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atreis
Jun 07, 2015Explorer
Most of those brands are little more than slapping different stickers onto the same trailer, made at the same factory. So - let's assume they all are for a moment. Since I can't find figures (after about 30 seconds of looking) for FR sales for last year, let's be generous and assume they sold 100,000 units.
Going through their website, picking a single brand (Palomino) of each type, and counting floorplans (probably missing a few - again, being generous) I get:
PuP: 12
TC: 13
Lightweight TT: 15
TT: 0 (same as lightweight tt - most mfg steps should be similar)
Destination: 7
Fiver: 12
Total: 59 floorplans
If there are some floorplans that are different in other brands, that would just increase this number. If some of the TT should have been counted, that also would just increase this number. This number also doesn't include ANY driveable RVs, which are included in the RVIA figures. Again, that would just increase this number. Therefore, the number below is WRONG - it should be smaller.
If they made the same number of each, they would have made ~1700 of each unit. No where near enough units to invest in mass production design and fabrication equipment.
If you look at the floorplans for the trailers that are generally listed in the well-built category of lightweight trailer, they tend to have very few floorplan options. Another possible correlation: The number of floorplans available is inversely correlated with the average quality.
Going through their website, picking a single brand (Palomino) of each type, and counting floorplans (probably missing a few - again, being generous) I get:
PuP: 12
TC: 13
Lightweight TT: 15
TT: 0 (same as lightweight tt - most mfg steps should be similar)
Destination: 7
Fiver: 12
Total: 59 floorplans
If there are some floorplans that are different in other brands, that would just increase this number. If some of the TT should have been counted, that also would just increase this number. This number also doesn't include ANY driveable RVs, which are included in the RVIA figures. Again, that would just increase this number. Therefore, the number below is WRONG - it should be smaller.
If they made the same number of each, they would have made ~1700 of each unit. No where near enough units to invest in mass production design and fabrication equipment.
If you look at the floorplans for the trailers that are generally listed in the well-built category of lightweight trailer, they tend to have very few floorplan options. Another possible correlation: The number of floorplans available is inversely correlated with the average quality.
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