new motorhome problems
I just got back from red bay where I had some work done on my 2004 phaeton. I met some people with new motorhomes that had some real horror stories about problems they were having. Many had been ther...
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senior-cit wrote:
P.S., The practice of reduced inventory at these factories is one of the main reasons for the hold-ups. Most places have gone to the JIT {just in time} practice to reduce inventory. Good for them, but bad news for us.
This is a great post because it is the only one that is telling the truth. Most big companies decided five years ago when this country was in deep trouble that in order to survive they had to trim down all the excess. Inventories were taken and all surplus was shipped out. The RV industry has not really recovered from those hard days and is still cutting here and there to make ends meet. We can see light at the end of the tunnel, but it has taken a toll on the industry. That is why coaches manufactured ten, twelve years ago were built much better then the ones being built now. Now they are just throwing them together as fast as they can to make up for lost time with no quality control inspectors or very few. I think as the economy keeps coming out of this deep recession the quality will improve and we will not have so many coaches waiting in line for repairs in these facilities.
The RV industry is coming back strong. You can see it on the freeways with the snow birds heading to their winter camp grounds.
