Lantley wrote:
bfast54 wrote:
bogeygolfer wrote:
If some company could make a higher quality trailer and sell sufficient quantities at a profit, they'd be doing it. If I could figure out how to do that, I'd be doing it.
Great thing, the free market. The old "invisible hand" works pretty well, when we leave it alone.
DRV ......IS DOING this , and Still in business ..Despite a recent poster saying they are Now Defunct.
I was there Thursday and MobileSuites and the rest of their line is doing Just Fine.
DRV is not defunct they have been swallowed up by Thor no longer a stand alone company but part of a huge conglomerate.
The DRV we once new that built quality products with a stellar reputation has been sold.
THOR ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF TOWABLE MANUFACTURER CRUISER RV AND DRV
01/05/2015
ELKHART, Ind., Jan. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO) today announced the acquisition of towable recreational vehicle manufacturer Cruiser RV (CRV) and luxury fifth wheel recreational vehicle manufacturer DRV by its Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC subsidiary, in a series of integrated transactions which included the purchase of equity interests, as well as the purchase of certain real estate used in the ongoing operations of the business. The total purchase price, paid in cash, is approximately $47.4 million, subject to post-closing adjustments.
DRV is sold
"Will MAINTAIN Their Current Facilities, Workers,and MANAGEMENT TEAM.
DRV----IS STILL THERE ---I was just there !!!!!!!
They ARE STILL building STELLAR--- QUALITY RIGS....:W
So.......Just wondering ------ when were You last there ........to check them out ????????:h
Oh, and by the way...OPEN RANGE (Another independant co ).......has joined up with JAYCO ..( WHO also owns Coachman ).. to be able to secure funding for a LARGE PLANT expansion.....:W
