How a TT is built
I found an interesting link to a video if anyone is curious how a travel trailer is built. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11U0McUKlw8
Forum Discussion
We also had a plant tour - of the Rockwood ROO/Mini Lites factory in Millersburg, IN. DH was in manufacturing management his entire career and commented he wished he'd had employees that hustled like that. Maybe many are not familiar with production work, but there is a system, a schedule, a goal for a particular time. It's not at all unusual to see workers at some of the automotive supplier companies finish their goal very early in their shift and the rest of the time they can play cards or whatever as long as they're in the building and no, I'm not kidding. You won't see that in the plant we toured. We were told that when the goal is met, there is plenty or resupply and cleaning to be done. We were there mid-day and didn't notice them near their goal at that time.
There is an inspection area toward the end and virtually all of the employees in that are women. They spotted problems here and there, tagged or marked them and then they were corrected.
I do wish that there didn't seem to be such a negative slant to Amish craftsmen/assembly line workers. Would many of us be able to handle the cost of a "craftsman built" TT?? Look over the threads on Airstream and some of the higher end trailers and most feel that their budgets would not allow for that. Certainly, not ours. These are Amish or Mennonite workers who happen to work on an assembly line and they work long, hard, hot, freezing cold hours. They are not paid to produce craftsman products. If a person wants a "craftsman built" RV they need to be prepared to pay 2 or 3 times what a FR or Jayco, etc cost. We would have to stay home. We're pleased with both FR trailers we've had and felt that they were well built and a good value for what we paid.
There is an inspection area toward the end and virtually all of the employees in that are women. They spotted problems here and there, tagged or marked them and then they were corrected.
I do wish that there didn't seem to be such a negative slant to Amish craftsmen/assembly line workers. Would many of us be able to handle the cost of a "craftsman built" TT?? Look over the threads on Airstream and some of the higher end trailers and most feel that their budgets would not allow for that. Certainly, not ours. These are Amish or Mennonite workers who happen to work on an assembly line and they work long, hard, hot, freezing cold hours. They are not paid to produce craftsman products. If a person wants a "craftsman built" RV they need to be prepared to pay 2 or 3 times what a FR or Jayco, etc cost. We would have to stay home. We're pleased with both FR trailers we've had and felt that they were well built and a good value for what we paid.
