comparing 2 new DP's

Don't know about Forest River, but FW has great tech phone line support. When in doubt, get the floor plan the D/W likes, can't go wrong with that.

I just purchased my first diesel pusher after 35+ years of gas motorhomes. The floor plan I purchased is totally different from what you are looking for, but the Allegro does have the Cummins 340 engine on the Freightliner chassis. Absolutely quiet driving down the road. I can have a conversation with my wife, I can hear the radio, and all this without my hearing aids in. Even going over the California mountains. I love it.
Happy Trails.

The new Motorhome magazine has an article on eight entry level DP motorhomes.

There are always quality issues, no matter what...

If you were gonna score by brand, Thor, forest river, and coachman would be at the bottom/
Winnie, Itasca and Fleetwood next.
Newmar, Monaco, etc above them.

These days, a LOT of low cost DP's are running the new light freightliner chassis and ISB 6.7 pickup truck engines. I've no experience myself with these, they are light years ahead of the 5.9's... still, my entry level Monaco is an ISC... they claim more horsepower, but cannot come close to my 1050 ft-lbs of torque...

Pick the one you like best, when you buy new there are going to be quality issues, I have not met one person than bought a new coach that different have some issues.

Tried to pm you and couldn't. I think either coach would work well for you. I would be interested in your 32 footer.
thanks
Brad