Fleetwood Triumph 5th wheel fiberglass crack

[Paul R. Haller]

I have a Fleetwood Triumph quad slide 365 BSQS 5th wheel trailer. The outside fiberglass has cracked from the bedroom slide lower forward corner to the aluminum wrap under the 5er overhang. It has opened up perhaps 3/8 of an inch. I checked the frame underneath and see no failures or cracks in the steel frame but can only assume it's from the frame flexing while it's being pulled. With Fleetwood out of the trailer business where do I take it to have it looked at? Yes, it appears to have a Lippert frame.
-Paul R. Haller-

[joneldbrat]

I had the same issue on my 1997 Cardinal 36 foot triple slide by Forest River. After they lied to me while it was at the factory for several other issues and said there were no problems. One of the employee’s said let me show you on one that is being built what we had to do to yours. The whole front over hang had to be braced and welded. Plus they had to take the bedroom slide out, take the wall apart, remove the aluminum frame around the slide and replaced it with wood. They said that there was to much flex in the 2x2 aluminum frame causing the cracks. My understanding at the time was that Forrest River was not the only manufacturer that had this problem. A lot of the work that was done on mine was done at Total RV Repair in Elkhart, IN. I was not completely satisfied with there honesty about what they said they had done and really had not. But maybe things have changed in 12 years. Good Luck it is not a quick fix.