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Originally Posted by Javi
Looking at this my RV Tech was pretty smart back in April when he ordered 50 Coleman 15k units .
But in truth this is affecting more than just the RV industry, we're playing hell getting stainless, aluminum and steel not to mention repair parts for equipment. We've gone from 4 to 6 week turn on orders to 8 to 10 and rising; not because of labor but because of material.
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A lot of those materials either come from or compete with similar materials from China. As the "cheap, inferior steel from China becomes harder to obtain, manufacturers start ordering the more expensive (and better grade) steel or stainless or aluminum from US/Canadian sources. That puts an "availability shortage" from the US manufacturer.
The same thing is happening with everything from air conditioners for home use to zerk fittings for automotive use... That's an "A to Z shortage in almost every production line"..... It's going to get worse before it gets better....
Your RV tech ordering those 50 A/C units to get ahead of the curve is somewhat similar to why we had a toilet paper shortage at the start of the "Covid Crap"....
As for quality vs quantity. Go to any Applebee's or Big Boy after the local high school football game on Friday night and see if you get the same "individual service and whether the salad bar is as well stocked as it is when you go for an "early supper" at 330 in the afternoon, just as the supper setup is just being put on the salad bar... In almost every product line I can think of, quality goes down as demand for quantity goes up.... Couple that with a historical acceptance of low quality in the RV business and it's easy to see why quality has always been low and is going down, not up, as the demand for anything they can push out the door is increasing on a daily basis.....