quality control
Seems Lance truck camper is losing its quality control. Mass produce and ship them out. Let the customer handle it. Or are they making units that are seconds?
Forum Discussion
Lance and most other economy level RV manufacturers have low volume and pay high costs for materials and have a lot of labor costs for every unit they make. One cannot compare them to luxury units selling for 2-10x the price or to cars and trucks. They have to make them affordable and have a profit margin for the dealers that resell them.
I have no problems with the quality control at Lance or most of their design and engineering approaches. I have my wish list naturally of areas where I would pay extra for something different and I intensely dislike the way the industry uses caulk to temporarily weather seal EVERYTHING on the exterior. But I know that a camper made to Air Stream standards would be at least double the cost and if looking at both campers on a dealer's lot I would probably buy the Lance.
I have no problems with the quality control at Lance or most of their design and engineering approaches. I have my wish list naturally of areas where I would pay extra for something different and I intensely dislike the way the industry uses caulk to temporarily weather seal EVERYTHING on the exterior. But I know that a camper made to Air Stream standards would be at least double the cost and if looking at both campers on a dealer's lot I would probably buy the Lance.
