Excel Closing Its Doors
Peterson Industries made the following post this morning in the Excel Owners' Group forum over on another RVing website: Dear Excel Family Members, Peterson Industries, Inc. has been a pillar...
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bobx2 wrote:drfife wrote:bobx2 wrote:
Maybe it was the perception that they were so much better than the rest that they just priced themselves out of the market??? Are they really worth $50K more than a very comparable unit? I don't think so, and obviously the majority agree with me. As the market adjusts, so must you adapt with it. If you are not willing to do so, you do not survive.
What "comparable unit" to an Excel is $50K less?
I guess I should have known that an Excel owner would jump in and be offended when someone suggests that there may be other units out there that are just as functional without having paid an inflated price for a name. Offense wasn't intended, it's just the facts of life. I wouldn't pay 100K for a unit when I could buy one for 50K that suits me just as well, and functions just as well. That must hold true for most others as well, otherwise Excel would still be, shall we say, Excelling.
There is no way you can find a $50K trailer with the quality of a HitchHiker or and Excel or a Mobile Suites.
You may well find a cheaper trailer that will hold up to the weekend a 2 week vacation use for a few years, but that trailer will not do well for full time use. You will not get Mor/Ryde IS suspension, G rated tires, over-sized brakes, 22 cu.ft residential refrigerator with 3000Watt pure sine wave inverter, 4 batteries and solar charger, dual pane windows, heat pumps, sleep number matress, two awning (one is electric), 14" powder-coated frame, washer-drier, all wood cherry cabinets, NO particle board, better quality furniture and floors, LED lights through out, MCD sbades, 5 speed vent hood, sealed surface gas range with electric ignition, convection microwave, more than adequate drawers and storage closets and radiant heat barrier.
All of these nice items add to the cost and weight. All this items are nice for full time living.
Many folks are happy with the new $50K trailer, but for my money, I would go out shopping for a nice 3 to 5 year old higher end trailer. This are a much better deal.
Ken
