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I often wonder when reading these type of threads (about the improper installation of something or another) how well built the massed-produced trailers are? I have no idea, just wondered if they are safe from the time they leave the factory until their end of life.
I thought about Casita and Scamp, and how they only make minor changes to their trailer, using the same design for years or decades, thinking that was a wise way to build their trailers, but then remembered I have read about them having issues themselves, despite that (although we never had any with our Casita other than rivets failing).
I personally believe that what appeals to a lot of people who buy Escapes is their ever-evolving "improvements" to the trailers, be it components or actual design. This could be a good thing or could be problematic, depending on the nature of the "improvement".
I can imagine Reace and Tammy must be compiling an extensive list of things that work or went wrong with various changes they have tried. The trick I would assume, is keeping enough of the design from iteration to iteration to not compromise the things that work. I haven't heard of them making the same mistake repeatedly?
That being said, I once again must credit what Jim Bennett told said in the unveiling of the new design thread when I was bumming that the 2017 style trailers were coming out just shortly after we were getting ours. He wisely said, "who knows? Some people might actually like the old style better". In our case, it appears that Escape had come up with a mature, problem free design by the time they quit making the classics. We have not been contacted about any issue, and so far, I have not read anything here that has panicked me.
That's just my thoughts.
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