How fast do you think they can build a TT?

Faster makes the selling price lower, that is what the consumer wants.
If you want slower, meticulous construction it will have to a custom unit.
Just think if you pay 2-3 K less you can afford to finish it at home.
Jesseannie

Oasisbob wrote:
How can faster be better if they have to pay warranty issues due to low quality? I am no busness major but it does not add up

Warranty and make good costs are factored into the sell price. They try to minimize, but not eliminate, problems. And then price the units to cover future costs hoping the warranty will expire before problems surface, or that the new owners will do the repairs themselves. Obviously it works for them.

How can faster be better if they have to pay warranty issues due to low quality? I am no busness major but it does not add up

I don't buy 6 hours. Technically the construction isn't finished until the buyer goes back through and fixes all the things the manufacturer screwed up.

Don't need to watch this video as I am experiencing the end product first
hand. I think I'll keep my current trailer for a long time as I have already fixed all it's issues myself and do not want to start all over with another new trailer built to third world standards.

When we took delivery of our Forest River made Rockwood Roo Hybrid Travel Trailer in the spring of 2005, our salesman told us that Forest River was pushing out 17 trailers a day.

-Michael

Cars/Trucks can be built so that every few mins one rolls off the line. That started with the Model T where every 2.5 hours Henry Ford rolled one off the line. HOWEVER, with RV's, while they use assembly line/stall build processes, from what I see in that vid, they may not have any standard work (documented processes) for assembly...what do I mean by that? How many nails to hold in a rafter? A floor? These things should be engineered, and taught to the assembly workers...not left up to them. I could go into more detail, but from a manufacturing standpoint, it seemed things are kinda built as they go. No guards on wiring around corners (an issue I've had in my TT when wires rub themselves bare).

I have 20 years in manufacturing...so again, the vid shows me its more "get er done" than using jigs, standard work.

**By the way, my biggest pet peave with the last 3 or 4 TT's we've owned is the raw material left behind...cutouts, saw dust, wire, etc. Can you imagine getting into a new car and the roof cutout for your sunroof is laying in the backseat? Or bits of wire all over the floor (they use pre-made harnesses so that won't happen anyway).

How fast can you build it depends on how fast you want it to fall apart.

The faster... the faster.

I seen that video wen it came out 5 years ago.

If I was in Jayco`s shoes I wouldn't be proud of that video. that video shows all the problems in the RV industry. build them as fast as possible, if not fater, and let the customer worry about getting it back to the dealer for warranty work that they will try and blame the customer for.

It still makes me sick to watch that video.

bucky wrote:
Wasn't Ford building B52 bombers in 55 minutes leading into WWII? Video somewhere on that recently.

I think you're talking about the B-17 in WWII.

The B-52 is a jet bomber from the mid-fifties, and still in use today.
So, speed of assembly is not the important factor, it's the quality of workmanship.
The B-17 did very well in WWII.