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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Thor Industries now owns quite a few RV brands as can be found on the Thor Industries website.: Jayco, Keystone, KZ, Airstream, Crossroads, Dutchmen and others.
Thor, as an umbrella company to many brands, is driven by bottom line profits just like the rest of them. From what I understand, when Thor bought these companies, they did not meddle a whole lot with their design and production but I could be wrong. We have a 2014 KZ which was built just before Thor took over and before that we had the identical 2013 model of KZ TT. The 2014 model is worse quality overall and am still finding problems. I would never buy a Keystone TT as I've seen and heard about problems first hand and have friends that have one that has atrocious build quality. The ones built in the east appear to be better built tho.
I love what Thor says about KZ: "is focused on becoming the most innovative RV company in the world" Pardon me while I go stick my finger in my throat....
Okay, back now. If we were to ever consider buying another TT, I'd be looking closely at an Outdoors RV model. Not immune to some quality issues but def. above average and I like that they use their own in-house designed and built heavy duty frame. A good frame makes a huge difference. Our KZ has a non-standard very heavy duty frame which is fantastic. Jayco uses a BAL Ultraframe which is very good.
Thor, as an umbrella company to many brands, is driven by bottom line profits just like the rest of them. From what I understand, when Thor bought these companies, they did not meddle a whole lot with their design and production but I could be wrong. We have a 2014 KZ which was built just before Thor took over and before that we had the identical 2013 model of KZ TT. The 2014 model is worse quality overall and am still finding problems. I would never buy a Keystone TT as I've seen and heard about problems first hand and have friends that have one that has atrocious build quality. The ones built in the east appear to be better built tho.
I love what Thor says about KZ: "is focused on becoming the most innovative RV company in the world" Pardon me while I go stick my finger in my throat....
Okay, back now. If we were to ever consider buying another TT, I'd be looking closely at an Outdoors RV model. Not immune to some quality issues but def. above average and I like that they use their own in-house designed and built heavy duty frame. A good frame makes a huge difference. Our KZ has a non-standard very heavy duty frame which is fantastic. Jayco uses a BAL Ultraframe which is very good.
