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- U fixed the link the same time I did... :)
- It is actually a great piece of news. It means that the federal government will not try to regulate the RV industry like they do the housing industry. They are basically saying we're taking a hands off approach to RVs, and we'll let the industry regulate itself.
Jim - What prompted this 'regulation' was financing. HUD loans for manufactured housing is much different than that for RVs. RVers could argue they are full timers, and therefore should be allowed HUD assisted financing for the RV. Once big government got involved it then degenerated into a lot of doublespeak and bloatware to where only attorneys can decipher it. Regulations at it's best, for sure......:E.
What's funny is RVIA originally opposed this new regulation, now they support it..:S......Dennis - If RVs were required to be built to HUD specs the RV industry would be held to standards, not just thrown together. For example, some of the wiring in RVs are shameful. When my TT almost burned up we found bare wires twisted together in the walls. No crimp connector or insulation just twisted together. Some electrical tape would have helped. One RV turns out OK and the next one gets wires haphazardly spliced in a wall because the employee reached the end of the wire roll. Can't waste wire just twist it together and continue to string wire. Under HUD they would have to install a box at a splice.
- Gotta love that '----- right Dennis.??:h
- OK, that's all fine and good, but, where does this leave the RVs that that are designed for full time occupancy? Is it some designation given by the manufacture or just sales hype? I know that there are quite a few that are designed for full time living, but other than the integrity of the manufacture, what do you have to go on?
WyoTraveler wrote:
If RVs were required to be built to HUD specs the RV industry would be held to standards, not just thrown together. For example, some of the wiring in RVs are shameful. When my TT almost burned up we found bare wires twisted together in the walls. No crimp connector or insulation just twisted together. Some electrical tape would have helped. One RV turns out OK and the next one gets wires haphazardly spliced in a wall because the employee reached the end of the wire roll. Can't waste wire just twist it together and continue to string wire. Under HUD they would have to install a box at a splice.
And---price would double at least.bfast54 wrote:
WyoTraveler wrote:
If RVs were required to be built to HUD specs the RV industry would be held to standards, not just thrown together. For example, some of the wiring in RVs are shameful. When my TT almost burned up we found bare wires twisted together in the walls. No crimp connector or insulation just twisted together. Some electrical tape would have helped. One RV turns out OK and the next one gets wires haphazardly spliced in a wall because the employee reached the end of the wire roll. Can't waste wire just twist it together and continue to string wire. Under HUD they would have to install a box at a splice.
And---price would double at least.
I guess if I was in the RV sleeping when those wires shorted the increased cost would probably be worth it. However, price is set by demand. Doubt price would double.- It does NOT say that the FEDS are not regulating the RV industry. It says that they are not holding RV's to the same standards as HUD. Big difference.
RV's, being a vehicle used on the highways, are regulated by the same federal guidelines used for most vehicles, as far as safety standards, emissions, and so on. WyoTraveler wrote:
bfast54 wrote:
WyoTraveler wrote:
If RVs were required to be built to HUD specs the RV industry would be held to standards, not just thrown together. For example, some of the wiring in RVs are shameful. When my TT almost burned up we found bare wires twisted together in the walls. No crimp connector or insulation just twisted together. Some electrical tape would have helped. One RV turns out OK and the next one gets wires haphazardly spliced in a wall because the employee reached the end of the wire roll. Can't waste wire just twist it together and continue to string wire. Under HUD they would have to install a box at a splice.
And---price would double at least.
I guess if I was in the RV sleeping when those wires shorted the increased cost would probably be worth it. However, price is set by demand. Doubt price would double.
Seriously?? All you need to do..is go on a couple RV tours:R
OK--- RVs are built fast ,fast, fast!!!!!!
alright ---multiple units---- HIGH PRODUCTION LOW COST.
if you start having to put inspectors in line and things along that line ---it's going to slow things down, and the price will increase ...(common sense)..and did you ever Notice that when something is handmade slowly it cost more (as in Porsches Lamborghinis and exotic cars,?...Prevost Busses ).
Amazing the lack of understsnding simple concepts.
