Cutting corners, built to fail.

[Brob]

Originally Posted by Ken / Claudia

This just seems silly to bring up the issues after 19 years. RVs are expected to last about 10 years as long as proper maintenance is done every year or semi yearly. None built to live in full time except a few. This 1 was not.
2.5 years everyday day use was like what most camping RVers might do in in more than 10 years. What's the nation wide average use of a RV 2-3 weeks.
When that unit was purchased new, anyone who looks closely at materials, furniture, roof, appliances can tell it's not like any stick built home.

Rv's were never intended to be a good investment, fact is they are all mostly a money pit. Some find out that fact too late.

Anyone want to hear me complain about replacing an engine after only 200,000 miles in a Chev. Was the engine replacement due to 25% of the head bolts being left out during manufacture?Shocks on a 14 year old Hummer, did they fail because they were bolted to the wheel instead of the axle housingpatio door track on a 2 year old home. Yeah, I would be complaining
How about a Airstream TT built in 1964 and had a soft floor in 2003. According to MATH 39 years is significantly longer than 19
Sorry guys, I had some extra time this morning. Anyone one need a tissue to wipe your eyes.

I'm fine Ken, why don't you have Claudia bring you a tissue to clear the crud out of your eyes that is apparently preventing you from being able to comprehend what was posted?

[CedarCreekWoody]

Originally Posted by Brob

Here again you demonstrate either an inability to comprehend what you've read OR the fact that you chose comment on something you didn't bother to read...

or, maybe they just enjoy needling someone that doesn't take criticism well?

[chuckster57]

THIS thread is long past its prime and is getting downright ugly...Its CLOSED!!

[sourdough]

Originally Posted by Brob

It's not just the RV industry unfortunately. This is indicative of the disposable society in which we live...

The woes of society may make some unhappy, probably most. That really doesn't have to do with the quality, or lack thereof, in an RV. As has been mentioned they are designed and built to withstand rigors a sticks and bricks house can't. They are also designed and engineered to accomplish those tasks, and be assembled, as cheaply and quickly as possible. Why? Because that's what people want; they want the biggest, nicest trailer they can get for the cheapest, low dollar amount possible to be pulled by the smallest, cheapest, most incapable truck possible. Societal? Maybe. Is it what the customer wants, ie; demands? Absolutely. With that in mind WHY would an RV manufacturer go head over heels to design and manufacture RVs far outside the desires of the buying public? They don't and they won't. That's a fact of RV life/ownership.

You got 19 years out of your RV which is great by any standard. Along the way you have discovered items that in your opinion could have been done better - join the club. Every time I crawl over, under and around any RV I've owned I discover the same thing....but I KNOW it's going to be there; that's the way it is done and I know it going in. I don't complain about it because I KNEW ( as should everyone) of the shortcomings in an RV....a necessary evil so to speak. Whether it's brakes, axles, frame, A/Cs, ducts, tires etc. etc. etc. I can assuredly find a better, heavier, more costly choice. In the end no one would buy that kind of unit if it was made. And as far as the settling of the insulation in the walls; that should be expected, it happens in a S&B as well - and they aren't bounced thousands of miles down our wonderful, rough hiways.

In the end the RV manufacturers are building what is being requested by the consumer, in a manner that is apparently just fine with them judging by the skyrocketing sales. Why people want that is a completely unrelated question vs manufacturing quality and something that we on this forum, or this country, have no answer to as of yet.