We toured Foretravel motor home factory today. Foretravels are top of the line, extremely well made custom coaches. The Fore family started making coaches out of their home in 1967. The first coach they made was a high school project made by father and son. They make about 20 a year and they are all custom. They used to make more ready made coaches, but the market has changed and they have a small niche market now.
This is a chassis. An engine installed on the back of the chassis.
The front of the coach. The green thing is the generator. It is on a bed comes out so you can work on the generator. The second photo is the beginning work on a slide. They make everything they can here in the shop. They have their own fiberglass , wood, paint and who knows what else here.
This coach has the washer dryer installed in the back, and the walls for the bathroom and kitchen. You can see the huge bays underneath here. There are two full sized storage bays, the rest hold the batteries, tanks, inverters, heaters, compressors etc.
The front of the same coach. Lots of wiring. The generator is in the in position. Andrew our tour guide and John examining the wiring.
The top or roof of the coach is in the fore ground. Sides, slides and roof on this one.
The front of another coach. Andrew and John looking at the next two newest coaches to come off the line. They are finishing them up to take to a big RV show in Tampa in January.
The cabinet shop. John and Andrew are looking at the gas, water and waste tanks.
Andrew showing us around the new 2015 IH-45. IH stands for Iron Horse. There is a TV on the outside. In the kitchen is a pull out drawer dish washer.
And the TV coming down from the ceiling in the front.
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