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Old 02-28-2015, 01:56 PM   #13
richfaa
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
We go to the fall rallies because we live @ 3 hours from Goshen. We prefer to go to Goshen to have major repairs done because there are many quality repair facilities there that work on many rv's all the time. We would not go to the fall rallies or Goshen if we lived 500 or 1000 miles away. We are told that over 60K Montana's have been built and only a fraction of those are members of the MOC. We attend at least two regional rallies every year. We are both retired so we have the time.

We have owned Rv's of one type or another for 25 years. We have sold Rv's at local Rv shows. We have toured most of the manufacturers factories in the Goshen/Elkhart area perhaps all of them as well as most of the vendors. The brands use the same vendors, Draw from the same workforce and use similar assembly line methods. The result is the quality we get in our Rv's.

The rally area we use at the fairgrounds can hold about 100 + units full hookups. The fall rally is a good thing If you can get there and touring the facilities is a education in the RV industry. We have few vendor provided items that fail example our hot water tank problem this winter was not with the tank but with the Installation of the tank at the Montana plant. Our Holding tank failures IMO and that of others is not with the tanks but with the installation of the tanks. Our lights that fell off the ceiling were not defective lights but defective installation. The wall panels that pulled out were not defective panels but improper installation. It goes on and on. We knew these kind of things would probably happen because we knew the RV industry. We are not surprised just disappointed.

This forum IMO serves its intended purpose. It would be nice if we could share more in terms of problem solving but I do not think that will happen. It would be nice If Keystone would take a more active roll but I do not think that will happen.

The best thing about this forum for us has been the many friends we have gained since 2005.We will be taking a less active role here and all our issues will be minor or minimal.
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