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Old 09-10-2016, 07:59 PM   #41
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I'm not so sure it's just a "DRV" thing. When we wanted to get in to MorRyde for our risers (after being jerked around for a couple of months by DRV's "painter") MorRyde was booked pretty solid for the next bunch of weeks. We were "forced" to take a July date as that was the earliest we could get in.

When we were having an issue a few weeks ago with the front landing gear, which BTW was easily remedied by adding some fluid to the reservoir, Lippert too (if I needed service) were "extremely" booked according to Lippert's customer service guy.

I just talked to a guy from a local RV repair shop last week, they're going "nuts" according to him, more work than they know what to do with! They work on all sorts of RV's, MH's, fifth wheels, travel trailers and even pop-ups. RV'ing must really be taking off all around the country.

Just my observation tho.....

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Old 09-11-2016, 11:36 AM   #42
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I just talked to a guy from a local RV repair shop last week, they're going "nuts" according to him, more work than they know what to do with! They work on all sorts of RV's, MH's, fifth wheels, travel trailers and even pop-ups. RV'ing must really be taking off all around the country.

Just my observation tho.....

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Also DRV could handle only two maybe three trailers a day, and they wanted your trailer for a couple of days. Now with the new service center that might change.
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Old 09-11-2016, 12:28 PM   #43
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When we were in Howe doing the factory tour a couple of weeks ago, we were told that it would take them awhile to ramp up the new service facility to full capacity as they were in the midst of hiring and training new personnel, adding new equipment for the additional bays, etc.

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Old 09-11-2016, 02:10 PM   #44
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FYI the guys working on the RV's in the service bays make less money than the production guys per hour.
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Old 09-11-2016, 06:12 PM   #45
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"Training new personnel"

That made me laugh. Must be corporate policy, vacation schedules, and sexual harassment training; then out the door to start working carelessly on rigs. I guess I could see them also explaining the incentive program to find any place to cut corners to increase profit margins, but that probably falls into the corporate policy portion of their classes.
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Old 09-12-2016, 12:57 PM   #46
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"Training new personnel"

That made me laugh. Must be corporate policy, vacation schedules, and sexual harassment training; then out the door to start working carelessly on rigs. I guess I could see them also explaining the incentive program to find any place to cut corners to increase profit margins, but that probably falls into the corporate policy portion of their classes.
I just posted what I was told. Personally, I was disappointed that they didn't indicate that they were moving some of the better production personnel into service and backfilling those positions, but it's not my sandbox, so I don't make the decisions.

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Old 09-12-2016, 04:18 PM   #47
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Sorry for the way that came out, I wasn't laughing at you. I was laughing at DRV and the phenomenal work they do with all this "training."
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Old 09-13-2016, 12:04 AM   #48
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The Techs are under the gun to get your rig done and out the door. Some of my so called repairs are an example of that!!!
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Old 09-13-2016, 01:46 AM   #49
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The Techs are under the gun to get your rig done and out the door. Some of my so called repairs are an example of that!!!
It must have been pretty bad. This is the first time I've ever seen anything negative from you regarding these rigs.
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Old 09-13-2016, 03:00 PM   #50
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It must have been pretty bad. This is the first time I've ever seen anything negative from you regarding these rigs.

I held back for ONE reason to get my rig repaired. I don't believe in "bashing" until I give them a chance to fix my issues. I fully expected NO issues at all.

NOT the case. Ed Fry is the master of NO! Would you accept your pantry to be so far out of square? He said "I have seen worse in million dollar homes". Several things did not get repaired he just told the Tech NO but did not even discuss with us. We found out at the end that he would not allow the repairs. The place we were sent for paint issues turned into a fiasco Classic Body & Paint, ask Dapper Dan is thoughts of them and DRV.

I told them I was a picky person right from the time of order and told of my construction history so I know what quality is and should be. That went on deaf ears. I had a HUGE list and they blocked out a full week for repairs then paint. Our tech only worked thru thursday and the other guy sorta finished up on friday. He is not nearly as good. Best guy there is Fred if anyone is going there ask for him. BUT his hands are tied.

Looking back I should have gone to RollingRetreats to have my warranty work done.

Side of pantry is 5/8" out of parallel to the floor in the pantry depth of about 12".



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Old 09-13-2016, 04:11 PM   #51
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That's ridiculous.

"I've seen worse in million dollar homes." So basically this says to me he doesn't care about the quality of his work because someone else doesn't care about theirs. Pathetic.
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Old 09-13-2016, 05:40 PM   #52
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You haven't met Ed Fry, have you??

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Old 09-13-2016, 06:14 PM   #53
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You haven't met Ed Fry, have you??

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I have not.
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Old 09-14-2016, 11:11 AM   #54
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I have not.
Don't bother!
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Old 09-14-2016, 05:11 PM   #55
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Don't bother!
He doesn't sound like the type of individual I would care to associate with.
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Old 09-14-2016, 09:09 PM   #56
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We've been to DRV 3 times for (mostly) "small" issues. Our first two visits were actually not bad and our experience with Ed Fry was pretty decent. The third and most recent (April) was not good at all. We had a serious paint issue that was "discovered" at our second visit to DRV in November of 2015. At that time Mr. Fry said they would stand behind their work and fix and restore our unit to the way it should've been when delivered to us. Our unit was sent to Classic Paint where it sat, supposedly being "re-painted" and "fixed" for two months!! Cummins was actually at Classic while our unit was being "fixed". It was a travesty what was done to our unit!! Cummins can more than attest to that!! We were just sick when we saw pics of it. It was somewhat re-done but FAR from "new condition"! It was re-worked by Classic per Ed Fry's request. Are we happy with the way it turned out? NO, it's NOT the way it should be but it's waaaay better than it was when Cummins saw it. I would NEVER take ANYTHING to Classic for paint!! The guy may be good at painting but his prep work leaves something to be desired (stating this mildly).

We dropped off our unit at DRV April 6th and it was delivered to us via a transporter from DRV July 4th. It never should've take so long but that was the way it went. This is the condensed, polite version of our experience and that's all I'm going to say about that.

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Old 09-14-2016, 10:01 PM   #57
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I wonder if this has something to do with Thor's influence sliding into DRV management. We thought we were going to have to try and take our unit back to DRV for a couple of warranty issues since I do not trust our dealers service department. I had our Mobile RV tech come by earlier this week and he feels like he can make the repairs. Greg Walden gave us the okay to have him do it so we will go that route. Especially now after reading about the poor reports coming from the DRV repair facility.
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Old 09-15-2016, 12:23 AM   #58
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Cummins please tell me you didn't use floor tile as way to square a "wall", please tell me you used a carpenters square or a reference point to make sure you had a point that was square.
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Old 09-15-2016, 04:14 AM   #59
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Hopefully once they get settled in to repair facility things will improve.As to paint, I wonder why they don't take coach back to where it was painted in the 1st place?
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Old 09-15-2016, 04:47 AM   #60
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We've been to DRV 3 times for (mostly) "small" issues. Our first two visits were actually not bad and our experience with Ed Fry was pretty decent. The third and most recent (April) was not good at all. We had a serious paint issue that was "discovered" at our second visit to DRV in November of 2015. At that time Mr. Fry said they would stand behind their work and fix and restore our unit to the way it should've been when delivered to us. Our unit was sent to Classic Paint where it sat, supposedly being "re-painted" and "fixed" for two months!! Cummins was actually at Classic while our unit was being "fixed". It was a travesty what was done to our unit!! Cummins can more than attest to that!! We were just sick when we saw pics of it. It was somewhat re-done but FAR from "new condition"! It was re-worked by Classic per Ed Fry's request. Are we happy with the way it turned out? NO, it's NOT the way it should be but it's waaaay better than it was when Cummins saw it. I would NEVER take ANYTHING to Classic for paint!! The guy may be good at painting but his prep work leaves something to be desired (stating this mildly).

We dropped off our unit at DRV April 6th and it was delivered to us via a transporter from DRV July 4th. It never should've take so long but that was the way it went. This is the condensed, polite version of our experience and that's all I'm going to say about that.

Dan
That is very disappointing. Like someone else has mentioned, I'm also curious how much of this has started since Thor took over. It seems like prior to the acquisition, customers were relatively happy with customer service and didn't seem to have as many problems.

When our lower cap was falling off due to manufacturer mistakes, it took DRV almost three months to send the replacement cap to Sunshine. They did a good job replacing it quickly, and luckily the paint shop they used did a really good job.

I suspect Augusta RV is probably going to get more interest in the LUXE with what is happening to DRV customers.
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