Jayco Plant Tour

I thought it would be a fun idea to visit the Jayco plant and take the tour. The plant is located in Middlebury, IN which is about 2 hours away from our house. The tour was quite interesting and the plant they show you is the one that makes the fifth wheels and today they were making the Eagle models, but not the one we ordered. It takes four days to make a fifth wheel. The plant is located in the heart of Indiana Amish country and a majority of the employees that work in the plant are Amish. First stop on the tour of the plant where the trailers are made was the ceiling being finished. Each side, top and floor of the trailer come into the plant fully completed meaning they have been laminated, insulated and wiring installed. The finish work is then done in the assembly plant. Here is a picture of a worker installing all the ceiling fixtures. You can see it is a very large piece and this is for a trailer smaller than the one we purchased!  Next up was the actual assembly line. The trailers are on a track going sideways and they work on groups of six of one model. Here is a picture of them on the line.  The slides are assembled in a different part of the plant and then meet up with their unit towards the end. Here is a picture of a full wall slide ready to be mated with a trailer. It was a very interesting and informative tour. It was nice to see the craftsmanship and quality control they have in building their trailers.