RV Show Reflections (Do RV Engineers RV?)
Went to the San Antonio RV show yesterday and we really enjoyed seeing all the new RVs. Was pleasently surprised at construction quality on most models, not a lot of shoddy construction issues were ob...
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tinstartrvlr wrote:
Heard a tale from someone who did a factory tour. He said the line workers had something like 22 minutes to complete whatever task their station required.
No wonder why things look like they were slapped together.
And then at the end of the line, if there are no OBVIOUS issues, the unit moves on. Then it's up to the dealer to deal with the fallout. And the customer suffers.
All about the bottom line. Crank em out and get em sold.
Sad really.
One of our travel trailers came from a small family owned dealership. The owner told me that one trailer manufacturing plant, from the brand he sold, produced such trash that he would no longer accept units built in that plant. The last straw was when one arrived and his shop foreman found 52 issues to repair, replace, correct, complete, etc.... The owner spoke to the VP in charge of production and told him that he would no longer do business with a division of the company that builds semi-completed, defective trash, it wasn't cost effective for the dealer, and it left the customer with an RV that wasn't going to make then happy in the long run, since who knows what else is wrong with it, that you can't see?
