new reitnour mfr defects!

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  1. May 12, 2016 #11
    Riprap

    Riprap Light Load Member

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    Are these the junk brackets? I just picked this 2017 up this morning.
     
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  3. May 12, 2016 #12
    Lostkeys

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    Does anyone have pics of the problem brackets? I was told to check the bolts for tightness after I put the trailer on the road... 2016 Bigger Bubba
     

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  4. May 12, 2016 #13
    Tug Toy

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    Right there in your picture. The aluminum L brackets. If the bolts work lose they enlarge the holes. Then you drill them oversize and keep them tight. Looks like both of you already have the larger bolts.
     
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  5. May 13, 2016 #14
    The Admiral

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    Call Reitnour and get the brackets before your brackets break. I would get the brackets in hand and then go to the dealer.
     
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  7. May 13, 2016 #15
    Yves kanevil

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    Call reitnouer and say that if you would have known how poorly built they were you would have bought a mac
     
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  8. May 13, 2016 #16
    passingthru69

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    That would fire them up
     
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  9. May 14, 2016 #17
    heavyhaulerss

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    my friends trailer is STILL at the dealer in b-ham AL they have a policy you have to drop trailer & you will be put on the list in order in when you come. they are so backed up on work. you cannot schedule a time to come in. i think this is going on 5 weeks now. if it were not for his engine going down at same time, he would have raised hell by now. both in shop. he still has a driver on another truck, so he is making a lil money, but I will not have any work done at the utility trailer co in B-ham AL if this is their routine.
     
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  10. May 14, 2016 #18
    heavyhaulerss

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    those brackets are not the upgraded version. they are the same as mine and my friends. my friends trailer is 3 years old, so it may take some time before they crack.
     
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  11. May 17, 2016 #19
    mc8541ss

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    How far back, year, do these brackets go?
     
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  12. May 17, 2016 #20
    heavyhaulerss

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    I do not know
     
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