Possible frame weld broken on new Montana
Hi guys. Our new Montana was delivered in April and last week while unhitching the unit at home, I noticed the side- nose wall of the camper had broken the silicon bead at the bottom. Once I put the w...
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goducks10 wrote:
Working for a low wage and a bonus if you get a set quota done is the primary reason for all this. I'd be willing to bet that each person involved knew they screwed up, but didn't want to slow down the production line. Get fired? Who cares, there's another plant down the road thats looking for workers that can show up and can pass a drug test. Hired. Rinse, repeat.
I've been saying for about 10 yeas, that the biggest issue with RV quality, is that d@mn piecework pay system. I'd love to see a mfr run a true production test of at least 2-3 years, where they paid their employees the same as if they were producing at their top production numbers, but cut the line by the difference between that "bonus" level and straight pay. See what happens to quality, and needed warranty work, when they cut several units' per day production. Execs can postulate and theorize all they like, but until they actually run a test, WITHOUT INTERFERENCE, they'll never truly know.
The other thing I'd like the RV industry, as a whole, to do, is to release actual production vs warranty numbers for each and every model. And I'm talking =detailed= numbers; what was warranted, and why. Water heater, fridge or A/C cr@p out? Roof leak? Frame issue? Window leak? Slide malfunctions? The list goes on...
Lyle
