Gdetrailer wrote:
isonychia wrote:
Another dumb idea by the manufacturer of these things.
Add that to the list, along with the manufacturer saving $150 on the use of OSB over AC plywood. A sheet of OSB is $17. AC plywood is $35. I estimate my trailer uses about 8 sheets. Thats $144.
Ridiculous.
So I would have to try and knock out the pieces of plywood under the cabinet to free the cabinet?
Then to get it back in I would have to trim 1/2" off the top of the cabinet and add a piece of trim or crown molding to cover the gap.
I'm wondering if I should just leave it.
Thoughts?
I have yet to see this mentioned when I have watched videos of people repairing their trailer floor from water damage.
iso
Pretty much the standard way a RV is built is to build the floor, then install inside walls/furniture/cabinets. Then install outside wall panels, then the roof is set on top as the last part of assembly.
It IS done this way to make best use of LABOR AND MATERIALS, cuts down on wasted time and materials. Manufacturers will build walls and roof on large tables which act as assembly jigs. Once the panels and roof have been assembled they are eventually married up on the final assembly line.
Extremely efficient making YOU the lowest cost possible RV.
RVs are never designed with future service in mind (pretty much can say that about autos and boats too).
Cut the cabinet up to remove, THEN BUILD A NEW CABINET IN PLACE.
As far as griping about OSB vs Plywood, well if YOU were the PRESIDENT of the RV manufacturer, YOU would want to MAXIMIZE YOUR BUSINESSES PROFITS, that $144 saved might mean the difference between the company surviving or not.. Especially if you multiply that $144 x 10,000 units built for the year.. That would be $1,440,000 (yeah 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS) in extra cost!!!
If you don't like how the RV industry does things, perhaps start your own RV company and try it YOUR way and see just how long you can stay in business..
I would gladly pay an extra $144 on top of the price of my trailer for some real subfloor. No need for the business to lose $1,440,000 and institute layoffs, cut workers pay leaving people homeless, ruin Christmas, Thanksgiving, having little Johnny run around with holes in his shoes, little Mary crying in a corner because her dolls head fell off or for Arctic seals to get clubbed.
I'll just eat the $144. Tack it onto the price. No one will notice, I promise.
Normal price, $50,000
New price, $50,144.
But thanks for stretching the $144. ;)
