Lancer Camper. Inc Sold Out

My hope is that the quality of their trailers starts showing up here on the east coast. We are approaching the time of moving from a camper to a trailer. We have looked at the Lance trailers for several years and the lessons they learned with truck campers seems to have made it into their trailer line. Good solid trailers. Most of what we have seen here in the northeast has had nowhere near the quality. Limited supply and added transportation costs make it a bit harder to find a good deal.

A second manufacturing location in the east or central part of the country would be nice. But I look back at what happened with Arctic Fox when they opened a facility in the east. Didn't work out so well for them. But if REV takes lessons from Lance, perhaps their bottom line will improve.

Doug

Probably so Brad. :D

Many years ago before we bought our 1996 Lance, their factory rep told me the following at the Atlanta RV Show:
Lance would never put a rubber roof on a T/C
Lance would never put a slide out in a T/C
Lance would never use Filon siding on a T/C
Lance would never build an aluminum framed T/C

I call Lance yesterday and asked the following:
Was Lance moving their factory to Indiana?
Was Lance planning on delivering their Indiana built T/C’s by drone?

They answered no to both questions. I see a pattern developing here.

Brad


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Yes, it will last.

Couple reasons - Walmart is attempting to cut into the online shopping market with free two-day shipping. AND, Amazon and Walmart will ship an inexpensive item because it wants ALL your business, and the small items eventually turn into much bigger items, and more frequent purchases.

Plus, the Amazon Prime concept is a money maker up front for Amazon, and more than likely some if not all shipping is built into the price and the shipping contract with UPS, FedEx, and USPS. Believe this, Amazon and Walmart do not pay the same shipping fees we do.

sleepy wrote:


Of course Lance is no Amazon... 95% of American’s have no idea who or what a Lance is and if you told the they'd forget before they took their next breath.

Be realistic.

Lance doesn't need to sell to more than 5% of Americans.
You bought your Lance over 2000 miles from the manufacturer, didn't you?
Seeing Amazon blooming just short years after whole country economy collapsed, I just wonder how long it will last.
Lance survived where other RV manufacturers close the doors.
Amazon is giving me free next day delivery on $5 items. That makes no economical sense. You think it will last?

d3500ram wrote:

silversand wrote:
.....I think that all the logistical, tax, locational, supply-chain proximity, and production line integration issue have been worked out loooooong ago by REV....now, it is just: acquire, acquire, acquire, acquire, acquire solid well-known brands.

Yep.

Agree with Derek

And as far as Kaytag1

Of course Lance is no Amazon... 95% of American’s have no idea who or what a Lance is and if you told the they'd forget before they took their next breath.

Be realistic.

I wonder if Lance has enough power to do what Amazon did ?

silversand wrote:
.....I think that all the logistical, tax, locational, supply-chain proximity, and production line integration issue have been worked out loooooong ago by REV....now, it is just: acquire, acquire, acquire, acquire, acquire solid well-known brands.

Yep.

.....I think that all the logistical, tax, locational, supply-chain proximity, and production line integration issue have been worked out loooooong ago by REV....now, it is just: acquire, acquire, acquire, acquire, acquire solid well-known brands.

jimh425 wrote:

rider997 wrote:
Big towable travel trailers are transported on a rail flat car- two or three to a car.

Fwiw, a lot of towable travel trailers, and fifth wheels travel by truck and even smaller hotshot trucks on I-90. Occasionally, they use a goose neck and put multiple travel trailers on them and sometimes TCs as well.

They are easily recognizable as transportation because they have DOT signs on the side of the tow vehicles as well as temporary plates if there are plates at all.

You may have missed the next sentence: "Highway transport is even more expensive per mile than rail." :-)

So, yes, they definitely do highway transport- but those haulers are only pulling _one_ 40' travel trailer, and often traveling empty on the return trip if they can't locate another eastbound load.