FR Manufacturing Delays
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Topic: FR Manufacturing Delays
Posted By: Welchsoft
Subject: FR Manufacturing Delays
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2020 at 6:38am
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Wonder if any of the members are aware of raw material shortages in the manufacturing process that would cause delays in delivery. Yes I know that Covid has changed everything but I've been told by my sales person that the off-line dated for my R-Pod keeps getting slipped by FR due to shortages. He isn't aware specifically what the shortage is (steel from China, microwave, tires, etc.) but suggested that the unit could be 99% completed but just waiting for one more item. Just hoping that the folks here might know something. At this point I don't know if I'll be driving the unit in the snow to get it back to MA, or picking it up next spring. The delivery date was Sep 8, 15, and now ??
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Posted By: Pcbeck12
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2020 at 6:22am
| First it was AC units and now I’ve heard it is the glass. |
Posted By: flarimer
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2020 at 9:36am
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We ordered a 179 in early August. The dealer said maybe November. We haven't received an update. ------------- Fred 2021 Rpod 179, 2016 Honda Pilot E2 wds/sway |
Posted By: Welchsoft
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2020 at 9:54am
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We ordered our 195 mid-June. Heard that it came off the line last week but still missing parts. |
Posted By: Cjommh
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2020 at 4:29pm
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We ordered a 192 in Early August (West Coast), It came off the line on 8/31, still waiting. |
Posted By: Cjommh
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 12:03pm
| Latest update on my 192, west coast, heard from the dealer, who spoke to the factory in Oregon. The unit has been off the line for several weeks, waiting for windows and valances. It is now expected to be finished next week and at the dealer before the end of the month, which would be about six weeks later than what they told me originally, IF it actually happens. |
Posted By: Pcbeck12
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 12:19pm
| Our 192 was awaiting glass but arrived at the dealer on Monday. We are picking it up today. Originally due at the dealer around September 1 so not too bad of a delay. |
Posted By: Welchsoft
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 12:22pm
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Got a call from my dealer (Couch's) that its finished. Picking up on 10/13. No word on what the hold up was but at this point I just want it on the back of my pickup and off the dealers lot. So Mid-June order with expected delivery end of August/beginning of September. It will be a bit more than a month late. |
Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 6:42pm
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I remember when this was the case with Harley-Davidson....ordering a bike during the fall of one year and not getting it until a year later...maybe the following summer or fall...wow.... ------------- r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten! |
Posted By: Welchsoft
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 6:54pm
| I have an 03 Heritage 100th anniversary. When I purchased I explained to my better half that it will increase in value. Back then, and certainly 15 years before that you might enter a lottery to get to buy one. Not now. No real demand. But I'm hopeful that my pod will increase in value.. but apparently I'm not a good judge of that. |
Posted By: crankster78
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 8:45am
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Greetings: Due to covid, all RV's are in high demand. I'm sure that all the factories are way behind. Watch for good deals on slightly used units. RVing is not for everybody. Some folks will figure that out this fall. Crankster78 2015 R-179 ------------- Crankster 78 R-179 2015 |
Posted By: Cjommh
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2020 at 10:59am
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Latest update, RV (R Pod 192) arrived at dealer yesterday (Monday)! I am scheduled to go pick it up (If it passes my unprofessional inspection) this Friday.  Excited and anxious at the same time. Did tons of research, printed a check list, but still anxious.. Wish me luck! |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2020 at 11:31am
| Good luck.. |
Posted By: Welchsoft
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2020 at 3:06pm
| Good luck. Picked our 195 up last week at Couch's. Great experience as the technical folks spent as much time as we wanted reviewing things. Camped 5 days at 3 sites on the way home and tried out everything in the unit. Dealer said current lead time on delivery is 5 months. |
Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 8:29am
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Just ran across a news report that explains the production delays at FR's Elkhart, IN factories. Sadly for the folks in that part of the country, Elkhart County has become the virtual Covid capital of Indiana. They have one of the highest infection rates in the country. Wishing them a fast and safe recovery. ------------- Never leave footprints behind. Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |