Snowman9000 wrote:
Willcamp4 wrote:
I'm surprised that Jayco is now selling trailers with frames from Lippert. It used to be one of their bragging rights. This is all my opinion, of course.
I also was disappointed. Another thing they used to brag about was using Goodyear tires. Although there were a lot of bad stories here about them anyway. But currently they are using Tow Max Power Kings. They also use the Schwintek slides which a lot of people are reporting as troublesome. From what I saw, they have adopted most of the common construction components and techniques as others. But...
Jayco runs a clean, well-organized factory and does seem to have a good grip on QC. They do a high pressure rain test on about 2 out of every ten units. They do a full pseudo-camping test of all systems on about 4 of 10 units, IIRC. They have a very good reputation for customer care, the one case here of stuff under a guy's roof notwithstanding. Their frame is beefed up compared to the run of the mill Lippert. I would still consider them in the future, myself.
As a side note, we just go back from our first trip with our cheap little MH. (We still have our fiver too.) It was quite refreshing to be able to drive without worrying about my running gear falling apart.
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Good write up lots of info. They must have changed up tires recently as my 2013 has goodyears on it. Thanks for posting
