2BlueHeelers
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Contrary to what you may have read in other posts (mine included) the demise of Rage’n Inc as an independent company may not be such a bad thing, at least not for WW.
WW restructuring (layoffs and plant closures) will give WW models a leg up especially in the strength and appearance of the WW wide-body line. They have replaced all wide-body frames with Rage’n frame design including the Z-Rail sidewall support structure. It’s been well documented that WW frames were $%@#, this was the remedy. Along with that, WW has adopted the Rage’n vacuum bonded, aluminum framed fiberglass walls that gave Rage’n that distinctive mirror finish.
The wide-body trailers and WW Motor Homes will roll of the line at the former Fleetwood plant. All ultra-lites (WW and Rage’n) will be produced at the Rage’n plant in Riverside.
So the end result is that WW gets a leg up in strength and appearance and Rage’n is still alive as a sister line and will continue to be marketed as a Rage’n.
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jadoca
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Having owned both an 04 WW and 04 Rage'n I will say the Rage'n constuction was far superior in every respect. If the Rage'n construction did not change (as they say) after WW aquired them, the same could be said today.
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carringb
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I would agree that the WW frames aren't strong enough. 6" frame rails on a 40'+ trailer? Needless to say, I managed to managed to break it.
But... if they now have stronger frames, and they can have a decent GVWR (something at least close to the axles ratings)... I might have to get me another. Until I read this, I was planning on doing a conversion of a larger race car trailer or stacker trailer.
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Holy crap... I remember when you bought that. I went through your posts and found the accident. Since you posted it in towing and not all of us read those threads some of the TH folks might want to know some details. At first look I thought WW had another frame failure. Glad to see nobody was injured.
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That's good news, sounds like I still may have a warranty if I ever happen to need it.
I didn't think that nice vacuum bonding machine would go to waste.
It will be interesting to see if there will be different models for the two names.
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dwrat
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So are you saying that WW will now have aluminum wall studs?
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2BlueHeelers
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yes, some point in the 2009 model line
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94fxds
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2BlueHeelers wrote:Contrary to what you may have read in other posts (mine included) the demise of Rage’n Inc as an independent company may not be such a bad thing, at least not for WW.
WW restructuring (layoffs and plant closures) will give WW models a leg up especially in the strength and appearance of the WW wide-body line. They have replaced all wide-body frames with Rage’n frame design including the Z-Rail sidewall support structure. It’s been well documented that WW frames were $%@#, this was the remedy. Along with that, WW has adopted the Rage’n vacuum bonded, aluminum framed fiberglass walls that gave Rage’n that distinctive mirror finish.
The wide-body trailers and WW Motor Homes will roll of the line at the former Fleetwood plant. All ultra-lites (WW and Rage’n) will be produced at the Rage’n plant in Riverside.
So the end result is that WW gets a leg up in strength and appearance and Rage’n is still alive as a sister line and will continue to be marketed as a Rage’n.
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94fxds
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Is ragen going away, or are they just going to build both in the same plant?
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2BlueHeelers
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94fxds wrote:Is ragen going away, or are they just going to build both in the same plant?
Both at the same plant.
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