I was dropping my rig off at an RV service center yesterday and they had two of these funky looking travel trailers. I got talking to the owner of the neighboring business and he mentioned that they were "tiny homes imported from China". You could see a bit of damage from the container shipping process.Here's a walkaround video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKCG3GOK7QThey also seemed lightly built from the tongue and suspension. And seemed incomplete- no battery, no propane. The lack of a spot for the battery made me wonder if they had brakes at all.But, a made-in-China RV...I often read that the state of quality in the RV industry is akin to the state of the automotive industry in the 1970s... basically ****. It wasn't until China started sending higher quality and cheaper cars here did American manufacturers step up and sort themselves out. Is this thing the start of that idea?Each window on the ends had roller shades that could come down and close them off. You would NOT be giving everyone a nature show when you showered!

China never sent cars to the US in the 70's. Glass windows in the front where they can get broke from being towed, none in the sides.

I like the glass shower! But yeah, that was Japan, not China.

colliehauler wrote:China never sent cars to the US in the 70's. Glass windows in the front where they can get broke from being towed, none in the sides.Yeah, sorry about that. Was paraphrasing what I've read on forums and got it wrong. :)

colliehauler wrote:Glass windows in the front where they can get broke from being towed, none in the sides.Maybe they just installed it on the trailer backwards :BDave

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ependydad
Explorer
Jan 03, 2019
GWolfe wrote:
Funny how we are ragging on its quality when most of ours are falling apart before they make it off of the dealers lot. Not trying to defend it, just saying.

I welcome competition of any kind in the RV industry, we need something to wake up our manufacturers.

That's my take.

This might not be the one that changes things with it's lightweight frame and axles, but what if the next one they send over is better built and more finished?
GWolfe
Explorer
Jan 03, 2019
At least there are two axles.

I don't think it looks that bad, at least it's different than all of the brown/beige blah that is produced here.

Funny how we are ragging on its quality when most of ours are falling apart before they make it off of the dealers lot. Not trying to defend it, just saying.

I welcome competition of any kind in the RV industry, we need something to wake up our manufacturers.
Atlee
Explorer II
Jan 03, 2019
Can't say that about the one pictured. I noticed the hubs only had 4 lug nuts. That screams even lighter axle than on the cheap stuff built over here.

Hammerboy wrote:
Actually the build quality and workmanship is probably better than the domestics :B

Dan
Atlee
Explorer II
Jan 03, 2019
Is it a tiny home, or a travel trailer? They are not the same thing. Tiny houses are not self contained. They don't have fresh, gray and black tanks. They are designed to go from point a to point b and stay for a while.

I know there was a fad a short while ago involving "tiny houses". HGTV used to have one or more shows about building and buying "tiny houses". The buyers waxed enthusiastically about not wasting money on a huge house, but instead wanted to use their money to travel, or what not.

But never in any of those shows did the subject of just where were they going to dump their black and gray waste water. Many just said friends were going to allow them to park on their land somewhere, but again no mention of sewer hookup.
Hammerboy
Explorer
Jan 02, 2019
Actually the build quality and workmanship is probably better than the domestics :B

Dan
Deb_and_Ed_M
Explorer II
Jan 02, 2019
That trailer frame isn't giving me the "road-worthy" feeling; but if you were parking it on a piece of property somewhere for a "cabin" - it might work?
bgum
Explorer
Jan 02, 2019
Plain trash like everything else from China.
blownstang01
Explorer
Jan 02, 2019
I think it needs a little more wood paneling, holy '70s
bob213
Explorer
Jan 02, 2019
If we could just get Australia to change the door side and start shipping units here there would be some competition. Granted..high end, but still maybe an incentive for our **** builders to do better.
azrving
Explorer
Jan 02, 2019
At one time I started making a list of the junk that has boken on me. Tilt knobs shattered cutting my thumb, smacking a piece of rock with the face of claw hammer and a claw broke off, ATV whip flag stick splintered, air blow nozzle not a year old falls apart, long wood clamps twist handle falls apart, pry bars bend easily, 5 ft pinch bar bends easily and on and on. What could possibly go wrong with an RV from there. If you think our stuff is junk....

It's like being hooked on crack.

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