Hi All,
Our coach was in a service bay almost all day so we filled some time on the Tiffin factory tour.
Big crowd today, about 30 people.
Once fitted out with safety glasses and a radio headset (to clearly hear the tour guide) we were off to the factory. The chassis shop preps the chassis before they go to the main assembly line.
Our floor is tile and we thought they were still built that way. Not quite! How about a single 24 foot sheet of computer cut solid surface material.
Slide outs are built separately then installed.
The wire harness shop has adopted the techniques used in the airline industry. Instead of using dozens of different wire colors, they use three. They run each wire through a machine that prints the color and function of each wire. That bundle in the foreground may look all yellow but each strand has a unique function and color code.
Tiffin began building motor homes in 1973. This 1976 model might be the oldest surviving Allegro.
Remember when avocado was the most popular color?
Here is a neat antique gas pump. However, the price shown is a cruel joke to people who drive 8-10 MPG motorhomes.
When we were here in 2008, Tiffin was producing nine coaches a day. At the worst of the recession they were down to three per day! They are now at 12 per day. Too bad the capacity of the Service Center has not kept pace.
Love,
Sandy & Carl
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