Thoughts on new coachmen Catalina trailers?
Hey yall, My wife and i are considering a new coachmen Catalina travel trailer. I'd like to hear from folks that have a newer model of this rig. The good and the bad. Seems well built to me, ...
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SoundGuy wrote:Camper G wrote:
Hard to believe the coachmen and wildwood xlite are both Forrest river products ...
Why? The Catalina is a Coachmen RV product, built alongside Freedom Express and Apex trailers, with no relationship to any other Forest River products which are manufactured by other different companies under the FR umbrella which is owned by Warren Buffet. Coachmen RV is it's own entity and makes it's own decisions regarding product lines offered and processes used to manufacture those products.
Actually, Coachmen was bought by Forest River in 2012 IIRC. While it maintains it's own identity, it is and does now fall under the FR umbrella.
We looked at the Catalina when we were looking for a replacement for our totaled unit. The local dealer had very good prices,but told us it would be 6 weeks to 3 months before the model we were interested in would be shipped. By then we were looking at mid-December 2014.
