Black tank fell from r-pod - Event Date: 03 Nov 2016

The fact that this defect still exists is baffling to me.  The tooling cost to create an improved bracket, and improve fixturing while assembling, is chump change compared to what they must already have paid out in warranty repairs.  I am a mechanical engineer, and the costs to FR would be less than their most expensive R-Pod.  They may want to fix this, or increase their insurance coverage, because ignoring a known defect so long can cost them millions if someone gets killed on the highway.  When I was designing textile equipment, we called this mindset "tombstone technology" - so many companies refuse to fix flaws until some dies.

 Thanks for the good info. I'll be under the R-Pod in a couple weeks to inspect before camping starts for me. I'll bracket the tanks more with stainless strapping if I see any issues.

After work tomorrow I will have to go on the back 20 and take a peek underneath to make certain I don't have this problem.  Now that the snow is nearly gone, yeah !!!  Thanks for the warning/updates/info everyone on this.

Originally posted by cactus My brand new 170 also has significant amount of rust. Shoddy workmanship.

A.. there isn't a "170"

B.. rust happens. Surface rust can happen in seconds. Deep damaging rust takes YEARS to be an issue in most of the country.. decades where you live.. Hit it with some rustoleum and call it good.

C.. maintaining an RV of any type will involve some work.

My brand new 170 also has significant amount of rust. Shoddy workmanship.