Maintenance Service

GrandmasKid

Near our home (just a few miles) is a Camping World service center. Our T@B dealer is around 25 miles away through some of the worst traffic in the world (north metro Atlanta, GA). My question is do any of you have your T@Bs serviced at Camping World? I need my brakes and wheel bearings serviced. I know this may be controversial and I don't want to offend anyone, but I really need to know if it would be wise to go to anyone other than dealers for service. My local trusted auto mechanic won't do the work. My Outback is just out of warranty with 14months and 16K miles on it. Thanks for any thoughts on the subject. 

ScottG

Any competent trailer shop should be able to do this work. Hopefully someone with more first hand experience can chime in here.

Regardless of where you have the work done, just make sure they jack the trailer using the frame and not the axle torsion tube!

Verna

Try a utility trailer business. I’ve found their hourly rate is about half of what the RV dealers’ rates are. Be sure to follow the instructions in the post previous by @ScottG.

dsatwork

As convenient as Camping World may be, I've never seen any good reviews for their service departments and everyone I know that has gone to one, had a bad experience or felt they were overcharged. Trailer shops specialize in bearings and the torsion axles are widely used, so I would be shocked if a trailer shop wouldn't know how to work with them. But like @ScottG mentioned above error on the cautious side and remind them to "jack the trailer using the frame and not the axle torsion tube."

Michigan_Mike

If Camping World's labor rates align with their product costs bring a BIG wallet or an extra credit card.  

GrandmasKid

Well, a little research with Yelp.com has me thinking I won't ever go to Camping World for service. They only get two out of five stars and many reviewers wanted to give them 0. Thanks to those who weighed in so quickly. This forum is great!

Homebodyatheart

@GrandmasKid I took mine to my local car and tire shop that I trust to have my brakes checked after my first few trips. I did let them know that they cannot put it on the lift, but need to use bottle jacks behind the axle(I think that's right...) Anyway, it was simple and actually no charge as they called it a free brake check! Good luck!

Marceline

GrandmasKid said:

Near our home (just a few miles) is a Camping World service center. Our T@B dealer is around 25 miles away through some of the worst traffic in the world (north metro Atlanta, GA). My question is do any of you have your T@Bs serviced at Camping World? I need my brakes and wheel bearings serviced. I know this may be controversial and I don't want to offend anyone, but I really need to know if it would be wise to go to anyone other than dealers for service. My local trusted auto mechanic won't do the work. My Outback is just out of warranty with 14months and 16K miles on it. Thanks for any thoughts on the subject. 

When I bought a used T@B I asked around locally for recommendations for a very good tire shop and took my trailer to that shop for new tires and also to have bearings repacked and brakes checked. I think that there are probably a lot more really good tire shops around than there are really good RV service centers.