Newell Factory

[Ernie Ekberg]

Just the tape holding the walls??? Say it ain't so-- Ernie Ekberg 83PT40 Wanderlodge Weatherford, Tx 817-475-3991 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/erni...gandrepair --- On Wed, 7/29/09, martingregg598 wrote: From: martingregg598 Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Newell Factory To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 4:59 PM Hi all, I had the opportunity to tour the Newell factory yesterday (that makes the 7th factory I have toured) and they are still making a few coaches. I was really surprised to see some of the basic components of there $1.5 million coach. They do use a rib construction; however the ribs being aluminum and the frame being steel means no welding the rib to the substructure, they use these small tabs. How do they attach the aluminum siding to the rib? They use 3M tape, no space age adhesive, no welding, no rivets, just the tape, wonder how that hold in a rollover? The floor is OBS wood, not marine grade, with 6" or so of foam sandwich between. The lower compartments have a lot of quarter inch plywood in them, not marine grade. They do still spray foam for the insulation and alot of the wiring is embedded in the foam. The only part of the factory that was rally busy was the repair shop, there must have been 10 new style coaches in for work. As for me, I will be sticking with BB even if I have to manually open and shut my door. Marty Gregg 95BMC37 Kennewick WA