The Keystone Factory- where adventure begins!

Welcome to the RV capital, in Elkhart, Indiana. The majority of Recreation Vehicles are built right here in this small town, our Keystone Laredo Fifth Wheel is one of them. Keystone welcomes people to stop by for a tour of their factory and offices. We toured the line where the Montana is being built. It takes about 2 days to build one from start to finish. They are built from the ground up, first attaching the wheels and frame to the base boards then flipping it to install the compartments and wiring. 

The floorboards are put on and flooring on top.

The wheels rest on these "dolly" kind of things that allow the RVs to be pushed sideways thru the factory which allows for more RVs to be worked on simultaneously while giving each team room to work. Cabinets going in.

Wall panels waiting to be installed.

The roof is first constructed on the second floor loft of the factory before installation.

Here we are looking down on the line of RVs after the roofs were installed.

The walls have been put in place and you can see the scaffolding 

around the sides which give the employees a safe base to work from.

New on this model, interior ceiling lighting.

Windows, doors and the front and rear caps have been installed. Almost finished.

After the decals have been applied, a team of detail oriented employees (often women) go over the rig and mark any imperfections with red tape to be corrected in the next step.

At the last step, the furniture is put inside and it is ready to be sent to a dealer to find it's new owners.

Outside there are a number of lots filled with completed RVs just waiting to be sent to the dealer.

After our tour we went back to the offices and met the service team that we have been dealing with to have issues fixed on our RV. It was interesting to find out that the dealer is responsible for doing their own walk thru and having issues fixed before selling. Obviously ours did not go thru this process. If we had known this and asked for the paperwork, we could have avoided some of the issues we have had. Unfortunately it is common to have a number of repairable issues on a new RV during the first year as when you drive an RV around, it's like your home experiencing an earthquake each time, so things are bound to happen or need some adjusting.