4X4Dodger wrote:
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The problems of the RV manufacturers are not simplistic. They are the problems of being in an increasingly competitive industry, with one of the highest man hours to unit ratios (which equals high cost), an industry that has major hurdles of design to overcome to be able to use robotic assembly, an industry that has great pressure to put out new models every year, incrreasing costs, and a fickle and cheaop customer base that will walk away from your unit to one that costs $1000 less regardless of quality.
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Well put. I spent 40 years working for a multi billion dollar corp, the last ten of which in management at the shop floor level. We were not even on a bonus system, and it was still hard at times to get workers to maintain the high level of quality required.
4x4Dodger's comments cut right to core issue of this discussion, which is why I said what I did earlier: I bought the floorplan that worked for me, in a trailer that appeared to have "adequate for my use" quality. I have fixed the minor problems myself, modified a few things to better suit my use, and am sitting in it right now for four months in the warmth of Arizona, and use it 6 to 8 months a year.
I liked the low buy in price ( yep, I'm the cheapskate Dodger mentioned :) ), and in the end, I'm having a blast using this trailer.
Buy 'em, fix 'em, get 'em out and use 'em. Life is short.
