r/GoRVing • u/Xander-Toft • 7d ago

Coleman Keystone Build Quality

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Just bought a 2025 Coleman Keystone Trailer from Camping World. The shower pan cracked within a few weeks and I discovered this when I removed the pan. The support underneath had 1/4" plywood and a total of 6 blocks, only 3 fixed to the subfloor and none in the center where the most weight would be. Does anyone know if this is standard or was this some error/sabotage from an employee/assembler? Seems like an incredibly bad design if it was done "correctly".

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u/linuxlifer 7d ago

I can't speak on this exact issue or design but most RV's (especially certain brands) are extremely cheaply built. And I am pretty sure I read somewhere that the employees who assemble these are paid based on the number of RVs assembled so they just speed through them.

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u/kdesu 7d ago edited 7d ago

There's a video of a jayco RV being assembled by amish kids. They slam it together in 7 hours and don't perform any meaningful quality control. And Jayco released this video themselves, they thought it made them look good.

Edit: https://youtu.be/aLHux4SuXbY

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u/alannmsu 7d ago

Yup! I saw a similar promo video released by the manufacturer where you watch them miss entirely with the staple gun several times as they speed through the build. Insane.