Looking to buy high end 27/32Ft Travel Trailer

patperry2766 wrote:
Forest River Aviator

Would this be considered a high end model?

I would consider it an attempt to place themselves into that market segment. Since I've not seen an example, I can't judge whether construction, fittings, build quality puts the product into a class with New Horizons, Excel, Airstream, Oliver, Bigfoot or even Escape.

Aviator looks like a box built around laminated wall construction, as used by most of the mass-production RV industry once you get above entry level, rather than framing as used by Northwood and New Horizons, or exceptional construction techniques like molded shells or aluminum monocoque (e.g. Airstream). But other manufacturers (like Lance and many motorhome manufacturers) do the assembled box construction well, so why not Forest River.

Wrap-around end caps are certainly a step up from the TT norm (used extensively in motorized RVs). I'd like to see how it is fastened together, do we have interlocking and overlapping channels, or is it all tacked together with sheet metal screws.

Sorry, I've been TT shopping lately, and when I get into the construction details, fit and finish of the RVs I've been looking at, they've all been so disappointing compared to the entry level motorhome I've been using for the past ten year.