Newmar factory, Nappanee Indiana

From Chicago a one day trip saw us driving south of Lake Michigan and into Nappanee, Indiana the small Amish town where our motor home was built. We had been planning and looking forward to a tour of the Newmar factory to see how all the ‘bits and pieces’ go together. The tour was especially good as the factory was on a 3 week summer shutdown and with only a skeleton staff, otherwise we would have been confined behind a yellow line and the noise would have been so loud we would not have heard our guide. We were able to peek and prod around and even climb into some of the units as they stood/moved through 52 stations on the assembly line. It all starts with a frame, engine and wheels and drives out the other end a complete unit ready for the highway. On average a motor home takes 13 days to complete.