crasster wrote:
mosseater wrote:
I mean, how much longer does it take to properly drive a screw to do it's job than to slop it in sideways and miss the intended component?
YES. This is exactly the problem. People continue to buy junk.
It doesn't take longer to do something correctly than doing it wrong. It's the industry culture that drives poor workmanship. Nobody cares, neither the manufacturer or workers.
I often hear folks say the problem is because people continue to buy junk. But many are first-time buyers with no experience in RVs and just don't how bad quality is and wouldn't know what better quality is even if someone showed it to them. Buying choice will be based on price, bling and floor plans.
When we bought our first TT and knew nothing about them, we had the expectation they're similar to say cars & houses where there are laws protecting you, industry standards & gov't oversight, quality control and pride in workmanship. Wrong - not even close! I would say many first-time buyers have a similar expectation.
Our worst experience was finding out we had a serious issue the day we owned another previous TT that eventually led to it being replaced under warranty. Have had many, many ongoing smaller issues to deal with over the 5 seasons we've owned our current TT due to bad workmanship and last one last season was a leaking PEX fitting behind the shower that was improperly done. Never seems to end.
The
Jayco 7 hour factory build video pretty much sums up how all the TTs in Indiana are built. Photo below is a screenshot from the video. As Colbert would say "shop manager who is freaked out their TT is falling apart before it even gets out the door".
