I once asked him if he was to buy a RV which brand would he buy. He laughed and said he wouldn't own one. He said it is cheaper to stay in a cabin or hotel and have room service than owning and maintaining an RV.