Palomino Puma Destination Travel Trailer reviews

This RV is a piece of junk...the trim inside fell apart...the slides leaked and all the floors had to be repaired...the slide outs wouldn't sit level..the slide with the paw kitchen has buckled...it's horrible 😞 Show less

The tongue weight is far heavier than they say had to buy a couple of weight distribution hitch systems before i found that out. Spec say 935lbs so originally went with a 1200lb weight distribution hitch figured i would have more than enough wiggle room. Then a year later trying to figure out why the truck was squatting so bad when pulling this, i noticed that the tongue weight was stamped in the frame of 2100lbs. Then proceeded to get a blue ox 2000lb weight distribution hitch. Have not had a problem since. Sofa is just starting to break down after a year if full time living. But other than those 2 things its been a great trailer. Show less

After buying this camp trailer we have encountered nothing but problems. First we had 4 inches screws used, which left 2 inches of exposed screws under the bench seats. This caused me to get a nasty gash from finding the screws. After looking further there were more than 10 screws we had to cut off to prevent future injuries. We have only taken our trailer on 6 short trips about an hour or two from home. We just took our first cross country trip and man did it go even more downhill from there. We had to replace the kitchen sink after our first couple of trips as it broke under the sink and began leaking everywhere. This was followed by the shower handle to also breaks and no longer shut off, followed by the hose cracking and sending more water raining into the bathroom. On our very first trip one of the domes came off in transit. We found out as it started to rain and we go into our room to see it was now raining on our bed. Our second trip resulted in another dome flying off while in transit as well. We know both times the domes were closed as we had never opened them and checked before we pulled out. The poo hose caps fell of in transit on our 4th trip. Now the best of the best happened on our cross country trip. We drove from WA state to MI. On the trip home we had one of the tires seize and the full hub assembly and everything broke loose and of course caused a ton of damage to the propane lines, black and grey water brackets, the back corner outer and inner wall, and flush lines. This left us stranded in Miles City MT with a quote for $3800 to tow it to the nearest facility. Insurance would only cover $250 of that cost. In the end I would NEVER buy any other Forest River product. It is put together very badly, and clearly the lowest of craftsmanship possible. Every trip we take results in something else going wrong or breaking. For the cost of the trailer, you’d expect getting much more than 2 years of use to enjoy it rather than constantly having to repair or replace things. Not to mention the safety hazard of the axles failing and sending the tire and full hub assembly flying. This could have caused such a bad accident that sent the trailer on its side taking our truck and us with it. Thankfully this wasn’t the case. I now have found many recalls for the hub assembly for exactly what happened to us. Our model wasn’t included but clearly this safety issue is present for us as well. I’ve yet to be able to speak to someone at Forest River so we shall see what they do. Show less