RV Refrigerator Failures — Removing an RV Fridge Without Removing the Windshield

I have to wonder WHY you didn't remove the old fridge FIRST? Doing so would have given you MUCH more working room. Last year, I had an OEM 22 cubic foot fridge replaced (by an RV up fitter in Elkhart, IN). I have a 2015 Dynamax DX3-37RB Super-C. A side window was removed. That allowed the workmen to use a hydraulic platform lift which I'm sure made the job easier. Speaking with friends and relatives who have had to replace major appliances in their homes, the build quality of many of today's appliances are NO WHERE NEAR the quality of appliances made even a decade ago. Samsung now has a residential style fridge (compressor, NOT absorbtion) intended for use in an RV but it is smaller than the space offered by many residential refrigerators commonly used in modern RVs. Not only are the appliances getting larger but, so are many RV owners. The first RV builder that uses a door LARGE ENOUGH to allow owners to add / remove furniture and appliances EASILY will win a large share of the market. We're only talking about an extra 2"~4" here.

I have to wonder WHY you didn't remove the old fridge FIRST? Doing so would have given you MUCH more working room. Last year, I had an OEM 22 cubic foot fridge replaced (by an RV up fitter in Elkhart, IN). I have a 2015 Dynamax DX3-37RB Super-C. A side window was removed. That allowed the workmen to use a hydraulic platform lift which I'm sure made the job easier. Speaking with friends and relatives who have had to replace major appliances in their homes, the build quality of many of today's appliances are NO WHERE NEAR the quality of appliances made even a decade ago. Samsung now has a residential style fridge (compressor, NOT absorbtion) intended for use in an RV but it is smaller than the space offered by many residential refrigerators commonly used in modern RVs. Not only are the appliances getting larger but, so are many RV owners. The first RV builder that uses a door LARGE ENOUGH to allow owners to add / remove furniture and appliances EASILY will win a large share of the market. We're only talking about an extra 2"~4" here.

I have to wonder WHY you didn't remove the old fridge FIRST? Doing so would have given you MUCH more working room. Last year, I had an OEM 22 cubic foot fridge replaced (by an RV up fitter in Elkhart, IN). I have a 2015 Dynamax DX3-37RB Super-C. A side window was removed. That allowed the workmen to use a hydraulic platform lift which I'm sure made the job easier. Speaking with friends and relatives who have had to replace major appliances in their homes, the build quality of many of today's appliances are NO WHERE NEAR the quality of appliances made even a decade ago. Samsung now has a residential style fridge (compressor, NOT absorbtion) intended for use in an RV but it is smaller than the space offered by many residential refrigerators commonly used in modern RVs. Not only are the appliances getting larger but, so are many RV owners. The first RV builder that uses a door LARGE ENOUGH to allow owners to add / remove furniture and appliances EASILY will win a large share of the market. We're only talking about an extra 2"~4" here.

Thanks Tom & Peg. You stay safe out there, too.

Peter & John:

Suffering the trials and tribulations of RV refrigeration is something we all share at one time or another. If we hadn't been tipped by your email promotion, we'd never have guessed how you could have gotten the old fridge out short of removing a big piece of glass from somewhere. But you certainly came up with a very inventive and most entertaining solution. Thanks again for putting another piece of ingenuity out there.

Hope to run into you two again down the road. Until then, stay safe.

TomAndPeg