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MEXICOWANDERER
Jan 30, 2014Explorer
How many assembly plants have you visited Moisheh? I was forced to in representing OEM battery manufacturers. To believe some yokel would take the time ad effort to fabricate a story about him using a particular product is beyond credibility. When I visited the Fleetwood plant there (Yeah, my physical body actually visited the executive offices, and the assembly line) I was aghast. I saw pallets of new batteries punctured, dropped, smashed, cracked, exploded, and a few with the terminals melted off. My four hundred dollar fee saved the vendor I represented a lot of money. The plant officer explained to me those batteries were "for warranty". Fleetwood argued the price of a battery down to one dollar and change over what my employer was paying OEM. Mark Dougherty, president of RAMCAR battery laughed so hard when I told him my experience he almost choked. His quip: "They change vendors like I change underwear".
But inside the coaches it was not brightly lit. The workers literally RAN from place to place, maximum frenzied assembly. The lot outside the plant had two dozen (I did not count) units that were being trouble-shooted. Needless to say I left the plant not in a good frame of mind. I continued on to Corona to U.S. Battery on other business.
I hope this answers your curiosity...
But inside the coaches it was not brightly lit. The workers literally RAN from place to place, maximum frenzied assembly. The lot outside the plant had two dozen (I did not count) units that were being trouble-shooted. Needless to say I left the plant not in a good frame of mind. I continued on to Corona to U.S. Battery on other business.
I hope this answers your curiosity...
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