tdawg,
The assembly line "frame of mind" that I saw on trips to Keystone was more focused on "inside the frame rails, not on which brand of RV they were producing at the time. Multiple brands are produced on the same assembly line run and there's no "signs or lights or bells" to keep reminding the workers that "this one is an expensive one" or "it's OK to fudge on this cheap one"
They all get the same staples, the same coroplast, the same tanks, etc. There's some difference in the difficulty of turning the frame over once the underside is completed, but that's due to length of the frame and weight, not quality. My perception was that the guy in jeans and tee shirt with his Perdue baseball cap wasn't paying much attention to whether it was a Montana or a Summerland he was kneeling on, rather it was "hit the framework with the staple" kind of mentality.
There may be an additional layer of insulation (or glitter) placed in an expensive model, but it seemed to me that to the guy putting the glitter into the unit, it didn't much matter what brand decal they were going to put on the front endcap, his job was to "slap some glitter in there". It seemed the "improved fit and finish" was more what color the trim was and how thick it was, not how carefully the angles were cut.
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John
2015 F250 6.7l 4x4
2014 Cougar X Lite 27RKS
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