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The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

New DRV Toyhauler..

BiggarView · RV-Dreams Family Member

You're a kid in a candy shop. All I can say is do you really want to stir up the towing debate again? confuse That toy hauler will make the lexington look like a lightweight by comparison. At least that is my preliminary assessment.

Brian

-- Edited by biggaRView on Saturday 16th of August 2014 07:07:32 AM

Jack Mayer · RV-Dreams Family Member

Geeze, Steve, that is not a very friendly position for DRV to take.....I'm actually very surprised.

Is that the manuf. saying that, or the dealer? I find it hard to believe the manuf. would take that position.

It will be good to have a true upscale toyhauler available other than the custom coaches from Spacecraft, New Horizons and Forks. I'm looking forward to seeing one in Tampa.

Rob_Fla · RV-Dreams Family Member

Since this is the first Toyhauler for DRV, there will be some kinks / engineering / production bugs to get worked out, maybe waiting till all is worked out is a good thing.

Sometimes having the first unit of a new product / model is not always a good thing.

BiggarView · RV-Dreams Family Member

Didn't DRV have a "toyhauler" of sorts, last year... sliding internal rear wall I think. Or was that a proposal that never got off the drawing board?

Bill and Linda · RV-Dreams Family Member

Jack Mayer wrote:
Geeze, Steve, that is not a very friendly position for DRV to take.....I'm actually very surprised.

Is that the manuf. saying that, or the dealer? I find it hard to believe the manuf. would take that position.

It will be good to have a true upscale toyhauler available other than the custom coaches from Spacecraft, New Horizons and Forks. I'm looking forward to seeing one in Tampa.

I’m looking forward to the actual specifications – the GVWR and, actual loaded with options, the available carrying weight. I couldn’t find the specifications and from the looks of the prototype pictures this one will be pretty heavy to start with – lots of wood, etc. which you would expect in a rig of this class.

Jack - who knows from marketing pictures - but I see they are using oil filled bearing - at least in the picture provided. That opens up another discussion sometime . . .

I notice, as of now, this is not linked from the DRV website and likewise has its own URL. Don't know if that means anything or not. Probably doesn't.

I assume it will be shown in Hershey and Tampa. We won’t make Hershey but will make Tampa. By Tampa it should be available for purchase I would assume.

Interesting . . .

kb0zke · RV-Dreams Family Member

Steve, buying the first of anything is usually asking for trouble, and that is especially true of something as complex as an RV. I think DRV is doing you a big favor by making you stick with what you have already ordered. Let a few others help DRV get the bugs out and then buy one from, say, the fourth or fifth year of production. By then it ought to be a really good coach.

RickandJanice · RV-Dreams Family Member

Jack Mayer wrote:
Geeze, Steve, that is not a very friendly position for DRV to take.....I'm actually very surprised.

Is that the manuf. saying that, or the dealer? I find it hard to believe the manuf. would take that position.

It will be good to have a true upscale toyhauler available other than the custom coaches from Spacecraft, New Horizons and Forks. I'm looking forward to seeing one in Tampa.

This is just so everyone understands how DRV and their dealers do business in order to keep costs down. I do not represent DRV in any way other than a satisfied customer that has followed DRV since it's inception as a Doubletree RV division of Sunnybrook. DRV adjusts their work hours based on demand and they manage a very tight component inventory by not ordering the parts until a unit is ordered. This way their cost per unit is not affected as much by production output. I truly think this is one thing that brought them through the recession so strong. Also, DRV's "just in time" production and inventory management system is similar to the Toyota Production Method that helped allot of other companies survive the recession. These are also the main two reasons that people have to wait so long on units to be built. DRV does not just keep parts around waiting on orders. Even their dealers have to order and purchase any unit they have on their lots, including "stock build" units. DRV does not just build units for inventory like many of the older, larger high end RV manufactures that did not make it through the recession. It may be frustrating at times, but it appears these methods have kept DRV financially strong and a viable company that can stay in business and keep unit prices more affordable.

I would also like to think that DRV is also standing behind their dealer who would have to eat the up front cost of a custom built unit until they can find another buyer. It is not like this unit was already paid for and sitting on a dealer lot as a "stock unit" waiting to be sold. Just trying to keep this all in perspective.