What the RV Industry needs and how it works.
I haven't posted for a while. Mostly happy trouble free camping has kept me a lurker. Trouble free however must have context, i'm a handy guy. A small insurance claim and having a kid has me assessing...
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I would be happy with the materials on my Rockwood 8318SS if the assembly quality wasn't so bad.
The rear cap was ready to come off because the screws on one side all missed the support.
The big front window leakerd because the cutout for it was cut freehand and the frame didn't cover a small section at the bottom.
etc, etc.
The operator-dependent assembly process results in one unit that has most of the fasteners properly installed and then the next unit has fasteners that mostly miss the target. That's why some people don't have problems and some do with the same model.
The important stuff is hidden, so looking over the trailer carefully rarely uncovers poor assembly, unless its so bad that parts have big gaps or misaligned sections.
It really wouldn't cost a huge amount more to have some templates, guides and jigs for the assembler. EVERY car of the same model has the fasteners in the exact same place because they don't rely on "eyeballing it". A trailer is made more like a house than a car. Except that the trailer, unlike a house, travels down the road and shakes apart anything poorly assembled.
Steve
The rear cap was ready to come off because the screws on one side all missed the support.
The big front window leakerd because the cutout for it was cut freehand and the frame didn't cover a small section at the bottom.
etc, etc.
The operator-dependent assembly process results in one unit that has most of the fasteners properly installed and then the next unit has fasteners that mostly miss the target. That's why some people don't have problems and some do with the same model.
The important stuff is hidden, so looking over the trailer carefully rarely uncovers poor assembly, unless its so bad that parts have big gaps or misaligned sections.
It really wouldn't cost a huge amount more to have some templates, guides and jigs for the assembler. EVERY car of the same model has the fasteners in the exact same place because they don't rely on "eyeballing it". A trailer is made more like a house than a car. Except that the trailer, unlike a house, travels down the road and shakes apart anything poorly assembled.
Steve
