Forest River Craftsmanship
Will some one explain how a company like Forest River can put better craftsmanship and reliabilty in each of its different lines such as Cedar Creek vs Silverback vs Cardinal vs Wildcat vs Sandpiper....
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WoodGlue wrote:
Forest Rivers biggest problem is this: They have at least 75 PRODUCT LINES and within each product line, THERE IS A MINIMUM OF 4-7 FLOORPLANS!! That's just insane!
That's an insane number of RV's trying to be manufactured, fit and finished and prepped for sale. They're trying to cater to everybody, which is a lousy business model for an RV manufacturer to follow.
Forest River should take a lesson from my Great Grandfather, stop spreading themselves so thin and stop trying to cater to every Tom, Dick & Harry. Forest River would do well to cut their production to maybe 4-6 different "brands" with a subsection of maybe 7 floorplans per RV.
My Grandfather who was a building contractor and a master stone mason always told us, "find one thing to do and do it right."
This is why I love Lance so much. They make 1 line of Truck Campers with 11 floorplans and they make 1 line of Travel Trailers with exactly 9 different floorplans - THAT'S IT!! And 99% of Lance parts are interchangeable with other models.
Lance has managed to find one thing to do and they do it very well, so has CampLite Aluminum Trailers, etc.
My 2 cents,
WoodGlue
They do make multiple different lines, but if you look at each and compare, they are the same typical floorplans and models probably on the same frame. only differences typically are the names on them and colors, interior options.
No different than a GMC and Chevy. Same dang truck, just different badging.
