Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
I just returned home from a trip to WV towing my son-in-law's 28' enclosed race trailer loaded with things they wanted moved and want to share my experience and opinion of Forest River cargo trailers.
The trailer is a pos fancy Forest River race trailer with all the bells and whistles. It has fluorescent lighting, roof air, work bench and cabinets across the front, and torsion arm suspension. It is a cheaply built pile of crap. It is a 2009 or 2010 model trailer and has been towed very little.
The entry door, generator compartment door, and latches are cheaply made and poor fitting. The lock sets are the cheapest, poorest quality junk I've ever seen.
The first morning out, less than 200 miles from home I pulled into a toll booth on the Okie Turnpike south of Lawton, OK and the toll taker told me a door was open. I looked back in my driver's outside mirror to see that when I stopped at the booth the generator compartment door swung open. It was closed at highway speed against the airflow. I pulled over after paying the toll to check it and discovered the door latch had fallen apart. I made the entire trip using repeated applications of duct tape to secure the door.
Yesterday, crossing Arkansas on I-40 and I-30 expansion strips pounded the trailer pretty hard. When I pulled into a motel at Texarkana last night and walked around the truck and trailer I found the spare tire mounting post on the tongue leaning forward against the tongue jack. The poor welds on the mounting post had failed allowing the weight of the tire and wheel to pull the post forward using the front edge weld as a hinge. It was only luck that kept the entire wheel, tire, and mounting post from separating and falling under the trailer. It would have taken out at least one of the torsion axles and wheels and the floor of the trailer if it had completely separated while I was running 65 mph on the interstate. I pushed and pulled the spare tire and wheel back and forth twice and the rest of the weld snapped off freeing the entire mount. I stored it in the trailer.
If anyone is considering an enclosed car hauler/cargo/race trailer I would recommend against buying a Forest River product. Cheaply made JUNK!<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <!-- / message --><!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: ad_showthread_firstpost_sig --><!-- END TEMPLATE: ad_showthread_firstpost_sig --><!-- sig -->
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The trailer is a pos fancy Forest River race trailer with all the bells and whistles. It has fluorescent lighting, roof air, work bench and cabinets across the front, and torsion arm suspension. It is a cheaply built pile of crap. It is a 2009 or 2010 model trailer and has been towed very little.
The entry door, generator compartment door, and latches are cheaply made and poor fitting. The lock sets are the cheapest, poorest quality junk I've ever seen.
The first morning out, less than 200 miles from home I pulled into a toll booth on the Okie Turnpike south of Lawton, OK and the toll taker told me a door was open. I looked back in my driver's outside mirror to see that when I stopped at the booth the generator compartment door swung open. It was closed at highway speed against the airflow. I pulled over after paying the toll to check it and discovered the door latch had fallen apart. I made the entire trip using repeated applications of duct tape to secure the door.
Yesterday, crossing Arkansas on I-40 and I-30 expansion strips pounded the trailer pretty hard. When I pulled into a motel at Texarkana last night and walked around the truck and trailer I found the spare tire mounting post on the tongue leaning forward against the tongue jack. The poor welds on the mounting post had failed allowing the weight of the tire and wheel to pull the post forward using the front edge weld as a hinge. It was only luck that kept the entire wheel, tire, and mounting post from separating and falling under the trailer. It would have taken out at least one of the torsion axles and wheels and the floor of the trailer if it had completely separated while I was running 65 mph on the interstate. I pushed and pulled the spare tire and wheel back and forth twice and the rest of the weld snapped off freeing the entire mount. I stored it in the trailer.
If anyone is considering an enclosed car hauler/cargo/race trailer I would recommend against buying a Forest River product. Cheaply made JUNK!<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <!-- / message --><!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: ad_showthread_firstpost_sig --><!-- END TEMPLATE: ad_showthread_firstpost_sig --><!-- sig -->
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