http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : I need HELP!!! : Frame Crack in our 2021 195 Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 20 May 2026 18:23:04 +0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:35:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=16275 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=16275&PID=154885#154885 Author: jato
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Posted: 27 Aug 2025 at 7:35pm

Great to hear a positive report and result!]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:35:22 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=16275&PID=154885#154885 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=16275&PID=154843#154843 Author: R&M Podders
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Posted: 22 Aug 2025 at 11:08pm

Update. I have high regard for the Bish dealer network (they are a Forest River dealer), so I called their RV Fix line. The local Bish dealer isn't setup to do frame repairs so they recommended a welder with RV experience local to where I am camping near Kalispell, MT. So I contacted Pierce Manufacturing. They were able to get me in on very short notice, and welded gusset plates on both sides of the crack, and proactively put a plate on the opposite frame member to head off a future crack on the other side. The did this all in one day with no interruption to our camping. The floor again meets up with the walls.

If you ever notice a gap appearing in the bottom trim at the back of your RPod walls, check for frame cracks behind the axles. If cracked and you are close to Kalispell reach out to Pierce Manufacturing!]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:08:03 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=16275&PID=154843#154843 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=16275&PID=154830#154830 Author: R&M Podders
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Posted: 20 Aug 2025 at 6:22pm

Hello All,
We are on the road and discovered that the frame behind the driver side rear axle is cracked along the bottom circumference and and due to frame deflection is causing the floor at the back drivers side to separate from the walls.

Since it's a Lippert frame I started by contacting them, but because this is a custom rectangular tube frame rather than their standard I beam frame Lippert says I need to contact a Forest River, and apparently the only way to do that is through a dealer.

Has anyone dealt with this issue?]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:22:34 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=16275&PID=154830#154830