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handye9 wrote:
Doesn't matter who puts them together. The key to their longevity is how the end users maintain them.

Let them sit out in the weather, drag them down bad roads, and ignore routine maintainenance, they all turn to junk, very quickly.

Trailers of the same price point will have similar construction.

Maintenance is the key to longevity.

We love our FR Rockwood Windjammer! 2 years old and zero issues.

While we're now trailerless, both our HTT and TT were FR products. The HTT was a ROO and the TT a Rockwood Ultra Lite. I would consider both of them to be mid-range. We were pleased with the fit and finish on both and had no problems. Absolutely agree that keeping up with maintenance is key. Even the little jobs like tightening screws need to be done ASAP. Let them go or forget about getting around to it and you've got problems.

Before buying the ROO, we did look at a Surveyor TT and liked it a lot. It did seem to have a better build and somewhat finer finish. We were more interested in the Hybrid type, it was heavier than we wanted and it was more money than we planned to spend for our first trailer. The 264 is still my favorite trailer of all. At one time, toward the back of their brochure they had a description and pictures of the differences in the build. You might bring that up online and see if it's still there for you to actually see what's done with the Surveyor.

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Doesn't matter who puts them together. The key to their longevity is how the end users maintain them.

Let them sit out in the weather, drag them down bad roads, and ignore routine maintainenance, they all turn to junk, very quickly.

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time_traveler wrote:
I have asked various dealers they only want to discuss product they have on their lot

I will garentee you this no matter what you buy it will at some point break and you will call it all types ofnames

I think if you check out a select single floor plan you will see the difference.
Evo is pretty light weight.
Surveyor is maybe a bit better overall.
Coachman is probably the fanciestmof the theee.
I guess budget and TV need to play a part in your decision.
Can your TV safely handle each loaded floor plan your looking at?
Is there enough room for your family to be comfortable?
Are holding tanks sufficiently large for your needs?
Is it strong enough to hold up until it is paid off?

The only way you can tell which is better then the others is to examine each one with a fine tooth comb. Look under neat it and see how the frame and cross members are built, look on top and see how good the roof and seams are, open doors and look behind the facia and see how the cabinets are built, pull drawers all the way out see how they are constructed, look up inside the storage compartments and see how it's made. In short, you got to get your blue jeans dirty. You have to decide for yourself which are better than the others, and how much relative to each other they are worth. Are there differences, I'm sure there are, but I doubt anyone on here can tell you. But you'll get a lot of "mines good". If someone says "their's is a not good" - now you might have something of value.