RIV Report?

[David Brady]

I know... that 450 is loaded with heavy electronics!



Kurt, I coundn't agree more with what you've said.



David Brady

'02 LXi, NC



Kurt Horvath wrote:

David,



I'd be surprised if Ross doesn't go ballistic over your post.



>From what I've heard and read about the 450's is even after the fix


they have a cargo capacity of maybe a case of beer. That's not ground

up engineering. That a screw up!



It's time we faced it folks, the factory has run it`s course. It's

over, CCW has bought a Brand name and they are running with it.

That's fine, The son is not guilty of the fathers sins. It must be

disheartening to have bought into this position.



We are the people who will continue the Legacy. It won't be the guy

that drops 1.2 Million on a coach, because when he gets pissed he

sells or sues and moves on,.



Our time is now. The Wanderlodge is now a collectable, an antique, a

classic vehicle, it will remain as such because of us. Why, because

we want it to, not because of factory support.



If you call waiting 5 to 10 weeks to get a few aluminized pipes for

my exhaust factory support, then I can do with out it. I'll just

build it myself, and if you want one I'll build one for you, now

that's owner support!



Kurt Horvath

94 PT 42

10AC



PS. In our case we drive more than we camp so the slides are just in

the way. Sooner or latter your going to have an argument with that

slide



--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com",
David Brady "dmb993@..."

wrote:

>

> But one could also argue that someone invented electronics which

> resulted in a demand for dvd players, televisions, computers,

> electric refrigerators, gps units, hi-fidelity sound systems, etc.


The

> customer then demanded all of these features in their motorhome

> which unfortunately required heavy batteries and heavy generators,

> which then resulted in heavy chassis, axles and tires; culminating


in

> a coach which overloads it's suspension. The list goes on. People

> invent things which are cool, the buying public demands cool things

> in their motorhomes, and manufacturers scramble to accommodate

> these cool things. If the manufacturers delay, they lose market

share.

> Slides are in this category.

>

> It's not the demand for features that damaged/ruined the

> motorhome manufacturer, it's the manufacturer's rush to

> accommodate these features without first doing the necessary

> engineering.

>

> BB actually stands out amongst these manufacturers by their

insistence

> on doing the necessary engineering. Every slide equipped BB was

> designed from the ground up to accommodate a slide. Never did BB

> simply take an existing bus and chop a hole in the side of it. In

all

> cases the overall superstructure from basement triangulation, to

> subframes, to side and roof construction was designed to support

> slide technology. This can not be said of every manufacturer. By

> providing slides in their coaches, BB brought it's product line
into

> the 2000's and sustained (for a few additional years) it's

Wanderlodge

> business. This is what I mean by "slide-outs saved 'em".

>

>

> David Brady

> '02 LXi, NC

>

> Don Bradner wrote:

> >

> > David, as someone who moved from slides to no-slides

deliberately, I

> > would say there is a big difference between demise and ruin
in

this

> > instance.

> >

> > A lot of manufacturers were dragged kicking and screaming
into

the

> > slide business because they had to (because demise was the
other

> > choice). Slides did a lot of damage (ruin) to many coach
models,

and

> > it is likely an M450 wouldn't have weight problems without
them.

We

> > would all have been better off (in my opinion) if the slide
had

not

> > been invented so the public wouldn't have insisted on them.

> >

> > Don Bradner

> > 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"

> > My location: www.bbirdmaps.com/user2.cfm?user=1

> >

> > On 10/28/2008 at 7:55 AM David Brady wrote:

> >

> > >Actually, slide-outs saved 'em. Imagine trying to sell

> > >a motorhome today w/o a slide out. Impossible. The

> > >buying public demands expandable rooms. There are

> > >many things that may have spelled the demise of
Wanderlodge,

> > >but please, let's not single out the expandable room.

> > >

> > >David Brady

> > >'02 LXi, (Living room slide, works great)

> > >

> > >

> > >Lloyd Chaffin wrote:

> > >>

> > >> John,

> > >>

> > >> I will keep my M380 because I do like it and I have
put too

much

> > >> blood sweat and tears into it now to give up. Alot
of M380

owners did

> > >> give up and got rid of it. I enjoy reading about you
guys who

have

> > >> the older "Real" Birds and I am kind of envious. My
father-in-

law

> > >> owned 10 Birds in his life. His last was a 97 and he
said he

wouldn't

> > >> buy another one because they where going to start
putting

slide outs

> > >> in them and that would ruin em. Ha, he was so right!

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>

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