โJan-05-2015 09:44 AM
โNov-12-2015 09:38 AM
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Thanks Dan for the eye witness report!
โNov-12-2015 06:10 AM
โNov-11-2015 07:18 PM
RustyJC wrote:retispcsi wrote:
I was at DRV first week in Oct. I was told that the "Boss" was going into production at the DRV factory soon. One big happy family.
Even if that's so, it doesn't make the "Boss" a DRV product.
Not that it's directly relevant to the "Boss", but one reason Thor/Heartland wanted to buy DRV is that the Heartland facilities in Elkhart were landlocked. DRV has LOTS of available acreage at Howe. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see new production facilities added at the Howe campus and different products being manufactured there.
Rusty
โNov-11-2015 08:15 AM
bob34787 wrote:
as with forest river anything thor touches will become a shadow of its former self.
โNov-11-2015 08:13 AM
โNov-11-2015 07:06 AM
retispcsi wrote:
I was at DRV first week in Oct. I was told that the "Boss" was going into production at the DRV factory soon. One big happy family.
โNov-11-2015 07:04 AM
โNov-10-2015 08:53 PM
RustyJC wrote:throwaway wrote:
still building drvs like before the buyout, New toy hauler model called the boss is like a cyclone though, I beam mains and standard size upper deck so won't have lots of storage space
I'm sorry, but I must be missing something here. The DRV Suites toy hauler is the Full House. It has the 15" stacked triple box section frame just like the Mobile Suites and Elite Suites. I find no reference whatsoever to a "DRV Boss".
Rusty
โNov-10-2015 06:25 PM
throwaway wrote:
still building drvs like before the buyout, New toy hauler model called the boss is like a cyclone though, I beam mains and standard size upper deck so won't have lots of storage space
โNov-10-2015 05:59 PM
โJan-12-2015 07:37 AM
โJan-11-2015 03:20 PM
golf_bears wrote:
TheAmRheins,
I'll venture my opinion on your excellent question. Not sure how many of you remember but when Hartland first introduced their product line, some 5-6 years ago, they looked very similar, functionality wise and on the surface (the glitz factor), to the then Doubletree Suite units. My guess is in the not to distant future we will see DRV merge into Hartland or vice versa.
There just are too many visible similarities between DRV and Hartland product lines to keep them both in production. The quality issue will resolve itself depending on which product line remains in production.
Thor is looking for more manufacturing space and DRV has a great facility and lots of acreage to expand. Time will tell who survives.
โJan-11-2015 02:22 PM
golf_bears wrote:
My guess is in the not to distant future we will see DRV merge into Hartland or vice versa.
There just are too many visible similarities between DRV and Hartland product lines to keep them both in production. The quality issue will resolve itself depending on which product line remains in production.
Thor is looking for more manufacturing space and DRV has a great facility and lots of acreage to expand. Time will tell who survives.
โJan-11-2015 12:52 PM