Still waiting for our new camper
Camper (2014 Star Craft Autumn Ridge 278BH) was ordered from the dealership on Oct 3rd 2013 and still has not arrived. Dealership said that they are built by Amish in Indiana and they take a lot of ti...
Forum Discussion
Really hate to see the Amish grouped together as unskilled or uneducated. Our first trailer was a FR Rockwood ROO built in Millersburg, IN. On the return leg of a trip to the UP, we toured the factory. Yes, it is assembly line - just like your car. DH entire career was in manufacturing and he commented that he wished he'd had as dedicated workers as we saw in that plant. They work and they work hard....and fast. They're not leaning on some broom waiting for breaktime to roll around. They're building what the engineers design and according to the way it's designed to be built. Maybe some of these complaints should be directed to the design engineers. There are systems involved and they're working accordingly. Mostly their skills are passed down, rather than going to a trade school or college, but nevertheless, they do have skills....and a sense of pride in what they do. We were very pleased with the fit and finish of our ROO. When we moved to a TT, there was no question that it would be a Rockwood unit and again, we're pleased. If you want a trailer that's hand built by possibly trade school workers, do you want to pay the price?? My cousin bought a Winnebago MH that was in the upper 6 figures and he had more issues than we did with our little HTT. He unloaded it as soon as he could and is now in a 7-figure MH....hope he's happy with this one. Definitely NOT in our budget.
When we ordered our HTT, the dealer told us about 6 - 8 weeks. Factories group like product together and also based on the demand for a particular model. The model we ordered was not one of the top sellers at that time and had mostly all of the upgrade options....we ordered it in April and it finally surfaced in August....not the problem of the builders....check with the scheduling department. Meanwhile, we changed to one of the extremely popular models on the lot and were more than happy with the change...decided that the RV Gods were watching out for us.
When a unit is actually scheduled to go online, the dealer is given the VIN #. Ask your dealer for that # and if he doesn't have it, it's either not truly scheduled yet or you're getting a line of it from the salesman. The units that go on the line in the morning are in the finished lot by the end of the day....that's the way the systems are designed. Then either the dealer picks it up or arranges for a third party. Please don't blame the fact that a unit is late arriving on the workers who are building it....there are way to many variables in there for that to be the case.
When we ordered our HTT, the dealer told us about 6 - 8 weeks. Factories group like product together and also based on the demand for a particular model. The model we ordered was not one of the top sellers at that time and had mostly all of the upgrade options....we ordered it in April and it finally surfaced in August....not the problem of the builders....check with the scheduling department. Meanwhile, we changed to one of the extremely popular models on the lot and were more than happy with the change...decided that the RV Gods were watching out for us.
When a unit is actually scheduled to go online, the dealer is given the VIN #. Ask your dealer for that # and if he doesn't have it, it's either not truly scheduled yet or you're getting a line of it from the salesman. The units that go on the line in the morning are in the finished lot by the end of the day....that's the way the systems are designed. Then either the dealer picks it up or arranges for a third party. Please don't blame the fact that a unit is late arriving on the workers who are building it....there are way to many variables in there for that to be the case.
