Very Disappointed with New Keystone Alpine

topjimmy wrote:
I bought a Grady White Boat new in 1994 and it has never broke down or leaked etc.. in over 2 decades and wondered how do they do that so I Saw a tour of the Grady White Boat factory and THAT is how ya build a Quality hand built product the attention to detail is impressive, the workers were taking their time going over the smallest detail in every process of making these boats and Grady only uses the highest quality components but ya know what folks Quality Cost money and GW's are not cheap as their workers are not paid by the piece or have quota's they just do what it takes to do it right the first time and there is NO WAY the RV Industry is going to take the time or money or get quality employees that are paid well and care about their jobs and the company they work for except companies like New Horizons 5er's for example and most folks will not pay the money for a New Horizons so you get what we got here is basically a roll of the dice on getting a good one no matter what brand ya buy like Dirty Harry says "Do ya feel Lucky Punk?..well do ya?":B

Exactly, had a 24' Grady offshore back in the 80's, what a boat. But a Grady is not a Bayliner, or the other way around, and if you're going to compare, most RV's are Bayliners. Please post a pic of your 94, would love to see it.


Here is the picture of the day, freshly stolen from another forum. Yes Folks, thats a screw between the window flange and wall on a new Rockwood. Do you think that may have leaked a little while sitting at Rockwood or the transporters staging facilities, or during shipping, or at the dealer? It apparently made it out the factory door, through the Forest River dedicated QC facility advertised as 20,000 sq ft of quality assurance, and to the dealer. I believe it even made it through the PDI LOL. Also notice the clever use of closed cell foam behind the window flange as opposed to butyl tape, followed up with caulk. Talk about poo.