Buying a trailer built during covid

[KatTab]

I am reading conflicting facts about the chance of buying a badly built trailer if it was built 2020, 2021 and possibly 2022, which would mean avoiding models of 2021,2022 and possibly 2023.
The issue is that we want to buy a used trailer that we wont take a big depreciation hit on, but reasonably new. Prices for used 2024 of the ones we are considering are quite high. So we are into the covid years.
We are only considering high quality manufacturers, although there are no guarantees with anything. I imagine that we will have an inspection of any trailer before we buy it.
So is it such a problem that we should avoid those years completely?
Thanks for your thoughts.

 

[turbopilot]

One datapoint. I bought a 2022 25' Airstream Globetrotter in October of 2021. The build quality, fit and finish was actually better than those I saw built before the pandemic. The biggest issue for build quality in the RV industry during the pandemic was supply chain problems. Some components were impossible to get forcing manufacturers to substitute inferior parts. Airstream handled this problem by delaying production or storing unfinished units before delivery. I don't think other RV manufacturers handled problems in the same way, thus the reputation attached to pandemic builds. This was not unique to RV's, same problem for tow vehicles.

 

[DennisT]

Not a trailer but our super c is a 22. No issues with it being built during “covid years”.

I think it depends on manufacturer and what they had to do in order to keep building when parts were in short supply.

We did have a different brand on order that kept getting delayed due to not being able to get generators.

 

[Rosy]

Most issues tend to crop up early so if you buy a trailer that's a couple years old, most of those infant mortality items should have been resolved already.

 

[turbopilot]

Most issues tend to crop up early so if you buy a trailer that's a couple years old, most of those infant mortality items should have been resolved already.

One exception would be the Lippert welded frames. Big issues there in certain models that grow with time. Really big deal in 5th wheel towable but also hitting hitch mounted as well. Very expensive to fix.

Modern RV's are moving to the "huck" bolted frames by BAL.