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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We bought a Kz 5th wheel an are pretty happy with such, Kz is a small RV manufacturer an is outside the main steam builders in Indiana but was bought by Thor as of a few years back. While at the factory we ask did Thor change anything when the bought them out, the answer was yes, some of the paperwork an a few minor things in regards to operation but nothing in the build quality of their units was changed ...
Like any other brand there is problems in some but not all units, again while visiting the factory this part August they admitted they are not perfect an do make mistakes. But they try very hard to keep them to a minimum by inspecting units as they are assembled, as I saw markings showing different problems marked in a black felt pen on a couple of units being built ...
I have to say I was impressed with how clean each unit being built was, no saw dust on unit floors, wiring was neat an cleanly routed, shop floor was pretty clean as well. Since we have a 5th wheel we were in the building that they were building 5th wheel in, they had about a dozen, starting with just a frame all the way up to the almost completed unit ...
I looked very closely at the LCI frames and the welds, they were pretty well done, no chicken scratching on any of the frames I saw. The aluminum framing was well attached an welds clear crossed each section, seen no short cut on welds at all, grabbed a frame to see if it was solid an sure enough it didn't move one bit.
Now I have to say this was the 2500 series Kz 5th wheel line I was taken thought with five others, I can not speak for the Travel Trailer line which 7 or 8 people were taken thought in another building, but asked they seem to have the option that there seem to be no short cuts that they saw. Can there be, I'm sure there are, can there be missed items in a build, I'm sure there are, but as I saw at out rally they stood 150 percent behind their product an even helped owners that were there out of warranty with parts and advice ...
So in my case I saw that Thor didn't have much of an effect on the building part, even thought it was peace work an not hourly, but again I only saw a snap shot of what is the overall picture. Also I ask a couple of the upper end managers if they were scared of a down turn in trailer sales, they said they were an thus kept product down somewhat so they could keep their work force busy... They like MorRyde an LCI were screaming for workers, the stated that they unemployment rate in the area was under 2 percent ...
Safe travels
Like any other brand there is problems in some but not all units, again while visiting the factory this part August they admitted they are not perfect an do make mistakes. But they try very hard to keep them to a minimum by inspecting units as they are assembled, as I saw markings showing different problems marked in a black felt pen on a couple of units being built ...
I have to say I was impressed with how clean each unit being built was, no saw dust on unit floors, wiring was neat an cleanly routed, shop floor was pretty clean as well. Since we have a 5th wheel we were in the building that they were building 5th wheel in, they had about a dozen, starting with just a frame all the way up to the almost completed unit ...
I looked very closely at the LCI frames and the welds, they were pretty well done, no chicken scratching on any of the frames I saw. The aluminum framing was well attached an welds clear crossed each section, seen no short cut on welds at all, grabbed a frame to see if it was solid an sure enough it didn't move one bit.
Now I have to say this was the 2500 series Kz 5th wheel line I was taken thought with five others, I can not speak for the Travel Trailer line which 7 or 8 people were taken thought in another building, but asked they seem to have the option that there seem to be no short cuts that they saw. Can there be, I'm sure there are, can there be missed items in a build, I'm sure there are, but as I saw at out rally they stood 150 percent behind their product an even helped owners that were there out of warranty with parts and advice ...
So in my case I saw that Thor didn't have much of an effect on the building part, even thought it was peace work an not hourly, but again I only saw a snap shot of what is the overall picture. Also I ask a couple of the upper end managers if they were scared of a down turn in trailer sales, they said they were an thus kept product down somewhat so they could keep their work force busy... They like MorRyde an LCI were screaming for workers, the stated that they unemployment rate in the area was under 2 percent ...
Safe travels
