The majority of RV brands today are owned by Thor Industries and Forest River. You've gotta know that they are driven by the bottom line and not quality or true innovation.
We bought our KZ TT partly because at the time they were a relatively small independently owned manufacturer. Wasn't long afterwards that they sold out to Thor. Thor now owns quite a few brand names now including Keystone, Jayco & Airstream.
In owning 3 TTs now, we've had to deal with little issues like the cabinet shelving dropping out and the headboard falling off all the way to having a complete TT replaced under warranty. It's ridiculous and they don't seem to give a fig. They love to offer bling instead of substance so don't get sucked.
It's hard to imagine all the things that can go wrong until you've owned a TT for a while. Many components are shared between all brands like fridges, entry doors, frames, AC units, etc., etc. Lippert owns over 90% of the frame industry. Unfortunately there are no regs. for frames and they can build them however they want and when they fail (and they do sometimes), it's your fault. There are no quality control programs at the factories and it's all about whacking them out as fast as possible.
Besides quality problems, after you buy an RV you start to find all sorts of functional deficiencies like dead spaces in cabinets you can't reach, inadequate no. or poorly placed receptacles, poor lighting, poor insulation, AC unit(s) can't adequately cool the RV, can't properly view the TV from the sofa, and on and on and on. If you're a builder type and have a good range of tools, you're lucky. Forget about dealers trying to fix most things. Unless major items, do it yourself and get it right too. You'll probably find lots of mods and upgrades to do which are fun.
Depending on where you live, I'd start by looking at anything made by Northwood Industries, made in Or. If were to ever buy another TT, one of their Outdoors RV TTs would be my first choice to look at. They make their own in-house frame which is HD and off-road certified plus they provide shocks on the frames which is something all TTs should have IMO.
