tinner12002
Mar 03, 2015Explorer
XLR Factory tour
Went through the XLR factory last week...was a real eye opener! Spitting those things out at 7-10 a day! Not much care given there in my opinion, seen 3-4 guys almost literally running around the frame installing tanks, wiring, insul and all the things in the frame. I can't help but think that those workers are more worried about getting more units out the door to make more money than to the quality of the installation of the products in the hauler. I'm sure most cookie cutter builders are quite the same. Granted the finished product looked good but I did ques a few of the materials used as well as the installation procedure involved on some of the things. It also sounded like after talking to them they are trying to lessin the amount of alum in the side walls to lighten things up. I kinda like the idea myself of having some kind of skeleton for strength. Overall condition inside the factory was pretty messy, they said they clean up at the end of the shift but in my opinion the conditions you see when walking in or through a place like that tells a lot about a company and their expectations of their workers. I think my next tour in going to be through Lipperts frame factory...that ought to be an eye opener!!