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Shell Assembly and Water Testing

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Newell Coach Factory Tour: Hand Built In Oklahoma! (2+ Million Dollar RV Build)

What happens here

The presenter highlights that Newell coaches are never mass-produced or left outside during construction. Each coach spends minimal time exposed to the elements, only moving to and from the paint booth, traveling a total of only 760 feet on the road throughout the entire build process. This prevents exposure to weather, road grime, and salt, which could degrade wiring and other components. He explains that every floorplan is matched with a specific chassis design for optimal performance. The 'skin line' involves attaching the front cap, rear cap, aluminum sides, and roof. After this, a crucial water test is performed to ensure the entire shell is leak-proof before any interior house wiring is installed.

Goal: Describe the assembly of the exterior shell and critical leak-testing procedures.

Tools and materials

  • Aluminum Sheets — Forming the sides and roof of the coach
  • Front Cap — Front exterior section of the coach
  • Rear Cap — Rear exterior section of the coach
  • Water Test Station — Rigorously checking for leaks in the assembled shell
  • Paint — Exterior finish of the chassis and body

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only goes 760 feet so and it's not ever exposed to outside weather elements so wires that you might have that might be going to your brakes hadn't been sitting outside in snow having been driven down from the north to the south with road grime and salt and everything else put up in it getting those wires exposed you pay this kind of money it should be built one-stop shop um that's how we do it um and that's what newell is known for he's got one he's actually got a 1996. he's got that escalade out there that turquoise escalade looks pretty badass like a detroit yeah my coach is a detroit it was uh unser juniors and then robbie gordon's that's why it's got like the checkered flag paint job my full time in it so hopefully probably george you like the detroit's here i straight piped it so it sounds real good yeah maybe y'all start doing some of ours like that have a good day hey you too have a good one no but seriously this is over here how long have you worked here 22 22 years it's almost as long as i've been alive yeah so 22 years so he's very experienced that's his cousin he's got a brother to work here so we have a lot of family that works here and what's cool about this place is we love town and the town loves us so you know it's pretty cool that we're still here in the same place we started yeah and so everybody in miami appreciates doing appreciates the customers and it's pretty neat i mean um it's a great place here it really is a lot of people work really hard a lot of people's fathers grandfathers work here there's some of that going on this right here is the steel line this is coach 1716 that's coach 1717 and that's starting 1718. so you kind of see and then you talk soft coach 709 in the detail bay okay so it's the ten coaches are being built at one time you just go from section to section for four tens our friday's quality control date for instance quality control we do a water test up top here and this is our skin line the reason why we do a water test is because it connects our front cap and rear cap and the aluminum size aluminum roof all that together we want to make sure it's not leaking before we advance any no house wire has been laid in this coast yet only chassis wire interesting so we want to make sure it's

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