Excel Closing Its Doors
Peterson Industries made the following post this morning in the Excel Owners' Group forum over on another RVing website: Dear Excel Family Members, Peterson Industries, Inc. has been a pillar...
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R12RTee wrote:
When I visited the Excel factory I saw things that should not have been done such as using studs that had serious damage to them and using as many as five staples to connect the stud to the top plate. This will weaken the connection considerably. Overall I was not impressed with the tour and ended up buying from the competition.
I totally agree. When I took the factory tour I saw so many things that should not have been, like no-one cleaned up the shop floor from one day to the next (you could trip over bits of wood, wire, insulation, fiberglass) it was a mess, looked like my kid's bedroom.
Saw the studs cut 1/4 inch short between the upper and lower header plates, then joined with 7 or 8 staples.
At that time, I decided if that was the quality of high end RV manufacture, I'd just buy Montana and replace every 5 years.
Thankfully I then visited DRV and Newmar and Carriage. Ended up buying Carriage and then unfortunately they went under.
However, who do we go to for the next replacement? There is only DRV and Lifestyle left in the sensible $$ range.
I'm seriously thinking of looking at motorhomes (heaven forbid), if I can't find the floorplan that I want.
Sheff
