Jayco and travel trailer quality

[DallasSteve]

I posted a comment in another thread about a Jayco travel trailer model and the OP replied that he had not heard good things about the quality of Jayco trailers. I don't know which trailers have a good reputation for quality or not so I did a quick search on the Internet for rankings of travel trailers by quality. Jayco appears in several of those lists as being good quality. That makes me wonder.

Below is a list of the largest counts by manufacturers of a large search that I just did on RV Trader. I find it interesting that my dear friend Warren Buffet (I wish) owns the number 1 brand, Forest River. I don't hear much about Keystone, but I like a number of their plans, too. Jayco moves a lot of units, too. So who thinks Jayco is good, and who thinks they are bad, in terms of quality? My guess is if you're selling a bad product you're not going to get up or stay up in the rankings.

Forest River 10471
Keystone 8135
Jayco 3761
Heartland 2896
Coachmen 2280

[Boon_Docker]

bob213 wrote:
That sounds like a great med. Is that something you take?

If he doesn't maybe he should. :B

[bob213]

That sounds like a great med. Is that something you take?

[Ralph_Cramden]

bob213 wrote:

Ralph Cramden wrote:

bob213 wrote:
Well Ralph, you left the Forest River forum to come here and spew your negative thoughts. You've made 7 posts. 4 of them negative. It would seem you are going to be a great asset to this forum.

Well all I can say to that is no one forced you to read them.

I am curious though. Are you a self appointed moderator?

No, just sick of the negative whiners who think they know it all. Do your whining at your next Resist rally.

Ahhhh lighten up Francis.

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[bob213]

Ralph Cramden wrote:

bob213 wrote:
Well Ralph, you left the Forest River forum to come here and spew your negative thoughts. You've made 7 posts. 4 of them negative. It would seem you are going to be a great asset to this forum.

Well all I can say to that is no one forced you to read them.

I am curious though. Are you a self appointed moderator?

No, just sick of the negative whiners who think they know it all. Do your whining at your next Resist rally.

[Atlee]

As far as I know, Jayco does not use Lippert frames. They either use BAL frames or other locally sourced frames (Jay Flight line). And unless they just changed, Jayco uses Dexter axles and not Lippert axles.

Ralph Cramden wrote:
LOL..... Jayco, Thor, Forest River, Winnebago, Grand design, fill in the name of your choice. The common denominator is Lippert Components. The less Lippert stuff, or one of Lipperts partners such as Furrion you get, the better off you'll be and the less Tylenol you'll need.

[Ralph_Cramden]

bob213 wrote:
Well Ralph, you left the Forest River forum to come here and spew your negative thoughts. You've made 7 posts. 4 of them negative. It would seem you are going to be a great asset to this forum.

Well all I can say to that is no one forced you to read them.

I am curious though. Are you a self appointed moderator?

[bob213]

Well Ralph, you left the Forest River forum to come here and spew your negative thoughts. You've made 7 posts. 4 of them negative. It would seem you are going to be a great asset to this forum.

[FrankShore]

If you have a few bucks, you might look at a Lance. Manufactured totally differently than any other TT built today. Also has a 2 year warranty

[Ralph_Cramden]

LOL..... Jayco, Thor, Forest River, Winnebago, Grand design, fill in the name of your choice. The common denominator is Lippert Components. The less Lippert stuff, or one of Lipperts partners such as Furrion you get, the better off you'll be and the less Tylenol you'll need.

[Edd505]

Jayco makes great trailers and like any brand you will get what you pay for. Jayco has numerous models from what I would call starters to full time living. I owned a Jayco Eagle I towed about 30,000+ miles with no issues other than one tire failure on 2 year old tires. I traded the Jayco on a KZ Gold that's had a couple minor issues in about 2000 miles but the finish details seem to be better than the Jayco. I would still have the Jayco but DW loved the KZ layout.
Happy wife = Happy life!

[allen8106]

I have a 2010 Jayco 5vr bought new and have never had any trouble out of it other than recently the converter started acting wierd. My next one will be a Jayco. I don't consider the converter issue Jaycos problem.

[rbpru]

One of the purposes of a merger is to consolidate your vender base. The RV industry did that decades ago. If you have seen one kitchen at an RV show, you have seen them all so to speak.

Mergers often consolidate purchasing, accounting and design engineering. Some day that my happen in the RV industry but it is not likely while they can sell more than they can make.

Quality has more to do with market demand than corporate merging. For all the winning and complaining that is posted, myself included, the public seems to be satisfied with the quality they get for the price they are willing to pay.

[TomG2]

Hannibal wrote:
That wasn't aimed at you Tom. Just in general for those who might believe quality took a spiraling plunge to the black tank. Sorry if it came across as aimed at you.

Thanks.

[Hannibal]

That wasn't aimed at you Tom. Just in general for those who might believe quality took a spiraling plunge to the black tank. Sorry if it came across as aimed at you.