Buckwild.... You still drinking beer and watching that "BADGER" video on YOUTUBE?  Lighten up on the little guys!!

From my understanding, the Bison production facility has been shut down or running on minimal staff for the past few months.  We are doing repairs on a brand new Bison and I have also talked with a real person in the front office.  Who knows how things will shake out but many manufacturers are running well below production and some have shut down production.  That doesn't necessarily mean they are out of business right now.  American Spirit trailers direct from the manufacturer were selling on ebay a few weeks ago so who knows about them.  The true of the matter is that the future is quite foggy for many of the well known brands.  So while I don't agree with the original post, you can't jump all over him and say he is completely wrong.   

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I love this forum...ask one question and you get smacked around.....nice,very nice.

Rumors are rumors, I hate rumors....so I wanted to know the facts. I am not out to make light of people loosing there jobs and stuff like that. Heck, I would not wish that on ANYONE !!....I came to this forum to get the facts. Seems like some people on here just cannot let loose of old habits. It's a dag gone shame...I bet if I ask if GM or Ford or Dodge where going out, I wouldn't get the same response !!!.....can we not just keep it on the subject at hand???...Oh, thanks to the ones who did answer with some good info, the others, my mom taught me to concider the source.

If you were in Africa we would put a tyre around your neck and set you alight ----(No not really - but you get my point)

I bought a Cherokee last year and am in constant contact with them as we are busy with an African safari with our Cherokee and so far it has held up very well. So your coments about them are far from the truth, They build an excellent trailer and let me tell you, for it to stand up to our roads and conditions it pretty well need be good.

I would actually advise you to retract your statement - it is plain stupid of you. I see you are new to this forum and quite honestly, if you dont have anything good to say rather shut up..... unless of coarse it is factual....not rumors. Rumors are what looses peoples jobs. If you know something that we dont know that is fact - yes let us know. But this is neither the time nore the place to start krap like this.

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How can you group all three into one blanket statement? All three are different manufactures with very different product offerings.

Cherokee is still viable and in business. Been talking to them this week about some minor warranty work. They are standing behind their product and are offering to let me take it to a different dealer to have some work done that is 45 minutes from me versus 3 hours. That sounds like a business still in tact to me.

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When things actually happen we will try to post it here.  But I have to say that speculating does no one any real good.  Of course there is a lot of action out there as companies reorganize, merge, and cut back (maybe all three) to survive.

This is good news - and those that are taking action will likely be the ones to survive, so rumors guessing their next moves are misleading at best.

It's the companies doing nothing that I would worry about.

Whether they are horse trailer companies or any other type of companies.

I think that if folks would stop and think of what might ACTUALLY be happening it might make more sense.

I bet there are manufacturers that have stopped production of some models and may have closed plants temporarily - just like the automanufacturers are doing. Not just US manufacturers either. In Japan, they are down. In Europe they are down and plants are closed.

Design engineers, QC, parts production, etc. will all be slowed or stopped if there is no Research & Development going on for new features or products.

Layoffs for any manufacturer, right now, are inevitable.

All those things do not NECESSARILY mean the company has closed its doors or gone under or is no longer in business.

However, those things could LEAD to a company going down and having to file bankruptcy... which STILL doesn't mean it's closed its doors and gone under. Only that it has to restructure and get out od debt and do things differently.

For anyone shopping for a trailer. I bet you'll find that those companies that have been doing this for a long time will offer a great product for your money and that there will be good deals for those with cash.