Truck Conversion & Toterhome Community - View Single Post - Renegade vs others re construction methods questions.

BravestDog · 06-23-2009, 04:34 PM

Nice summary Geof.

Who is building these conversions in the manner Geof is describing and is there a transitional range of years where this is occurring or hasn't occurred yet?

Is there an "stay away from" construction design or do they all seem to fail in 5-10-20 years...?

Is the Renegade FRP design a "Stay away from"? Or if they are properly maintained, are they a good design?

What are the major problems being seen today with the older conversion models? Is it water intrusion leading to rot in FRP and mold in the insulation where the steel tubing framing is used?

Does anyone here own a Renegade and feel that the construction methods are fine?

06-23-2009, 04:34 PM	#5
BravestDog Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 748	Nice summary Geof. Who is building these conversions in the manner Geof is describing and is there a transitional range of years where this is occurring or hasn't occurred yet? Is there an "stay away from" construction design or do they all seem to fail in 5-10-20 years...? Is the Renegade FRP design a "Stay away from"? Or if they are properly maintained, are they a good design? What are the major problems being seen today with the older conversion models? Is it water intrusion leading to rot in FRP and mold in the insulation where the steel tubing framing is used? Does anyone here own a Renegade and feel that the construction methods are fine? __________________ "I have marveled often at the thin line that divides success from failure and the sudden turn that leads from apparently certain disaster to comparative safety." Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic Explorer, Sea and Land, 1874-1922.