Best lite weight? Jayco TT or not to Jayco TT
Hello, new to forum. Looking into a lightweight TT. So far it appears to be maddening trying to decide who makes the best for the least. Right now it seems that the Jayco XLITE 195 seems to be a reall...
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Dick_B wrote:
Jayco has been around forever so they must be doing something right.
No excuse for them but the `lite' trailers are lighter in weight for some reason and part of it is lower quality materials ie. frame, cabinets, countertops and they sell for less. Thus the companies can't afford to spend much time on making them and workmanship suffers.
It was the same story when we were in the sailboat world. It took almost as many manhours to build a small boat as a large boat but the companies could not charge as much due to market competition and the desire of the buyer to not spend much.
I like to do business with a dealer close to my home so I can build a relationship where they might go the extra mile to solve any problems I might find.
This myth about "lite trailers" continues to perpetuate itself here on this forum. I have towed an "Ultra Light" 29foot 4,400 pounds dry travel trailer coast to coast WITHOUT ISSUE. Not even a flat tire with the so called "China bombs".
IMHO-yes the are built with lighter materials but that doesn't mean they are going to rattle themselves apart. That's just non-sense. With a "full line" manufacturer-they don't want you to have any negative experiences with their product because they are looking at you as a future customer-buying a bigger, better trailer (or other RV) next time around.
