Jayco and travel trailer quality
I posted a comment in another thread about a Jayco travel trailer model and the OP replied that he had not heard good things about the quality of Jayco trailers. I don't know which trailers have a go...
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DallasSteve wrote:
Below is a list of the largest counts by manufacturers of a large search that I just did on RV Trader. I find it interesting that my dear friend Warren Buffet (I wish) owns the number 1 brand, Forest River. I don't hear much about Keystone, but I like a number of their plans, too. Jayco moves a lot of units, too. So who thinks Jayco is good, and who thinks they are bad, in terms of quality? My guess is if you're selling a bad product you're not going to get up or stay up in the rankings.
Forest River 10471
Keystone 8135
Jayco 3761
Heartland 2896
Coachmen 2280
Forest River is a much larger manufacturer than Jayco and put out more units, hence why there are more units for sale on RV Trader. When we bought our Forest River made Rockwood Roo 233, the salesman at the dealership told us that FR was putting out 17 of them a day. Ours was an Ultra-Lite Hybrid. It was of decent quality.
We have owned 3 Jaycos, a pop-up, a Class C Motorhome and now a Destination Trailer. I appreciate that Jayco thinks so highly of its quality that it provides a 2 year warranty, while most other manufacturers only provide a 1 year warranty.
In my opinion Jayco is slightly better quality than Forest River. How, no matter what trailer you buy, if you don't keep up on preventative maintenance, the trailer is going to have issues.
-Michael
