RV Problems

4X4Dodger wrote:
Part of the problem in RV's quality is that the manufacturers have not been able to take full advantage of all the technological advances in assembly that have made our cars much more reliable and cheaper to build.

It is nearly impossible to build an RV with robots as cars and many other products are. It is impossible to hold the tight tolerances that result in higher quality. RV's are really being built with mostly 19th century technology and sold in a 21st century technology market place.

Only the very high end Of motorcoach RV,s are able to utilize some of the automotive assembly technology. And we all see what that costs.

Of course as I pointed out in another post this is a highly complex subject with so many facets that it just cannot be done justice on a forum like this.

It would be very interesting to have dinner with a few CEO's of RV manufacturers and listen to their problems....I am sure that would open quite a few eyes here.

It has been my experience that few people truly understand what it takes to run a manufacturing company successfully, pay your employees fairly, meet customer expectations, stay competitive in a fast changing market, keep your Board of Directors happy, innovate, design the next new model (or widget) and still be profitable. Trust me, most people are not cut out for it. It's very easy to sit in your armchair and criticize from a standpoint of ignorance. It's a much different thing to try to understand the complex problems and actually get a better result. (and still stay profitable)