Jayco suspending production of folding trailers, temporarily ?

[kitphantom]

I subscribe to an online RV newsletter, and one article today was about Jayco temporarily suspending production of the Jayco line, until demand rebuilds.
https://www.rvtravel.com/jayco-halts-production-of-folding-trailers/

 

[MattF350]

Good thinking, business wise. Supply and demand.

 

[Popiworks]

This should help the used popup market. If you can't tow the TT a pup is the only option other than a tent.

 

[kcsa75]

Saw this on the Jayco Owners forum this afternoon.
https://rv-pro.com/news/jayco-temporarily-shelves-its-fold-downs

 

[nineoaks2004]

PUP sales are down. A small TT is as cheap or cheaper that the PUP's are as in everything else if it cannot support itself then the money is used in another area that is making the money it's a shame as Jayco has made PUP's for a long time, over the years I have owned 3 Jayco PUP's all new and a couple of used ones and they were decent units. But it is a sign of the times and keeping a business afloat.

 

[jmkay1]

Depressing. Jayco already was bought out. So things were already changing on their build quality. However I just hope this isn’t a sign to what is to come. The reason pop ups are so expensive now I think is because there are so few brands on the market now and dealers can crank up the price as they ate up all the competition. Grant you the price for small TT and hybrids have gone down drastically and dealers are able to lie through their teeth that small vehicles like a minivan can tow them no problem. For a person who hasn’t done their homework soon find themselves upgrading their tow vehicle sooner then they expectedy or allow the camper to wither away unused because it wasn’t fun towing it.

 

[Rusty2192]

Not good news for us pup fans or those to come in the future. Just more writing on the wall towards the death of the pup.

http://www.popupportal.com/threads/are-popups-a-dying-breed.112796/

On the bright side, we all on here may soon have appreciating assets as the supply of good used pups dries up

 

[CamperChrissy]

Makes me glad we upgraded to our high wall (my dream PUP!) last fall in case prices start rising on the used market!

 

[Rayar3]

The Jayco dealer was using the fact they were stopping production as a selling point to me. I just couldn’t wrap my head around the artificially inflated MSRP. $17k for a 10’ box and “discounted” to $10.5k didn’t seem like a deal. Maybe they need to stop and reboot.

 

[neighbormike]

Perhaps if/ when they bring them back, they will have figured out how to put a little more quality into them! (Yes, I am aware quality is an industry-wide issue and the problem isn't limited to popups.)