We drove to Wakarusa, IN to
the Navistar RV plant for a tour of the motor coach manufacturing
facility. Our tour covered an extensive
walk-through of the Roadmaster chassis facility led by the plant manager. A lot
of welders were building the multiple chassis frames from raw pieces of steel,
engines were mounted into the new chassis, and assembly personnel installed the
hundreds of cables, suspension air bags, etc., required to complete only the
chassis.
Once the chassis is
completed, it is driven to another building where the motor coach “house” is
built piece-by-piece. This includes the
floor, electrical wiring, plumbing, appliances, walls, cabinets, slide-outs,
roof, front and rear end caps, painting and final checkout. All of the wiring harnesses, plumbing, cables
and cabinets are built in-house. Monaco
is currently turning out four (4) coaches per week. They plan to increase their production volume
in the near future.
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