Randy Probst, the Quality
Assurance Officer at Champion's Redman plant, investigates the chassis
and underside of the house after a 300 mile road test. Over the
coarse of the test one unit had tire blowouts, and both units showed
evidence of encountering trees, but the SIPs performed well even
though corner bracing wasn't used on the more open marriage side
of the units. Corner bracing was left off to create a worst-case
scenario for the home. |
One half being
transported across the factory lot toward the second half. |
| One half being
transported across the factory lot toward the second half. |
Tom Griffing,
the Production Manager, watches Gary Hart, the State of Oregon inspector
work on his evaluation of the road test. The state inspector and
Champion technicians agree that the house showed much less drywall
cracking than would normally be found. |
Champion technicians find very little fluctuation in the level of
the floor from side-to-side. From front to back, the floor
did flex but was easily leveled using standard setup techniques.
|
The level
of the floor from front to back can be seen. |
