This might seem like a strange thing to bring up, but only here might I have an understanding audience. Did anyone watch the
PBS special on the Amish Wednesday night? Toward the end it showed hard working Amish men working in a factory that makes 'sticky' trailers, (price of farm land is so high, and less available, that even frugal Amish can't afford to buy land for their 'kids' to start farms. So this generation of Amish work 'out'.) The factory was fast pace, hurry hurry hurry, and the amazing thing was to watch the frames being put together with just one shot from the nail gun at each joint. I kept thinking, these things will just
fall apart in even a mild accident, or a tree branch falling.
Not that FGRVs don't get crushed, we've all heard the horror stories on the forum, but I like to think FGRV factories have better working conditions and take their time to make something lasting.....I know
Escape does!
With their tradition of fine, quality workmanship in carpentry & woodworking, it must be hard for these Amish men to make what appeared to be rather shabby 'stickies'.
Penney
PS - If you are relatively new to the forum, 'stickies' is the term used for trailers made with internal wood framing, usually more boxy & heavier trailers. Some have
fiberglass exteriors, but not molded
fiberglass.