Thank you to Jayco for allowing Josh to tour their production lines and showing the details. As a manufacturer, to me, it’s a risk you take knowing full well a competitor now can see your process, but to the customer you see what quality and details are taken as well as what Josh is talking about with construction terms. Awesome video Josh, very well done! 😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I never get tired of the factory tours. When I was a trucker, I used to haul a lot of production materials to Fleetwood plants in California and Oregon back when they still made towable models. They were always happy to see me (mostly because a production delay was looming if I didn't show up in time) and they would always invite me in to look around. I usually had to get right back to work, though.
I worked at Fleetwood Towable in Edgerton Ohio for 2 years! I use to do expedited freight as well and always enjoyed walking through the different assembly plants!
Heck yah Josh man u in jayco rv chocolate factory real nice the real plywood an real cabinets an overbuiding is the American way made in U.S.A. An Amish craftsmanship is to be respected its like a honor they let anybody in there let alone film SUPER glad they let Josh man. Realy awesome seeing all this thanks jayco an Josh the best in the business
I'm loving your factory tours. Most factory tours on RUclips show the "what's" but you take the time to detail the "why's". These videos are truly a RV Master Class, keep up the good work!
Thank you for taking the time to catch the difference in what we do :) I literally tell me team when I train them “I will tell you not just the what, but the WHY behind it”
I always heard Jayco was well made, but thanks to you I see why! Bought a 29QBH back in 2012 and it is still running strong. Lots of great family memories! Thank you, Josh! 😀
RVs are built like the old Berenstain Bears book "Inside, Outside, Upside Down". Love the factory tours. It would be neat to see the actual construction in but I respect you and the whole Haylett team for understanding the safety concerns of the factory and religious/privacy issues with the employees.
Thanks so much Josh for being a great ambassador to the industry so companies like Jayco will even allow you to do an in-depth tour of the manufacturing process. Not a lot available covering Jayco and this video is the best I’ve seen! I look forward to being able to see public parts 3 & 4! Also, I appreciate your video production quality, most may take it for granted, not I !
It gives the ability to have a bench with storage that is moveable when friends are over more seating if a folding chair for when we are playing cards or board games can have possibly 5 but when it's just me and the dog on lounging on the couch I can put my feet on it.
No worries of where to store two chairs. In the rv or at home in the garage/attic. With the moveable storage bench and two chairs its practical. Rv for hubby and I, just need two chairs, if someone is with us there's the bench that can be used. Just very practical.
@@karenglover203 We were surprised to find the extra 2 chairs under the bed when ours came in. (It was the first to his our dealer's lot with that setup.) For now, they're in the RV - might leave them home now & then... But we love this set up.
I love these videos. It gives such insight to how the trailers are constructed and I have to say that I am impressed with the construction of Jayco RV's
Man, I appreciate your dedication and integrity. You've helped form my opinions and purchasing decisions about what RV was right for us. We just drove from Tacoma, WA to Cape Cod, down to the Maryland shore, through Ohio and out to Yellowstone before coming back to Tacoma area with our Jayco Eagle HT 264BHOK (our first travel trailer). Amazing family trip. 7700 miles in 6 weeks, and memories for our 6 year old daughter that will last a lifetime. Great tour of the Jayco facility. My wife has her eye on a 5th wheel now haha.
Finally got a chance to watch! It’s great to see some of the construction details we hear you talk about in your walkthroughs. Understand why you’re impressed by their product. Love the freestanding table with the jump seats, offers good flexibility. Always learning from your videos. Keep up the great work. 👍👍
Josh , I’m so happy I made the decision to buy a 28.5 rsts Jayco , can’t wait to get it 5/9/24 it really does look like they are a quality rv! Hopefully we’ll be happy for years !
Very good tour of the facility. It is good to see what actually goes into the build of these units. Very impressive that you have all the knowledge of all these units just by looking at the frames. Very enjoyable to see your videos. 😎 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Josh for showing us the best of the best ! The wife and I are looking soon for a fifth wheel. I know what I'm buying. Thank you for the videos you do.
Thank you! As far as I'm aware of, you continue to do things that no one else in the industry does. As always, very informative, and interesting. Really enjoyed it! 👍
I own an Eagle 330rsts 2017 and I do like it. My wife and I live in it full time in Washington State. A couple of serious trouble issues are 1- there's no insulation between the underbelly and wood floor making for some cold air intrusion. 2- because the underbelly material has the ability to warp along the edges, Mountain Lion sized rodents get into this space (at least they sound about that big). 2.1- because of the large holes cut into the floor for wiring, plumbing, and mechanical equipment these rodents have total free access to wherever they want to go including the ceiling. I've spent the entire time we've been living here chasing down all of the areas that have open holes. I do agree that Jayco Eagle 330rsts are a great product however if they would like to be the best possible I would like to share what I'm doing to improve my home. Great video, thanks for providing us with an in depth look.
Like everything about the Eagle fifth wheel, also like that they’re taking pride in their work. Uncle Josh you need to walk more football fields & drink less Mountain Dews lol. Thank you for the factory tour. Waiting on part three
You know your stuff when you can tell what camper it may be and it’s just the frame . Josh I would think you would agree that out of the three people you said at the end you have the better or more fun job at hayllet.
WOW... simply wow! Josh, that was way to cool. I've watched many factory tours of various brands. Not having to deal with the extra noise and production line distractions of a "hot line", made this tour much more enjoyable and understandable. You were able to answer most of the serious concerns and questions I had verbally as well as visually! Can't ask for more than that! The decision to get into full-time RVing just got a lot more comfortable. Thanks for all that you and your family do to make this educational / purchasing process more consumer friendly. - Dan
Great Job Josh! To answer an opinion, we have a White Hawk 32RL, which came with 2 chairs and Otoman. We tried it for a few weeks, but, hated it, so ordered and installed the conventional booth dinette. Works much better for us, and we now have an extra bed area for when we have guests. I still have the original units, should we ever change our minds, or for that time when we want to sell the travel trailer, but, the boot dinette works better for us.
Thank you Josh! Awesome video. 1) Very clean manufacturing plant, the pride shows throughout. As a advanced reinforcement, new product development mechanical manufacturing engineer, impressive on all levels. 2) All rv manufacturers should use vacuum bonded composite floors with no wood substrates. No chance of mildew, mold and flimsy vapor barriers that rodents, bugs, termites etc can and do penetrate.
We own a “Big Bird” (I hope you don’t mind me stealing that) and we love it! We took the factory tour there a few years ago but I saw more and learned more with your excellent video.
Thanks so much for these tour videos. This one is my favorite because we're waiting for delivery of our 2022 Eagle 321RSTS fifth wheel. I've watched it so many times looking for all the hidden details of the construction.
Here's a walk thru the 321RSTS as well -- ruclips.net/video/9CWC6nZwp_w/видео.html It's a personal favorite of mine. I'm not going to lie -- kinda jealous whenever I see one going out :)
@@JoshtheRVNerd Thanks for the link Josh! It was your "THE RV Nerd Preferred Fifth Wheel! 2021 Eagle 321RSTS Full Time RVing Fifth Wheel" video that turned us on to the 321 in the first place!!
@@dwightrudd9724 That's not a brand we carry currently so I likely won't be touring their facilities. I'm working on getting some Cougar / Rockwood tours when I can find time to sneak away from the store again for a day
Really enjoy learning about the manufacture process in these videos! Would love to see how Rockwood Signature and Ultra Lite manufacturing process compares to the Jayco Eagle and White Hawk lines. Thanks for the work and sharing!
Awesome video sir! We picked up a Jayco Eagle HT 272 RBOK and love the floor plan and construction, though bummed they quit making it. Really great to see how they are made. It confirms my choice due to superior construction and attention to detail. Thanks again and keep the good stuff coming.
Fabulous tour of an off-hours production line, but it’d also be worth seeing & hearing from assembers at their respective work stations in their bays on the line. You, Josh, do an excellent job conveying quality of the Eagle line within the Jayco brand. Quite an impressive facility: safe, tidy, well-organized, efficient workflow.
Great tour of the facility!!! I really like looking at the construction and the quality that goes into theses things. Since you asked about the dinette table, I would like to weigh in with my opinion here. I have an Open Range 319 RLS with a free standing dinette table and four chairs. In transit the floating island slides in beside the table and you stack four chairs on one side. Well, we tend to not use two chairs because it is just the two of us most of the time and they are in the house. I have looked and looked at that thing trying to figure out the configuration that would allow us to have the ability to use four chairs or a bench. I think this table configuration does it well. If you can move the bench and use it to put your feet up by the couch and then have two chairs at the dinette when you only want two chairs and then put it back to seat four, this makes it most versatile. It wouldn't work for me because of our floating island but I think this is a great way to add a little storage (presumably there is storage in the seat of the bench) and add a coffee table or foot rest to the couch for kicking up the feet in that situation as well. So, yes, I believe your customers would be benefitted from you ordering some of these and I wish I could have an option like that as well. As always, thanks for the great videos!!! Take care, Pat
I really enjoy these factory tour videos. Any word when Jayco plans to resume public tours? We have a NP377 on order (don’t have a build week yet) and would love to do a factory tour before we take delivery.
Josh is that from Jayco ? ... (do the Mork laugh from Mork and Mindy) .... Yes I know about family owned business ... been there - done that ... parents are gone and I'm looking to get out of the house and live in a trailer and yours are very nice and very well made and you do the tour excellent !!! Thank you ... again. :-)
Hey Josh! Another great factory tour, loves these! It looks like Eagle glues the 3/8 roof decking down as well. If that is the case, how do they do that with the radiant barrier? Are they cutting and stuffing it between the rafters? If so, that is super impressive as I'm sure that takes way more time. I hope the White Hawk factory is included in this series! Would love to see how my 29BH Was put together. Thanks again!
Excellent “show and tell” of Jayco efforts to produce quality Rvs. So much talk these days about how Thor’s acquisition of Jayco tanked the quality of the rigs. I seriously doubt that any such talk is true. What MAY affect quality however is the nature of the ted hot RV market and a “get em out the door” mentality. Our 2017 Eagle HT 28.5 RSTS has been wonderful. Great video. Thank you!
That’s something I want to address in a future video Factory production is slow right now Due to shortages most brands are only working 2-3 days a week They *cant* overproduce right now I will never claim RV QC is where I want it, but I expected worse this year and have been pleasantly surprised
Love getting to see the stages of the process! I don't know what's going on with youtubes notification system, but even with the bell "rung", so to speak, I'm not getting any notifications for this channel for the past two days. I'm sure it's no fault of yours, just curious if others are experiencing similar...
Hey Josh, how about a live Q and A night some time? Your obviously very knowledgeable in your field and I think it would be awesome! You said you wanted to try some different things this year. Hint, Hint
How are the walls held in place. Are the walls and roof when pressed together a kind of stressed members that create the needed strength for travel and bounce?
I own a Jayco Eagle 5th wheel. I have no complaints however I will not be buying another Jayco product. The reason is AZDEL side walls on other competitors (Alliance, Coachman) is simply a game changer.
Oh you need to ask if there is anything in the side stands next to the couch. So I know if it's safe to take the top off and add a hinge like north point and pinnacle do.
Thanks Josh for another great informative tour I really enjoy these but honestly I enjoy all your work. I wonder do you work with any companies that offer customization at the build level and for me 3' or thicker sidewalls are very important? Thanks again for a great video...
None of our brand partners offer that level of custom engineering. There are certainly brands that do this but to say they’re spendy would be an understatement Perhaps it’s worth it to you to get what you want of course
Man awesome tour I love this video and I also watched a video on the Grand Design Momentum factory tour and I really can't tell if one is better than the other as far as the construction they seem to use the same material's.
Interesting that a comment I posted yesterday about issues I’ve had with a Jayco product has been removed, looks like honesty and transparency may not be just an issue with just the manufacturer.
Josh, contemplating a 294ckbs vs. a 332rsts. Jayco Travel trailer. I can get most of the options I want, bigger fridge, 16”tires, auto jacks and solar, but can I put an awning on the slide out so that I will have two awnings to provide some shade on the passenger side?
went to a dealer to tour some bumper pulls to be our next full time rig. didn't get to tour an eagle. I am curious if the Jayco eagle line makes their slide floors out of plywood or another material.
They use a material called PMAX. It is a structurewood product, but that allows it to be a shape other than just flat and thicker as needed so it can ramp up/down more readily. It also holds more weight.
Got a question for u Josh, at 7:24 u see a travel trailer frame and a fifth wheel frame sitting next to each other and they look identical until u get up to the upper deck and the gooseneck part of the frame of coarse but on the fifth wheel frame u can see where the 6 point leveling system is, why can’t u get that kind of system on a travel trailer? Seems like the only thing u can get on a travel trailer are those scissor jacks! And so that’s what my question is, frames are pretty much identical and u can get 6 point leveling on the fifth wheel but u can’t even get like a 4 point leveling system on a travel trailer?! It would be really nice if u could get those cylinder jacks on a travel trailer!!! Thank u sir and keep up the awesome work!!! And just wanted to say that I love these factory tours!!!!
Most trailers aren't long enough to accept a 6pt leveling system. Auto leveling is virtually standard on all fifth wheels now, but still optional on most trailers. Many travel trailers now offer a power jacks option. The "upper class" trailers will begin to offer auto leveling
Who builds the frame for these or does Jayco build them themselves? We are seriously looking at a 321RSTS and really love the information you provide! Much appreciated!!! 👏
Hi there! Thanks for another super informative, fun vid! Questiom: what arebthe exterior walls built from? Aluminum skins. Insulation ..? the exterior walls are put together at a different facility can we see?
Josh, I just purchased a bungalow hoping to get by end of August. When will you be releasing factory tour 3/3. it's currently listed as private? thanks.
Thank you for providing the Eagle, Northpoint & Pinnacle tours, they were informative & educational too me. We are planning to upgrade from a 33" travel trailer to either an Eagle 321RSTS or North Point RLTS, is the Morryde orbital or Reese Revolution pin box an option that can be ordered from the factory for non-long bed truck owners?
Does anyone see the damage? @4:45 above the receiver hitch and to the left along the top flange, there appears to be an impact on the end piece causing a wrinkle on the top flange. And there seems to be a wrinkle where the end piece is welded to the I-beam that runs the entire length.
There were a couple of those chassis with damage. I’m guessing from transport. They stack them up 8-10 high on a flat deck to ship them to the assembly plants. That metal is a lot thinner than it looks and is easy manipulated. They hopefully bang it out before attaching the wood structure. However, I’m not sure those wrinkles would have much effect on the final product once all secured together.
Josh: These factory tours are interesting and entertaining. But every time you post one of these, the thing that seems to be front and center (not including the travel trailers) is the lack of automation. As an engineer, you’ll have to admit that hand pushing trailers down the line is like a throwback to Ford’s first Piquette Avenue plant. Where are the C&C machines? Or the industrial robots for repetitive jobs? I’m seeing A LOT of intensive, costly hand labor on these floors. There must be a financial reason which escapes me otherwise the manufactures would have collectively already invested in automation. Because many trailer assembly plants are in predominately Amish areas, if you know, is this a cost of labor issue? But regardless, please keep up the factory tours as often as you can. Respectfully, WS
I agree with your observation. Some manufacturers do use CNC machines to cut openings for windows and doors, but that's the extent to which I know they use automation. I wonder if it is because there are so many floor plans to be produced on the same line, the time and cost to set up and retool for a batch of models may be too expensive per unit produced.
This video really made me appreciate the quality that Jayco puts in to all their products. Thanks for the good job with this and all your videos. I’ve ordered an Eagle HT 28.5 RSTS which is scheduled to be off the assembly line April 29th. One question, how long does it take to build a fifth wheel at Jayco?
Correct. In progress. I am going a bunch of directions at once and poking away at these “extra projects” as I am able. I’ll be getting about one a week out there :)
I have a 2019 Jayco 321RSTS and we love that floor plan but the rear wall was found to be delaminated. It was still under warranty and Jayco did approved the replacement of the rear wall back in January but we still haven't heard nothing about Jayco sending the rear wall to the dealer for replacement as of today, April 8, camping season is upon us and we would like to use our $60+ thousands dollars 5th wheel to go camping. We are beginning not to feel good about this purchase. We know things happen however the factory should have a little better customer service I believe. I love your video it give let me know theirs process, so thank you.
I believe you’re in good hands and simply struggling against the tide of supplies right now. If you haven’t, then I would definitely recommend contacting both your dealership and Jayco directly
As with most RV’s, it’s all about the roof and other outside seals. If you have a 5 year old RV and you have never had a leak, you are one of the chosen ones. That’s why the majority of used RV reviews begin with the dreaded evidence of water damage and squishy floors, lol!
@@JoshtheRVNerd You of all people understand that RV’s have had a horrible quality control record for decades. I thinks it’s a cop out to just blame everything on yearly maintenance and not the manufacturers, as I have seen dozens of brand new trailers along with 2 and 3 year old trailers of all makes, including Jayco, with small to catastrophic leaks, and I know because I had one? It also doesn’t help when so many new RV’s do not have a ladder which makes it very difficult and unsafe for many owners, especially the elderly to get on their roof to maintain their trailer?
Soon as he said its mostly Amish craftsman building these girls out i knew quality and perfection was just ahead!! Loving these eagles!!
Thank you to Jayco for allowing Josh to tour their production lines and showing the details. As a manufacturer, to me, it’s a risk you take knowing full well a competitor now can see your process, but to the customer you see what quality and details are taken as well as what Josh is talking about with construction terms. Awesome video Josh, very well done! 😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I sent this to them. They said “WHAT?! WHO LET THAT CLOWN IN HERE.”
Those jokesters
I'm a brand new owner of a 28.5rsts and I am so grateful to you for letting me see just how it was made. Well Done Josh!
Good pick David!
Just buying the 30.5 ckts are you still happy with your camper?
I never get tired of the factory tours. When I was a trucker, I used to haul a lot of production materials to Fleetwood plants in California and Oregon back when they still made towable models. They were always happy to see me (mostly because a production delay was looming if I didn't show up in time) and they would always invite me in to look around. I usually had to get right back to work, though.
I worked at Fleetwood Towable in Edgerton Ohio for 2 years! I use to do expedited freight as well and always enjoyed walking through the different assembly plants!
Heck yah Josh man u in jayco rv chocolate factory real nice the real plywood an real cabinets an overbuiding is the American way made in U.S.A.
An Amish craftsmanship is to be respected its like a honor they let anybody in there let alone film SUPER glad they let Josh man. Realy awesome seeing all this thanks jayco an Josh the best in the business
Thanks for the video. It was awesome and reasuring that our Eagle was quality built. Josh you do such a great job, keep up the good work!
Ty for watching! Glad you enjoyed it
I'm loving your factory tours. Most factory tours on RUclips show the "what's" but you take the time to detail the "why's".
These videos are truly a RV Master Class, keep up the good work!
Thank you for taking the time to catch the difference in what we do :)
I literally tell me team when I train them “I will tell you not just the what, but the WHY behind it”
I always heard Jayco was well made, but thanks to you I see why! Bought a 29QBH back in 2012 and it is still running strong. Lots of great family memories! Thank you, Josh! 😀
Great to hear!
RVs are built like the old Berenstain Bears book "Inside, Outside, Upside Down".
Love the factory tours. It would be neat to see the actual construction in but I respect you and the whole Haylett team for understanding the safety concerns of the factory and religious/privacy issues with the employees.
Distancing is an issue currently as well. After hours like this was the only way I could get in
Thanks Nerd! Stop Number Four down the rabbit hole of factory tours!
So excited to see this video, Just bought a EAGLE.
You did good!!
@@JoshtheRVNerd You sure did. Let it bring you and yours pure family joy.
Congrats
@@tommeere3901 Thank you!
Thanks so much Josh for being a great ambassador to the industry so companies like Jayco will even allow you to do an in-depth tour of the manufacturing process. Not a lot available covering Jayco and this video is the best I’ve seen! I look forward to being able to see public parts 3 & 4! Also, I appreciate your video production quality, most may take it for granted, not I !
Thanks Old Man...
I actually feel weirdly uncomfortable typing that but hey - it’s your name apparently 😂
This video just made me fall in love all over again with Jayco Eagle Super Lite. Thanks so much.
I like the real family table. Everybody's got control of their own seat...
I love the free standing table with 2 chairs on one side and the other side booth type/ottoman.
Hmm.. ty!
It gives the ability to have a bench with storage that is moveable when friends are over more seating if a folding chair for when we are playing cards or board games can have possibly 5 but when it's just me and the dog on lounging on the couch I can put my feet on it.
@@laura7053 We ordered our 321 RSTS that way & love it! Comfortable seat, too!
What an outstanding video! I am sooooo glad I bought my 2018 30.5 MLOK now! I plan on my next 5th wheel being a Jayco as well now that I watched this!
Awesome ! thanks for the tour Josh ! glad to see how our 2021 FW Eagle HT 24RE was built !
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These factory tours are amazing. I love seeing behind the scenes.
Thank you! Two more of these coming
Hopefully I can hit up some Rockwood or keystone stuff
Maybe Cherokee or Catalina at some point
Awesome tour, would love to see a new Rockwood tour. Thanks
I hope to get one of those at some point as well
Love the idea of two chairs with bench. Thank you!
No worries of where to store two chairs. In the rv or at home in the garage/attic. With the moveable storage bench and two chairs its practical. Rv for hubby and I, just need two chairs, if someone is with us there's the bench that can be used. Just very practical.
@@karenglover203 We were surprised to find the extra 2 chairs under the bed when ours came in. (It was the first to his our dealer's lot with that setup.) For now, they're in the RV - might leave them home now & then... But we love this set up.
I love these videos. It gives such insight to how the trailers are constructed and I have to say that I am impressed with the construction of Jayco RV's
Man, I appreciate your dedication and integrity. You've helped form my opinions and purchasing decisions about what RV was right for us. We just drove from Tacoma, WA to Cape Cod, down to the Maryland shore, through Ohio and out to Yellowstone before coming back to Tacoma area with our Jayco Eagle HT 264BHOK (our first travel trailer). Amazing family trip. 7700 miles in 6 weeks, and memories for our 6 year old daughter that will last a lifetime. Great tour of the Jayco facility. My wife has her eye on a 5th wheel now haha.
Finally got a chance to watch! It’s great to see some of the construction details we hear you talk about in your walkthroughs. Understand why you’re impressed by their product. Love the freestanding table with the jump seats, offers good flexibility. Always learning from your videos. Keep up the great work. 👍👍
TY Ken! Appreciate owners like you! :)
Josh, thank you for your dedication in making these high quality videos for us. Absolutely love the factory tour!
My pleasure! I have 10-12 of them at this point and more in the way!
Josh , I’m so happy I made the decision to buy a 28.5 rsts Jayco , can’t wait to get it 5/9/24 it really does look like they are a quality rv!
Hopefully we’ll be happy for years !
Very good tour of the facility. It is good to see what actually goes into the build of these units.
Very impressive that you have all the knowledge of all these units just by looking at the frames.
Very enjoyable to see your videos.
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Yeah the “guess the camper” game is something my wife doesn’t like playing with me
She is always like “I don’t caaaaaaare” 😆
Looking at a half finished part and name the model it is going into. You DESERVE the RV Nerd title.
It’ll never be on jeopardy lol
@@JoshtheRVNerd LOL. We should petition a new category for you. Thanks and keep up the good work.
I kept waiting to see the insane membrane.
Thanks Josh for showing us the best of the best ! The wife and I are looking soon for a fifth wheel. I know what I'm buying. Thank you for the videos you do.
Thank you! As far as I'm aware of, you continue to do things that no one else in the industry does. As always, very informative, and interesting. Really enjoyed it! 👍
Awesome tour. Gained more information from RV Nerd than sleepy joe. End with the signature Predator sound effect.
Thanks for the great tour!
I love our Eagle Ht 24RE. Its a beautiful fifth wheel. Very well made.
Great rig!
I own an Eagle 330rsts 2017 and I do like it. My wife and I live in it full time in Washington State. A couple of serious trouble issues are 1- there's no insulation between the underbelly and wood floor making for some cold air intrusion. 2- because the underbelly material has the ability to warp along the edges, Mountain Lion sized rodents get into this space (at least they sound about that big). 2.1- because of the large holes cut into the floor for wiring, plumbing, and mechanical equipment these rodents have total free access to wherever they want to go including the ceiling. I've spent the entire time we've been living here chasing down all of the areas that have open holes. I do agree that Jayco Eagle 330rsts are a great product however if they would like to be the best possible I would like to share what I'm doing to improve my home. Great video, thanks for providing us with an in depth look.
Love your videos .keep up the great work.also the recall videos what a great idea .keep them coming . Really enjoy them.
Very cool to see how these are made!
Like everything about the Eagle fifth wheel, also like that they’re taking pride in their work. Uncle Josh you need to walk more football fields & drink less Mountain Dews lol. Thank you for the factory tour. Waiting on part three
Man that’s the truth. Frankly if not for myself I need to get back into a healthier lifestyle to set a good example for my daughter
Thanks for the video! We are getting a 29.5 next month can’t wait. You make it that much better for my family and I
That is awesome! Enjoy. I love the updates to that one
You know your stuff when you can tell what camper it may be and it’s just the frame . Josh I would think you would agree that out of the three people you said at the end you have the better or more fun job at hayllet.
Awesome thank you for the time invested into this video
Our pleasure :)
I used to build houses, it is freaky to see these built inside out, but then again they ARE built indoors.
I think kid in a candy store is an understatement! 🤣🤣🤣
I'm not a big rig guy myself but I did enjoy this.
Thanks for watching. You prefer the smaller stuff??
@@JoshtheRVNerd yessir!! GeoPro, slx7, winnebago, Tabs and Aframes. We like small but wifey wants a bathroom lol.
Just bought a 321RSTS this week. Cannot wait to pick it up! Great to see how it was made. Thanks for the video.
Congratulations!!
Loved your factory tour, thank you for your hard work!
Way to think ahead, we love the video!! We love our Jayco partnership as well!!! Great Video Content For Sure!!
Great tour. Just ordered an Eagle 355MBQS and I feel very good about my decision to go with Jayco after watching this video!
Congrats
WOW... simply wow! Josh, that was way to cool. I've watched many factory tours of various brands. Not having to deal with the extra noise and production line distractions of a "hot line", made this tour much more enjoyable and understandable.
You were able to answer most of the serious concerns and questions I had verbally as well as visually! Can't ask for more than that! The decision to get into full-time RVing just got a lot more comfortable. Thanks for all that you and your family do to make this educational / purchasing process more consumer friendly.
- Dan
Our pleasure!! Please feel free to share in your social channels!
@@JoshtheRVNerd already have shared this tour... it's that good!
*FAB video tour of this Eagle Factory* !! *It's very inspiring to see such quality work* !! #HaylettRVReviewsNewsAndMore
Great Job Josh! To answer an opinion, we have a White Hawk 32RL, which came with 2 chairs and Otoman. We tried it for a few weeks, but, hated it, so ordered and installed the conventional booth dinette. Works much better for us, and we now have an extra bed area for when we have guests. I still have the original units, should we ever change our minds, or for that time when we want to sell the travel trailer, but, the boot dinette works better for us.
Ty. This helps
I’m skiddish on that half and half idea
Thank you Josh! Awesome video.
1) Very clean manufacturing plant, the pride shows throughout. As a advanced reinforcement, new product development mechanical manufacturing engineer, impressive on all levels.
2) All rv manufacturers should use vacuum bonded composite floors with no wood substrates. No chance of mildew, mold and flimsy vapor barriers that rodents, bugs, termites etc can and do penetrate.
Thx for watching
Cougar is making the type of flooring you mentioned in their “half ton” series!
@@JoshtheRVNerd Good to know! Thank you!
We own a “Big Bird” (I hope you don’t mind me stealing that) and we love it! We took the factory tour there a few years ago but I saw more and learned more with your excellent video.
Steak away!
Thanks Josh.
My pleasure! I had fun doing it!!
Thanks so much for these tour videos. This one is my favorite because we're waiting for delivery of our 2022 Eagle 321RSTS fifth wheel. I've watched it so many times looking for all the hidden details of the construction.
Here's a walk thru the 321RSTS as well -- ruclips.net/video/9CWC6nZwp_w/видео.html
It's a personal favorite of mine. I'm not going to lie -- kinda jealous whenever I see one going out :)
@@JoshtheRVNerd Thanks for the link Josh! It was your "THE RV Nerd Preferred Fifth Wheel! 2021 Eagle 321RSTS Full Time RVing Fifth Wheel" video that turned us on to the 321 in the first place!!
@@3dmakerzone75 Mind dropping a review for us in return for the effort? www.haylettautoandrv.com/review-us/
As usual, GREAT tour!!!
Ty Dwight! Two more from Jayco to come
Hoping to get some Rockwood and keystone eventually
Cherokee perhaps as well
how about primetime Sanibel 5th wheels tour??@@JoshtheRVNerd
@@dwightrudd9724 That's not a brand we carry currently so I likely won't be touring their facilities. I'm working on getting some Cougar / Rockwood tours when I can find time to sneak away from the store again for a day
Thank You
Really enjoy learning about the manufacture process in these videos! Would love to see how Rockwood Signature and Ultra Lite manufacturing process compares to the Jayco Eagle and White Hawk lines. Thanks for the work and sharing!
I definitely hope to get down there this year
Outstanding video!
Ty Sir! Fun seeing them from the ground-up
Awesome video sir!
We picked up a Jayco Eagle HT 272 RBOK and love the floor plan and construction, though bummed they quit making it. Really great to see how they are made. It confirms my choice due to superior construction and attention to detail. Thanks again and keep the good stuff coming.
I was surprised that was retired as well
Thanks !
Thank YOU for watching!!
Fabulous tour of an off-hours production line, but it’d also be worth seeing & hearing from assembers at their respective work stations in their bays on the line. You, Josh, do an excellent job conveying quality of the Eagle line within the Jayco brand. Quite an impressive facility: safe, tidy, well-organized, efficient workflow.
Maybe after Covid prevents me from interacting with them directly I could make a stab at that
Great tour of the facility!!! I really like looking at the construction and the quality that goes into theses things.
Since you asked about the dinette table, I would like to weigh in with my opinion here. I have an Open Range 319 RLS with a free standing dinette table and four chairs. In transit the floating island slides in beside the table and you stack four chairs on one side. Well, we tend to not use two chairs because it is just the two of us most of the time and they are in the house. I have looked and looked at that thing trying to figure out the configuration that would allow us to have the ability to use four chairs or a bench. I think this table configuration does it well. If you can move the bench and use it to put your feet up by the couch and then have two chairs at the dinette when you only want two chairs and then put it back to seat four, this makes it most versatile. It wouldn't work for me because of our floating island but I think this is a great way to add a little storage (presumably there is storage in the seat of the bench) and add a coffee table or foot rest to the couch for kicking up the feet in that situation as well. So, yes, I believe your customers would be benefitted from you ordering some of these and I wish I could have an option like that as well.
As always, thanks for the great videos!!! Take care,
Pat
Ty as always for the extra insights Pat!!
Loving and sharing content. I was debating between Eagle, Cougar or Reflection, this vid helped my decision making. Thanks Josh.
Great to hear! What model are you targeting?
Eagle 27rs
(Part 2 of 4) Do Rockwood next!!😁😁😁
I hear ya. Loud and clear :)
I really enjoy these factory tour videos. Any word when Jayco plans to resume public tours? We have a NP377 on order (don’t have a build week yet) and would love to do a factory tour before we take delivery.
Josh is that from Jayco ? ... (do the Mork laugh from Mork and Mindy) .... Yes I know about family owned business ... been there - done that ... parents are gone and I'm looking to get out of the house and live in a trailer and yours are very nice and very well made and you do the tour excellent !!! Thank you ... again. :-)
Our pleasure! TY for joining us :)
Hey Josh! Another great factory tour, loves these! It looks like Eagle glues the 3/8 roof decking down as well. If that is the case, how do they do that with the radiant barrier? Are they cutting and stuffing it between the rafters? If so, that is super impressive as I'm sure that takes way more time. I hope the White Hawk factory is included in this series! Would love to see how my 29BH Was put together. Thanks again!
White hawk video should be ready in a week or two!!
Excellent “show and tell” of Jayco efforts to produce quality Rvs. So much talk these days about how Thor’s acquisition of Jayco tanked the quality of the rigs. I seriously doubt that any such talk is true. What MAY affect quality however is the nature of the ted hot RV market and a “get em out the door” mentality. Our 2017 Eagle HT 28.5 RSTS has been wonderful. Great video. Thank you!
That’s something I want to address in a future video
Factory production is slow right now
Due to shortages most brands are only working 2-3 days a week
They *cant* overproduce right now
I will never claim RV QC is where I want it, but I expected worse this year and have been pleasantly surprised
Soooo... is that an alarm in the background? Ethan Hunt?
Love getting to see the stages of the process! I don't know what's going on with youtubes notification system, but even with the bell "rung", so to speak, I'm not getting any notifications for this channel for the past two days. I'm sure it's no fault of yours, just curious if others are experiencing similar...
Sounds like it’s happening constantly to some people
I'm going to try the old "turn off/turn on" (unsubscribe/resubscribe) approach😆
Awesome video. How they got the name Jayco. Thanks for sharing brother👍
Founder was a bird watcher. Likes blue jays
Blue Jay
Company
JayCo 😉
Lol, nice tour.
Awesome! Thanks.
Hope you enjoyed :)
Hey Josh, how about a live Q and A night some time? Your obviously very knowledgeable in your field and I think it would be awesome! You said you wanted to try some different things this year. Hint, Hint
I might!
How are the walls held in place. Are the walls and roof when pressed together a kind of stressed members that create the needed strength for travel and bounce?
My 2 favorite jayco eagle floorplans: 29.5BHDS and the 30.5CKTS. Don't know the "big" Eagle equivalent.
The 29.5BHDS doesn’t have a direct big bird brother, but the 30.5ckts relates to the 321rsts nicely
I own a Jayco Eagle 5th wheel. I have no complaints however I will not be buying another Jayco product. The reason is AZDEL side walls on other competitors (Alliance, Coachman) is simply a game changer.
Rockwood has been slowly expanding their use of azdel. Keep an eye on them for coming seasons
Oh you need to ask if there is anything in the side stands next to the couch. So I know if it's safe to take the top off and add a hinge like north point and pinnacle do.
May vary by model. It just depends
Thanks Josh for another great informative tour I really enjoy these but honestly I enjoy all your work.
I wonder do you work with any companies that offer customization at the build level and for me 3' or thicker sidewalls are very important?
Thanks again for a great video...
None of our brand partners offer that level of custom engineering. There are certainly brands that do this but to say they’re spendy would be an understatement
Perhaps it’s worth it to you to get what you want of course
I do get an RV I'm going to heyletts I don't care how far it is
video 3 & 4 are private ? Oh and I happen to like the free standing table and bench. My wife likes the seats, win win!
They’re in progress. I was out for a week recently and working to get caught back up on a BUNCH of projects
Man awesome tour I love this video and I also watched a video on the Grand Design Momentum factory tour and I really can't tell if one is better than the other as far as the construction they seem to use the same material's.
Very similar
Interesting that a comment I posted yesterday about issues I’ve had with a Jayco product has been removed, looks like honesty and transparency may not be just an issue with just the manufacturer.
I don’t filter out comments. This sites AI sometimes will depending on the wording used. Perhaps that’s what happened??
Josh, contemplating a 294ckbs vs. a 332rsts. Jayco Travel trailer. I can get most of the options I want, bigger fridge, 16”tires, auto jacks and solar, but can I put an awning on the slide out so that I will have two awnings to provide some shade on the passenger side?
The eagle HT series does not have an optional second slide face on it.
Ok just for curiosity sake, if the roofs are glued down why does my Jayfeather have do many bubbles along the edges and seems between the plywood?
went to a dealer to tour some bumper pulls to be our next full time rig. didn't get to tour an eagle. I am curious if the Jayco eagle line makes their slide floors out of plywood or another material.
They use a material called PMAX. It is a structurewood product, but that allows it to be a shape other than just flat and thicker as needed so it can ramp up/down more readily. It also holds more weight.
Got a question for u Josh, at 7:24 u see a travel trailer frame and a fifth wheel frame sitting next to each other and they look identical until u get up to the upper deck and the gooseneck part of the frame of coarse but on the fifth wheel frame u can see where the 6 point leveling system is, why can’t u get that kind of system on a travel trailer? Seems like the only thing u can get on a travel trailer are those scissor jacks! And so that’s what my question is, frames are pretty much identical and u can get 6 point leveling on the fifth wheel but u can’t even get like a 4 point leveling system on a travel trailer?! It would be really nice if u could get those cylinder jacks on a travel trailer!!! Thank u sir and keep up the awesome work!!! And just wanted to say that I love these factory tours!!!!
Most trailers aren't long enough to accept a 6pt leveling system. Auto leveling is virtually standard on all fifth wheels now, but still optional on most trailers.
Many travel trailers now offer a power jacks option. The "upper class" trailers will begin to offer auto leveling
Will you be going into the motorized plant? I’d Love to see the Seneca. Waiting on ours, it is in quality control now.
I wasn’t able to make it to those facilities on this trip. Hopefully in a future visit
Who builds the frame for these or does Jayco build them themselves? We are seriously looking at a 321RSTS and really love the information you provide! Much appreciated!!! 👏
LCI builds the frames to Jayco’s specs
Hi there! Thanks for another super informative, fun vid!
Questiom: what arebthe
exterior walls built from? Aluminum skins. Insulation ..? the exterior walls are put together at a different facility can we see?
Walls are laminated
Lauan substrate
I don’t yet have footage of their lamination plant
Josh, I just purchased a bungalow hoping to get by end of August. When will you be releasing factory tour 3/3. it's currently listed as private? thanks.
This coming week I should have it done
I am struggling so hard to keep up with stuff!
Thank you for providing the Eagle, Northpoint & Pinnacle tours, they were informative & educational too me. We are planning to upgrade from a 33" travel trailer to either an Eagle 321RSTS or North Point RLTS, is the Morryde orbital or Reese Revolution pin box an option that can be ordered from the factory for non-long bed truck owners?
Eagle doesn’t offer pin box options anymore, but I wouldn’t be surprised if options open back up
Does anyone see the damage? @4:45 above the receiver hitch and to the left along the top flange, there appears to be an impact on the end piece causing a wrinkle on the top flange. And there seems to be a wrinkle where the end piece is welded to the I-beam that runs the entire length.
There were a couple of those chassis with damage. I’m guessing from transport. They stack them up 8-10 high on a flat deck to ship them to the assembly plants. That metal is a lot thinner than it looks and is easy manipulated. They hopefully bang it out before attaching the wood structure. However, I’m not sure those wrinkles would have much effect on the final product once all secured together.
Josh: These factory tours are interesting and entertaining. But every time you post one of these, the thing that seems to be front and center (not including the travel trailers) is the lack of automation. As an engineer, you’ll have to admit that hand pushing trailers down the line is like a throwback to Ford’s first Piquette Avenue plant. Where are the C&C machines? Or the industrial robots for repetitive jobs? I’m seeing A LOT of intensive, costly hand labor on these floors. There must be a financial reason which escapes me otherwise the manufactures would have collectively already invested in automation. Because many trailer assembly plants are in predominately Amish areas, if you know, is this a cost of labor issue?
But regardless, please keep up the factory tours as often as you can.
Respectfully,
WS
Couldn’t tell you why they use labor vs automation. Only that they do
I agree with your observation. Some manufacturers do use CNC machines to cut openings for windows and doors, but that's the extent to which I know they use automation. I wonder if it is because there are so many floor plans to be produced on the same line, the time and cost to set up and retool for a batch of models may be too expensive per unit produced.
This video really made me appreciate the quality that Jayco puts in to all their products. Thanks for the good job with this and all your videos.
I’ve ordered an Eagle HT 28.5 RSTS which is scheduled to be off the assembly line April 29th. One question, how long does it take to build a fifth wheel at Jayco?
Lead times vary by which models are going into production and when. I can't really give you a good idea right now.
Great video Josh! Don't think I'd like the bench in the dinette area.
TY. I have mixed emotions on it.
Assuming the other linked tours are yet to be produced? Thanks for doing these BTW!
Correct. In progress. I am going a bunch of directions at once and poking away at these “extra projects” as I am able.
I’ll be getting about one a week out there :)
have you ever sold a trailer into canada? we're 2 hours away but these days it might as well be to the moon and back!
Pre-covid it was a regular thing from here
I don't know the border statuses currently as It's all I can do to keep up with what's on my desk here
I have a 2019 Jayco 321RSTS and we love that floor plan but the rear wall was found to be delaminated. It was still under warranty and Jayco did approved the replacement of the rear wall back in January but we still haven't heard nothing about Jayco sending the rear wall to the dealer for replacement as of today, April 8, camping season is upon us and we would like to use our $60+ thousands dollars 5th wheel to go camping.
We are beginning not to feel good about this purchase. We know things happen however the factory should have a little better customer service I believe. I love your video it give let me know theirs process, so thank you.
I believe you’re in good hands and simply struggling against the tide of supplies right now. If you haven’t, then I would definitely recommend contacting both your dealership and Jayco directly
@@JoshtheRVNerd I have contacted both.
As with most RV’s, it’s all about the roof and other outside seals. If you have a 5 year old RV and you have never had a leak, you are one of the chosen ones. That’s why the majority of used RV reviews begin with the dreaded evidence of water damage and squishy floors, lol!
Regular upkeep is key. I wouldn't go 5 years without changing the oil in my car and wouldn't go 5 years without maintaining my RV's roof
@@JoshtheRVNerd You of all people understand that RV’s have had a horrible quality control record for decades. I thinks it’s a cop out to just blame everything on yearly maintenance and not the manufacturers, as I have seen dozens of brand new trailers along with 2 and 3 year old trailers of all makes, including Jayco, with small to catastrophic leaks, and I know because I had one? It also doesn’t help when so many new RV’s do not have a ladder which makes it very difficult and unsafe for many owners, especially the elderly to get on their roof to maintain their trailer?
Did you go to the Essenhaus? If you avoided it you have more self control than I do :)
Not that day. You’ll see in part 4 I was there so late they were quite literally shutting the lights off on me
I was whooped and ready to go home
But their chicken... oh my lord