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ChuckV1 wrote:

goducks10 wrote:
Right now the only two MFG's that are building low to mid price range quality 5th wheels are Northwood NFG and Outdoor RV. In house frames, dual pane windows, larger tanks, high CCC, shocks, no OSB, no MDF. No they're not perfect but the foundation is very solid.
The rest of the Indiana stuff is all cookie cutter. You take your chances.
IMO there's no holy grail to read that will tell you what the perfect or even close to perfect RV is. Like donn said the Rv industry is stuck in a time warp and can't find the new technology button.
The problem is that there's no control over quality that they have to follow. You could literally see 3-4 of the same model on a dealers lot and each will have different set of problems. The guy saying his is great bought the one right next to the guy that says his is junk.
I find the Northwood and Outdoor to be the most consistent. Part of that reason is that they don't change much from year to year. Same flooring, interior, appliances, outside amenities, etc. They go by the KISS method.
With all that being said, they all make a decent RV. Chance are you won't have any big issues. The key is to find the ones with the least amount of possible problems. I.e cheaper materials or construction methods. You have no control (almost) over things like appliances, etc.

You might looked at the Kz brand of trailers, they are far from cookie cutter brand of trailers. They are a small company an work hard on quality instead of quantity, they are often overlooked because of the mega RV builders :)
https://www.kz-rv.com/