Wife, kids and I went to pick a used 2000 Sandpiper 30' bunkhouse fifth-wheel that we are buying. As we pull in the parking lot our camper in sitting with the nose way down, landing gear bottomed out. A bunch of people gathered around with a panic in there eyes. The salesman was pulling the camper out the lot for us to pick up with a tractor that has a fifth wheel hitch on it and it came unhooked and fell to the ground. Of course it sheared the pins that hold the landing gear in place. They have to bring a floor jack out to jack up the camper enough to get the hitch back under it. They pull it back to the shop and put some new pins in it. After I argue with salesman about how the feet are not supposed to be bent like that they take them off and pound them back into shape. The salesman then says he's got to go and say's thanks as he's heading out. I insist that he lets me look the camper over to be sure nothing was damaged, he's a little peeved but unlocks it for me and he leaves. After looking around inside and finding no damage I looked under the front ,inside the front storage area where the landing gear are attached to the frame and find a busted weld that holds it to the frame and notice that the leg on the right is twisted because of that.
I walked back inside and told the sales manager about it and show it to him. He tells me they have a certified welder on site (wow, I said) and they'd have it fixed within an hour. Well, here comes the tractor with the faulty hitch again to pull the camper back to the shop. Can you guess what happened next. Ding, ding ding you win. They dropped it again. The sales manager is pulling his hair out (he really did) and apologizes and swears they will replace everything up front but he will have to order the parts. He said he would give us a call when it's done and let us look it over and decide if we still want it.
Now the question, what all would you guys/gals recommend that I check to make sure no other damage had been done?
To top the weekend off someone pulled out in front of my wife Sunday and she t-boned him. Wife and daughter are fine, van looks repairable.
I walked back inside and told the sales manager about it and show it to him. He tells me they have a certified welder on site (wow, I said) and they'd have it fixed within an hour. Well, here comes the tractor with the faulty hitch again to pull the camper back to the shop. Can you guess what happened next. Ding, ding ding you win. They dropped it again. The sales manager is pulling his hair out (he really did) and apologizes and swears they will replace everything up front but he will have to order the parts. He said he would give us a call when it's done and let us look it over and decide if we still want it.
Now the question, what all would you guys/gals recommend that I check to make sure no other damage had been done?
To top the weekend off someone pulled out in front of my wife Sunday and she t-boned him. Wife and daughter are fine, van looks repairable.