Undercover RV tech reviews Rockwood Ultralight RV from Forest River

[Santerianumero]

Hired a pro inspector prior to purchasing a 2024 Wildcat. He found a multitude of problems including bubbles in the roof. The dealer is now filing a warranty claim with Forest River. This would have been my problem had i not hited an inspector. Your channel enlightened me a great deal. Thank you!

[Bobshell-twxy]

I’ve got a 2608SB rocwood front kitchen and wardrobe slide in bedroom. Bought it a yr old in 2020. It’s well built. Fit & finish is great. It’s performed well and so far we’ve. Not had issue worth talking about with it. U have to remember. It’s a square box on wheels that gets the shit beat out of it rolling down the road. U will have things happen. But as long as u take care of it. Inspect it all around periodically and keep up its Maintance u will be good. Mine doesn’t set in weather when not in use. It’s under a roof all the time when we’re home. That’s a big plus. The sun will destroy anything. So keep that in mind also. Drain the water heater after every trip, and keep all seals and rubber strips lubed up along with slide mechanism. Small tips from past experiences. But I do believe Rockwood is in top 5 travel trailers to but. Also walk the roof every now & then.

[med]

Your reviews are excellent! However, id really love to see a review on which RV make, model, and year TO buy, as opposed to which one's to avoid. Perhaps more grade A and high B models and less C and F models. Thank you!

[HCDarrellBroussard]

Glad you are speaking out on plumming. Had damage on my 2021 ALTA the six RV I purchased since 1980. Had it repaired and they fixed it the same way. When I had the same leaks again I replaced fittings leaking with brass and continue to monitor for leaks.

I have worked as a Industrial Piping Designer since 1972. Tried to get through to Forest River management to tell them of their out of code piping. Blocked by the lieutenants. Keep calling it out.

[russellnell]

Yup, I have everything I need to re-plumb my Rockwood. Now I need to go out and look at the frame!

[mikerees]

Thank you for reviewing a Rockwood !!!!

[geraldpaben]

Thanks for all you’ve opened our eyes to.. I asked JoshtheRVNERD .. if he would please open the cabinet doors for the sinks so we can see if the plumbing is correct before driving 1-1 1/2 hours to find out.. he was open to the suggestion

[allan]

Thanks for your reviews, Jacob. Last year I bought a 2023 Rockwood Signature 8262RBS travel trailer. This our 4th Rockwood so I obviously have a fair bit of confidence in their quality but I’ll have to check all the plumbing fittings. The good thing about our particular model is the plumbing fittings are all easy to access. We considered a Cougar model but I’m not a fan of their use of cable slides and Furrion appliances.

[isp]

Thank you for reviewing the Rockwood. You obviously read requests from your fans!

[charlesklaus]

Thank You for your informative and eye opening videos. Hopefully as more people watch and learn from the videos and speak out, the RV industry will take notice and give us a consistently higher quality product. I for one would gladly pay a bit more to get an "A" or even "B" graded RV that I can rely on. I won't even consider a "C" or lower rated RV. I'll be sharing this with my RV friends. Thanks again!

[vivian]

Thank you, been looking at the Rockwood line of travel trailers. And keep educating us all to keep us vigilant. Keeping RV manufacturers from continuing to produce badly plumbed trailers might work if we all demand that quality.

[Road_Trip_Warriors]

Thanks for reviewing Rockwood/Flagstaff. I have a 2019 Flagstaff E-Pro 19BH (bought used about 1 year ago) and to my untrained eye, it appears to be well built. Now I wonder if the plumbing in my unit is correct (fortunately, I have not had any plumbing issues). Hopefully, you will review one of the E-Pro/Geo Pro units soon.

[brianm]

These manufacturers deserve every bit of grief they get for their poor plumbing. Another excellent RV review! I suggest you make a spreadsheet of these reviews on your website.

[johnulrich]

Thank you for doing this review of Rockwood!

It’s been my understanding that Rockwood/Flagstaff has improved their plumbing so that it is more correct for the 2025 model year. If this is true, I bet that your critic of the issue is at least partly responsible, so thank you for advocating for the customer!

[-bvxz]

I bought a Rockwood Signature, brand new custom order. The issues began immediately. On the closet slide out (Schwintek)…the fiberglass of the front facing sidewall of the slide box spider cracked. Had the wall section replaced, and a year later it cracked again on the new fiberglass wall. The walls are only an inch thick and and do not have sufficient bracing/studs; also doesn’t help that Rockwood followed none of the Lippert installation requirements for the Schwintek system (rollers and wall backing/reinforcement). Rockwood will do NOTHING about it. I’ve also had a bent axle from the factory (Dexter replaced it), a wheel randomly fall off on the road, roof material incorrectly installed and bubbling up on the slide outs, I had to completely re-plumb the rig with pex and proper fittings because of leaks, ceiling panels were falling down because they weren’t glue laminated properly at the factory (so Rockwood stapled it up, but the staples only go into foam because the roof is made like a luan board foam sandwich, and the list continues to grow. It’s a complete piece of junk and the manufacturer does NOT stand behind their product. All of the Indiana produced RV’s a complete junk!! Avoid at all costs!

[darylwaynebrady]

Any plans to review Jayco? Thinking about 30 ish footer bunkhouse.
Many thanks

[jamobrott]

How do the Rockwood Signature models compare to the Rockwood Ultra Lights? Would you give them the same score or are there differences in quality?

[gsibertjr]

On the Rockwood Ultra lite you mentioned the the flex hose to pex fitting at toilet connection. Is this the only improper connection you found? If so, it would be a very easy fix, although when buying a new camper one should not have to fix this.
I had a Dometic A/C on my last camper and it worked very well, but for goddness sskes it was LOUD! You need to reduce points for how noisy A/C are. But i guess a noisy A/C is better than a quite A/C that has lost its freon and no longer works.
And i too prefer a gas absortion fridge.

[jarrets]

Jacob, Very good report. appreciate your input

[omahaomaha]

I would love to hear a review between rockwood ultra lite 2606ws and a alliance delta 262rb thanks and I love the show