I am very glad about Bigfoot’s change of direction. Their move away from
light fiberglass RVs heavily contributed to their demise in 2008. During their bankruptcy Bigfoot’s product portfolio became too complex for small company R&D, manufacturing, sales, and marketing. Before the company’s collapse Bigfoot had in their portfolio:
a. 12 models of campers with dry
weight ranging from 1,790-3,473 lb
b. 7 models of trailers with dry
weight ranging from 2,885-7,338 lb
c. 9 models of motor homes with dry
weight ranging from 9,920-16,518 lb
I have direct experience with 2 of their products, 1997 2500 9.5’ camper and 2008 21RB trailer. During the purchase of the Camper I successfully discussed changes with the very accommodating founder. Both units were built well with a few more manufacturing mistakes on the trailer. After the founder and his management team died in the airplane disaster the new management team took over and I think they lost their focus on
light RVs and made this company too difficult to manage.
I am a member of Bigfoot forum and found that there are distinctly 2 groups, the owners of motorhomes and owners of
Fiberglass trailers and campers. This split also exists on the RV market place and managing a company with such diverse customer base is tough. I am really glad Bigfoot is back to basics which made them successful in the past, focus on
light RVs.
George.