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Old 10-29-2015, 11:29 AM   #1
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Hideout Frame Construction

Can anyone advise if the Keystone Hideout frame cage is aluminum or wood. Thanks
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Old 10-29-2015, 12:14 PM   #2
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I couldn't find any written documentation on Keystone's website. My experiences have been with the newer units, a single piece sidewall is "vacuum bonded" to an aluminum frame, and the steel sidewalls are stapled to a wood frame.

Looking at the Hideout section of Keystone shows the steel on the TT's and the Vacuum bonded sides on the Fifth wheels. Is one better than the other? The Aluminum frames are lighter, but any damage to the sidewall requires some serious body work. It's not hard to pull and replace the steel panels, but it doesn't take much leaning on them to "dent" them. I've had both and prefer the lighter aluminum frame and one piece sidewalls.
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Old 10-29-2015, 02:06 PM   #3
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The Hideout and Springdale fifth wheels are "similar price point" RV's. I can't offer any "concrete information" on the Hideout, but since I owned a "recent model Springdale" I can speak to how it is constructed. As Chuckster57 indicated, the side walls are FILON "vacuum bonded" to an aluminum superstructure and backed with 1/8" luan. All the remaining structure is constructed of 1x2 and 2x2 spruce. The front and rear walls are on 16" centers, the floor constructed of 2x3's on 16" centers and the roof structure is composed of wood trusses overlaid with 3/8" OSB. The construction technique is a "hybrid" which includes aluminum and wood framing. If you look at the drawing in the Hideout brochure, you'll see the travel trailer construction. I'd suppose that the fifth wheel is the same, with the exception of vacuum bonded aluminum side walls. The remaining trailer would be similarly constructed using the "Hideout standards"...

We never had any issues with our Springdale and were comfortable with "wood construction" as it was similar to other RV's we've owned. It does have some "drawbacks" as does an "all aluminum" frame. Along with those "drawbacks" comes some advantages as well.

In my opinion (for what it's worth), either construction method is suitable for RVing. Like Chuckster, I'd select the aluminum frame if I had the choice, but having owned both, I honestly didn't have any issues with either.
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