Right on, Roger. The problems with Beatrice were with management,
not production. I had a '72 Safari that was a good trailer; it had the
Beatrice tag on it. I've not heard of any trailer problem caused by
Beatrice; Thor is a different question, but I doubt they have caused any
*great* problems either, other than a decline in "fit and finish" quality
control; but that's been noticed in other manufacturers as well - e.g.,see
Ford Motor Co.
- Dick
(5368)
At 10:55 AM 6/23/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Folks, let's not let this Beatrice Foods thing get out of hand. There were
>some problems, mainly brought about by the bean counters wanting to improve
>the bottom line, but there certainly wasn't any marked reduction in quality
>of the Airstreams manufactured under the Beatrice group. You don't really
>think that Beatrice fired all the Airstream employees and brought in their
>own, less-dedicated work force, do you?
>
>Tail-end sags were mostly created by owners who towed with full holding
>tanks, or placed heavy loads in the rear of the trailer. Has anyone really
>identified any problems caused by Beatrice? How about by Thor?
>
>An Airstream is still one of the finest units built, and with reasonable
>care will last for many more years. If you find one that's deteriorated,
>find out why....what did the owner do or not do that contributed to that?
>
>Don't be put off by a trailer just because it was manufactured in the
>Beatrice period. Check it out anyway.
>
>My 1975 is excellent.....Beatrice did nothing wrong that I know of. The sky
>is still up there.
>
>
>Roger Hightower
>WBCCI 4165, VAC, TCT
>1975 31' Sovereign
>Mesa, AZ
>
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