Re: [SilverStreak] Da Door!

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As I'm  not going to be building RV trailers it hardly makes any difference, 
but the doors on my old Spartanette and on my SS are not heavy at all. So I 
can't quite grasp that the strength of the hinge jamb wall is of any concern. 
The boxed double wall (the Spartanette is single wall) construction is quite 
strong and rigid.

My guess is that the market just won't support RV trailers that are built 
like the former competitors of AS.
I was talking to a MFD home dealer who said that MFDs could be built to the 
same quality standards as is expected of built-in-place homes but only about 
5% of the MFDs he sells are high quality. The market just won't support much 
in the way of high quality. MFD buyers want the most house for the least money.
What portion of the total RV market did the high quality RV trailers command?
What portion of the total RV market does AS command?

Al

-- "Eddie" <Eddie@Huffstetter.com> wrote:

Ralph,
Some say is done because the coach body is stronger to the middle than the ends. 
Two door coaches including my Spartan's, Glider Albatross, Schult and Streamline's 
do the same. The adjacent ever-present windows, and the other front windows allow 
a weakness and thus movement. Thus the latch release risk and some of the latch 
and striker heavy wear we all see. Note that the rear doors are not suicide and 
also go to the center body, not the end. My Holiday Rambler is not a suicide door, 
but the trailer door locates in the center.

Motor home doors never open suicide and I have a 77 GMC, 78 Argosy, 2 1966 
Streamlines, 76 Silver Streak, soon a 78 Holiday Rambler and had a 66 Bluebird. 
All have the door in the center, never near the front, and since passengers are 
allowed in the coach while traveling, the suicide door I have always been told, 
is prohibited.

Like you I agree the whole concept is backwards for everything including safety and 
rain. I don't remember or care about Airstream since the whole thing for me is a 
mistake. The only mystery there is how in the world AS is the only survivor of all 
the orphans which in my opinion are all superior.
-Eddie-
Houston, TX