Crossroads is a division of Keystone RV which is a Thor brand.
Cherokee is a Forest River brand. Between Thor and Forest River they own a solid 80+% of market share and have done so for years.
Both start out on a Lippert frame and are built from the same materials, using the same means and methods. No discernable difference in quality between any of them. Mass produced and slapped together at lightspeed by bottom of the barrel pieceworkers. Anyone telling you otherwise is full of it.
She might get a little better service and support from Forest River over Thor if it's needed, or she might not.
I'd look at the unit itself individually with a fine tooth comb. They build the same model/floorplan in production runs, sometimes as many as 25 per day on a line. All 25 will have different levels of build quality and different defects and/or amount of defects. There is little QA or QC, nor no special inspections as touted on websites and brochures. All of that BS is simply eye candy.
