Just boggles my mind

[saw dust kid]

Finally got my combo washer and dryer installed in my Montana, wife decides to give it a test run in and much to my surprise water pouring out of bottom of the trailer. So after tearing up half the floor in the closet I find the I find the inline Trap. Improperly installed clalk on one in Cross threaded on the other end without the gasket. Hard to believe that somebody could just walk away from that knowing it is going to cause a serious problem down the road. hate to say it but maybe the Japanese need to come over here to start building RV being a union carpenter my whole life that is hard thing for me to say, well got to go see if I can dry the underbelly of this thing out,

[dcg9381]

I believe we call them Asians now. :-)

Americans are capable of building an excellent product. You just need to pay people appropriately for the work they expect. I'm not entirely sure what line people get paid, but based on employer reviews, it's not a great wage.

And oh, you and I would have to pay more for the end product... A lot more.. Keystone is, after all, targeting the market.

[bsmith0404]

That's the Amish factor, how does indoor plumbing work? This part probably isn't important :p

[saw dust kid]

Will, got that fixed.

[esmoglo]

hate to say it but maybe the Japanese need to come over here to start building RV,

I agree with you 100%! All the plumbing lines I mean every single one was not tightened on my Passport don't know what checks they do but they are few and far between.

[gearhead]

We will be in Indiana next month and I am going to try to get a factory tour. May be interesting. I'll get back with you....

[nesparky]

I would pay more for something that I didn't have worry about leaking.

[saw dust kid]

I can understand that they just didn't tighten up a fitting but whoever installed it obviously didn't know what they were doing, there's no reason a air pressure test not be done on all this plumbing fittings, this is the third leak I found in this trailer since I've owned it. These little mistakes can end up costing the RV owners thousands of dollars, not to mention some of the damage is non-repairable . I don't believe the workers getting their head out of their *** would make the trailer cost any more money





repairable

[gearhead]

From my experience it's management. If there aren't procedures, specifications, and tolerances at hand to those doing the work you can't blame them.
We went from a 1 page pump repair report card to 4 pages that had names, dates, dimensions, and tolerances that were signed and dated. It takes a while and a lot of meetings to get there.
Went from a culture of "I know what I'm doing" to if it's not documented on a piece of paper you can't tell me what you did.
Consequences of gasoline leaking at 2500 psi is ugly.