kenwautoone wrote:
Romore : Forest River has a good reputation ?
That could be debatable but remember Palomino is an entirely separate company entirely from the rest of the FR group. Buffet bought Palomino to expand his RV line and Palomino at the time needed a cash infusion.
Palomino actually was founded by a guy who just wanted to build pop up campers but was devistated by a huge fire and almost went down the toilet until Buffet came along and bought them.
Half of Colon, Michigan works there.
Lot of history about them if you delve into it on the net.
Personally, I believe the lack of quality and attention to detail across the board (not just FR products) comes from the demand outstripping the supply and thus builders are hurrying to build units and not taking their time about it.
If I was to buy a new unit, I'd buy it in the winter when production is slow, how I bought mine. My unit is a November build. Bought it in November and left it sitting at Palomino in Colon until the following spring. I would never buy a spring or summer built RV because of the supply and demand issue.
No, they didn't charge me storage either...lol
