Winnebago and Forest River |
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Podinaroundbc
Newbie Joined: 26 Jul 2015 Location: Alberta Online Status: Offline Posts: 34 |
Topic: Winnebago and Forest River Posted: 16 Mar 2016 at 8:30pm |
I was looking at the Winnebago 1780 drop trailer and it looks like the Rpod. Does anyone know if Winnebago and Forest River are the same?
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Art & Brenda
Jake the dog 2015 179 HRE 2012 Nissan Titan |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 16 Mar 2016 at 9:05pm |
http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7219
Lots of info and a couple useful links in that thread.. |
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Podinaroundbc
Newbie Joined: 26 Jul 2015 Location: Alberta Online Status: Offline Posts: 34 |
Posted: 17 Mar 2016 at 9:12pm |
Thanks for the link but I can't open it.
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Art & Brenda
Jake the dog 2015 179 HRE 2012 Nissan Titan |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 17 Mar 2016 at 9:54pm |
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Podinaroundbc
Newbie Joined: 26 Jul 2015 Location: Alberta Online Status: Offline Posts: 34 |
Posted: 18 Mar 2016 at 8:26am |
Thanks. Good info.
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Art & Brenda
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Retroactive
Senior Member Joined: 15 Mar 2016 Location: Bolton, MA Online Status: Offline Posts: 270 |
Posted: 18 Mar 2016 at 10:08am |
Winnebago has pulled their "drop" trailer from the company website, like it never existed, poof! The pics I have seen look like a blatant Rpod copy, right down to the paintjob. The big W is about to get their ass handed to them by FR in court.
EDIT: It looks like all the local dealers in New England are treating the Winnedrop as "radioactive". In all 6 states, there is only one unit out there. There are a few down at a dealer in PA. It looks like the big W completely stopped shipping units. Second Edit: After finding a brochure online, W really shot themselves in the foot. They even use the identical model numbers. They not only copy the floorplans of the 171 and 178 almost exactly, they had the sheer stupidity to used "1710" and "1780" respectively - this would be like Ford suddenly releasing a Z-280 edition of the Mustang. how are they going to defend that in court? This is the most blatant counterfeit I have ever seen in the USA, this sort of infringement is something I more expect to see in China. If I was an executive at W, heads would already be rolling.
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David and Danette
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
Posted: 18 Mar 2016 at 4:05pm |
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Retroactive
Senior Member Joined: 15 Mar 2016 Location: Bolton, MA Online Status: Offline Posts: 270 |
Posted: 18 Mar 2016 at 4:11pm |
Oh snap. It's possible! After the market crash, the Chinese bought up controlling interests in a quite a few large US companies. I could see RVs doing quite well in China, based on what I saw in Shanghai, they could fit 3 generations of a family in an RP-171.
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 18 Mar 2016 at 5:15pm |
Still there when I go to winnebagoind.com. May have to do with different Domain Name Servers. |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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ToolmanJohn
Senior Member Joined: 23 Apr 2014 Location: Connecticut Online Status: Offline Posts: 451 |
Posted: 18 Mar 2016 at 6:53pm |
I thought it was simply an overpriced R-Pod rebadged as Winnebago under license. Like when a Camry can actually be a Lexus, or a 4runner is the same thing as a GX460. Different companies but share the same platform.
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