Thor/Heartland buys out DRV

golf_bears wrote:
TheAmRheins,

I'll venture my opinion on your excellent question. Not sure how many of you remember but when Hartland first introduced their product line, some 5-6 years ago, they looked very similar, functionality wise and on the surface (the glitz factor), to the then Doubletree Suite units. My guess is in the not to distant future we will see DRV merge into Hartland or vice versa.

There just are too many visible similarities between DRV and Hartland product lines to keep them both in production. The quality issue will resolve itself depending on which product line remains in production.

Thor is looking for more manufacturing space and DRV has a great facility and lots of acreage to expand. Time will tell who survives.

You have a good point. But maybe a more likely scenario would be to merge only the Landmark and Suites lines as in the past several years the difference between Heartlands Big Horn and Landmark lines were becoming quite blurred.
A Landmark Suite should be a clear cut above the other Heartland offerings.
BTW only the Classic Landmarks (pre 2008) were DRV comparable IMO.