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Old 10-12-2017, 11:04 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Eastham View Post
Picked up new cougar 2016. in May 2017 about how long would you expect the caulking to last on roof before a crack shows up .Dealer inspected roof today has a 6 in crack in caulking not covered under warranty just curious is this roof caulking that fragile you have to stay on top of it every few months?Thanks for you input.
Looking at the time line for your trailer, 2016 models were delivered to dealership lots from about May 2015-April 2016 and 2017 models were delivered to lots from about May 2016 to April 2017 and 2018 models started showing up about May 2017 through current. 2019 models will start appearing in about 5 or 6 months (May 2018).

Why is this important? You say you bought your trailer in May 2017, it's a 2016 model and the last of them were delivered to dealerships in April/May 2016. That means that when you bought your trailer, it was already sitting "in the weather" for about a year. So even though you bought it and it was "new" at purchase, in reality, the roof and sealant had already been exposed to the weather for at least a year, and, possibly, if it was manufactured in mid 2015, it had even longer exposure to the elements. It's possible that your trailer had been sitting on the dealer's lot for almost 2 years before delivery to you (based only on model year).

We tend to consider the "start date" for our trailer to be the day we purchase it, but actually, the start date for exposure and the beginning date for "deterioration" is the day it rolled off the assembly line and out into the weather. So, the "common thinking" that your trailer shouldn't be leaking because it's only 5 months old (bought in May 2017), the sealant and the exterior of the trailer are, in reality, well over a year old. That's no excuse for a leak developing, but rather a comment about how "old" the sealant and the roof membrane really are......
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