Wildcat RV

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You know, I'm kinda tired of listening to some of you bash Wildcat. I'm in my 4th season with mine, and it's been a pretty good fiver. It's not been perfect, but it's been as good or better than some of my friends' non-Forest River units that have cost $10k or more than mine did. When I have needed service, I've used an independant shop approved by FR. FR never hassled me. They even replaced a blown out window (huge gusts in Wyoming) when it was out of warranty. And if you think for some reason that my rig is a garage queen, well, you're wrong. We probably use it for 8 summer weekends, and at least one week long trip in the summer months. We are not full timers, of course, but it does get some decent use, and we tow tandem with it. For the price, amenities and quality level, we are very satisfied. We knew when we bought it that it was not the top of the line. We didn't want to buy the top of the line, we wanted something reasonably priced, comfortable, and well built. Our Wildcat has fit that requirement nicely. Oh, and by the way, I have the original ST tires (made in USA) on it, and have had no issues with them either. Can you believe it? A Wildcat that hasn't fallen apart after 4 years of service or had its ST tires explode for some mysterious reason? I guess my unit must be an anomaly. Bruce

I have to agree with AClayton. This is not about bashing. If you're happy with your Wildcat, that's good. However, if you're going to use it more then weekends, you may want to consider a better built 5er. I bought the Arctic Fox because it'd going to make a few trips to Alaska and and many camping trips in some rugged mountains in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. I had an 88 HR Alumilite 5er that didn't perform very well on it's only trip to Alaska. That's why I sold it and purchased a Lance camper, however the 11' 3" camper proved to be too small for a two month long trip to Alaska.



As far as ST tires, I can not agree with you at all. First thing we did when we got our new Arctic Fox 5er home was get rid of the 16" ST tires and had Discount Tire install 5 - 16" Michelin XPS Rib tires. I'd be very shocked if your ST tires were made in the US.

 

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Bimmeragent said:

You know, I'm kinda tired of listening to some of you bash Wildcat. I'm in my 4th season with mine, and it's been a pretty good fiver. It's not been perfect, but it's been as good or better than some of my friends' non-Forest River units that have cost $10k or more than mine did. When I have needed service, I've used an independant shop approved by FR. FR never hassled me. They even replaced a blown out window (huge gusts in Wyoming) when it was out of warranty. And if you think for some reason that my rig is a garage queen, well, you're wrong. We probably use it for 8 summer weekends, and at least one week long trip in the summer months. We are not full timers, of course, but it does get some decent use, and we tow tandem with it. For the price, amenities and quality level, we are very satisfied. We knew when we bought it that it was not the top of the line. We didn't want to buy the top of the line, we wanted something reasonably priced, comfortable, and well built. Our Wildcat has fit that requirement nicely. Oh, and by the way, I have the original ST tires (made in USA) on it, and have had no issues with them either. Can you believe it? A Wildcat that hasn't fallen apart after 4 years of service or had its ST tires explode for some mysterious reason? I guess my unit must be an anomaly. Bruce

Lets see, I paid 24,000 dollars for a trailer that broke on day one and spent more time in the shop than it did in the campgrounds and I'm suppose to be happy with it? My trailer was a lemon. My only regret is that I didn't seek legal remedies against Forest River. I'm glad that you're happy with your 5th wheel. As for me, based on my experience with Forest River I will never buy another and I will tell anyone who will listen how I feel about Forest River.