dblr Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 http://www.rvbusiness.com/2017/03/wednesdays-auction-signals-forks-rv-demise/ Looks like we lost another top of the line builder, sad day. 2017 River Stone Legacy 38MB 2001 T2000 Kenworth 2009 Smart Passion ET Junior hitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindrift Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 Interesting in that oil is beginning to claw its way up...ever soooo slightly. 2012 F350 KR CC DRW w/ some stuff 2019 Arctic Fox 32-5MCindy and Tom, Kasey and Maggie (our Newfie and Berner) Oh...I forgot the five kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblr Posted March 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 57 minutes ago, spindrift said: Interesting in that oil is beginning to claw its way up...ever soooo slightly. Yes I even saw that on the news tonight. 2017 River Stone Legacy 38MB 2001 T2000 Kenworth 2009 Smart Passion ET Junior hitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennWest Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Bad issue for us is they were under contract with Teton owners forum to work on our units. I can handle most problems but if it needs factory work, that's out now. 2003 Teton Grand Freedom towed with 2006 Freightliner Century 120 across the beautiful USA welding pipe.https://photos.app.goo.gl/O32ZjgzSzgK7LAyt1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark and Dale Bruss Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 Backup for repairs is SpaceCraft. Please click for Emails instead of PM Mark & DaleJoey - 2016 Bounder 33C Tige - 2006 40' Travel SupremeSparky III - 2021 Mustang Mach-e, off the the Road since 2019 Useful HDT Truck, Trailer, and Full-timing Info atwww.dmbruss.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfaa Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Not surprised as happened in the economic downturn of 2007 many quality high end manufacturers went out of business. The units were just to expensive but of very high quality.. Helen and I are long timers ..08 F-350 Ford,LB,CC,6.4L,4X4, Dually,4:10 diff dragging around a 2013 Montana 3402 Big Sky SKP 100137. North Ridgeville, Ohio in the summer, sort of and where ever it is warm in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Mayer Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, richfaa said: Not surprised as happened in the economic downturn of 2007 many quality high end manufacturers went out of business. The units were just to expensive but of very high quality.. There is a market for high quality rigs. Of course it is much smaller than the "mass" market. There are many reasons companies fold. IN this case it is not for lack of market. Jack & Danielle Mayer #60376 Lifetime Member Living on the road since 2000PLEASE no PM's. Email me. jackdanmayer AT gmail 2016 DRV Houston 44' 5er (we still have it) 2022 New Horizons 43' 5er 2016 Itasca 27N 28' motorhome 2019 Volvo 860, D13 455/1850, 236" wb, I-Shift, battery-based APU No truck at the moment - we use one of our demo units 2016 smart Passion, piggyback on the truck -------------------------------------------------------------------------See our website for info on New Horizons 5th wheels, HDTs as tow vehicles, communications on the road, and use of solar powerwww.jackdanmayer.com Principal in RVH Lifestyles. RVH-Lifestyles.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewilso Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Never heard of them. But, making oil field office trailers doesn't exactly reflect as a high end manufacturer. Dave W. KE5GOH Stuck in the 70's --- In E. Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuffMan Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Jack Mayer said: There is a market for high quality rigs. Of course it is much smaller than the "mass" market. There are many reasons companies fold. IN this case it is not for lack of market. So what was the reason?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Heiser Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 29 minutes ago, DuffMan said: So what was the reason?? Their primary business was making oil field trailers/offices. They lost a lot of this business as a result of the drop in oil prices over the last several years and apparently decided they couldn't survive anymore. I doesn't appear the RV side of the business had much to do with it. 2009 Volvo 670 with dinette/workstation sleeper - Walter 2017 DRV Mobile Suite 40KSSB4 with factory mods, dealer mods and personal mods - now in the RV graveyard 2022 DRV Full House MX450 with customized floor plan 2018 Polaris RZR Turbo S (fits in the garage) 2016 Smart Car (fits in the garage or gets flat towed behind the DRV when the RZR is in the garage) My First Solar Install Thread My Second Solar Install Thread & Photos and Documents Related to the build My MX450's solar, battery and inverter system - my biggest system yet! chadheiser.com West Coast HDT Rally Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblo Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 dewilso If you had seen some of the trailers made for living at oil-field jobsites, you might want to modify that statement--and I can guarantee the oil company personnel that stay in them would not stand for the quality you find in an RV. Yes, there are some junk living quarters, but Forks probably didn't make them. Most of them are skid-mounted and are on very solid frames--in order to be dropped (tail-rolled) by a winch truck. Having said this, many of them end up looking like junk due to mis-use and being rental property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alie&Jim's Carrilite Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 We had a company man (the big boss on an oil rig site) that had a Space Craft. The exterior was in rough shape. Needed a good bath and polishing, but the interior was immaculate. This Oilfield trailer had been pulled down "Lease" roads that are cow paths in south and west Texas. He said that he had had zero issues with it in 10+ years. Jim's Adventures Old Spacecraft.... Who knows whats next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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