Re: Re: Just Take a Camper and Go ...

October 17, 2006

Barb,

I am sure different campers have different degrees of integrity. My

typical poor judgment and fate could have just dealt me a horrible

blow. Even though my camper (actually 28' travel trailer) was brand

new! Looking at competing models, they all have the same low cost

manufacturing methods and materials that make them very very very very

prone to water damage and the mold that follows. Sometimes so much so

that they can't even get them off of the showroom floor before this

happens.

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It's possible some campers with different designs fare better.

Especially smaller ones that have less to go wrong with, and the

higher end ones where the consumer demands quality. Maybe the popup

types that are hybrid, tent on the top and trailer on the bottom. Some

of the smaller very basic ones have actual solid roofs and not that

cheap rubber membrane roof which is suicide for a moldie. The box type

trailer that telescopes down to a 4' high box so that when your in

transit it's aerodynamic might be viable. Conversion vans, truck

campers might be viable.

I still think the airstreams might work well because they are built

so well. It's not unheard of for 30 40 year old trailers to have never

sprung a leak. Although I did read a post on an airstream group where

one did it right out of the box. Needless to say the owner was not to

happy.

Trailers with the type of construction mine have are built for

failure. The supervisor said no big deal just fix the leak and your

good to go. " We only stand behind our product for 90 days " " You need

to strip the self leveling caulk every 90 days and replace it " They

have no comprehension of what that moisture damage does to someone

trying to escape mold. And maybe this is ok for the typical consumer

with no sensitivities.

The fundamental idea this Dr had was for the patient to get out of

their environment and into a safer one. He probably just assumed a

camper would be safer. And everything worked out well for the patient.

I just am here to say that might not away's be the case and one should

use extreme caution when treading these waters.

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>I forgot to mention doctor who said to take a camper and go,

>recommendation was for 'a month' incidentally. Patient improved

>also. He didn't say live in a camper forever, but that was just him.

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