In June of 2012 I encountered the worst washboard concrete in New Orleans just as you get off the new, smooth I-10 Bridge across Lake Pontchartrain. At that time I installed the Star Performance Kingpin Adapter. HISTORY: When I purchased my 2005 (Build Date Oct 1 2004) Montana Big Sky RV in Dec 2007, it had about 5000 miles on it per the seller. Let’s not forget almost all Lippert frame failures occur towing with regular Fiver Hitches. Mobile Welder used thicker/stronger steel and much more thick welds. Lippert Frame Evaluation: lasted 10 years - 7 with a Gooseneck adapter, but not built as robustly as they could be. But it didn’t absorb enough shock to prevent breaking the Lippert frame (which they market as the only approved gooseneck adapter to tow Lippert frames with) – though perhaps no hitch or adapter could have handled the collision and prevented the subsequent frame damage. Reese would not provide a new Goosebox under warranty as it did not fail per their provisions.
#Reese 20k goosnsck pinbox plus
A new Lippert 21K Pinbox (stronger/heavier than original 15K Pinbox) was installed (Total Cost of repairs over $8K) and I had the Star Performance Kingpin Adapter installed ($825 plus S&H). He spent an entire afternoon welding it all back together much stronger and better than before.
Welder constructed a new front frame assembly with 2 parallel Box Beams out of ¼” (vs Lippert’s 3/16”) and two extra braces between them besides the supports for the hitch wings. Preparing their estimate and getting Insurance to approve took a week.
#Reese 20k goosnsck pinbox crack
A small 1” crack with a little rust was on the left (as you face the front of the RV) side of the wingbox on the front Box Beam (prior damage from somewhere/sometime), and on the right side of the wingbox a shiny new crack was almost all the way through the box beam and it was twisted upwards several inches raising the front closet floor and twisting the wing set. They sent out their mobile RV Repair Crew who removed the bottom panel under the front cap and eventually the front cap so their mobile Welder could assess.
#Reese 20k goosnsck pinbox full
Got safely parked with Full Hookups.Ĭalled several nearby RV Dealers who could not fix, but one did refer me to a Body Shop in nearby Garland TX that specialized in RV Repairs (Quality Collision). Airbag was still full too, versus losing air like it always did. Goosebox and its Lower Jaw were so twisted the Jaw could no longer move (32,868 towed miles). Unfortunately RV eventually started bouncing off / hitting the truck bed rails so got off at the very next exit on I-20 just east of Dallas which conveniently had an RV Park (God is GOOD! – NO other services at that Exit). After leaving Abilene TX noticed the RV kept getting slowly closer to the truck bed while towing but hoped it would “stop” dropping at some point. Noticed the Goosebox air label was scratched so I thought maybe it was shifting – but still towable. I thought maybe the Goosebox airbag was to blame and pressed on to El Paso. Then on to Mesa AZ for a week and on departure from there noticed the RV was just a little low/closer to the truck bed than usual. Got to Tucson AZ ok but found DW’s KitchenAid mixer (quite heavy) had bounced out of the RV Kitchen Sink (which put a divot in the linoleum floor) and truck was easily/inexpensively repaired. Topic: Reese Goosebox and Lippert Frame Failure ReportĪfter hitting an unavoidable (single construction lane) very large pothole in lonely west TX on I-10 west of Van Horn TX, (about 31,400 towed miles) last month, my truck’s transmission was partially disabled (Throttle Control actuator) – went into a limp mode, CD Player shut down, and glad the seat belts restrained us (and much later discovered the front box beam the supports the Wings for the Hitch was cracked).
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