Monday, October 22, 2012

Winnebago Factory Tour

Back to the Mother Ship.... Eric and I are waiting for the Winnebago Factory Tour in Forest City, Iowa.

Eric and I are very pleased with our 2004 Winnebago Vectra.   We're looking forward to seeing motor homes under construction.






The Winnebago Itasca
Visitor Center












Display Area in
The Visitors Center






Bragging Righrs









 

 




1959 Travel Trailer








1966 Motor Home 








 




More Bragging
Rights










Side cut shows
insulation










This shows the layers of the
 body of Winnebago RVs.










Our Tour Bus for the tour


Our guide took us through several buildings and we watched RV construction from the chassis up.  Production per week: 120. Employees: 1,200.  Starting pay:  $11.69 per hour.  Forty percent of the work force is female.  There is one shift:  7 am to 3:30 pm. 

Unpainted RVs look strange.  There is a company on the Winnebago property that does the exterior paint work





 We entered through
Gate 2.







Winnebago
Water Tower 







This is where curtains,
pillows, bedspreads
and furniture covers
are stitched and put
together.





All the RVs we saw are sold to dealerships or for customer orders.  


1 comment:

  1. Bonnie, Thank you for your kind words about my blog. I'm glad you shared the link. It's a fun thing to do. Eric and I are enjoying the Midwest. There's so much to see and do here. I promise regular updates and pics of our grandson... Squeee!

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