Key West and Ashland floor plans

[AWesdorp]

Hello everyone from the good old Heartland campus in beautiful, balmy Elkhart Indiana. Balmy if 24 degrees = balmy, that is. But hey, the sun is out and all is well.

We're quickly wrapping up another successful "show season", attending shows across all of North America and assisting dealers in selling and representing Landmark. I've been to Seattle, Fort Worth, Austin, Tampa and more this winter and it has been great to interact and meet many current and future Landmark owners. Thanks to those of you I met for your greetings and comments. I'm truly enjoying GM'ing Landmark and the interaction with customers is one of my favorite parts of the gig.

I'd say that the highlights of show season this winter have been the newer 3 floor plans Charleston, Madison and Orlando. The Newport is our consistent seller and the Syracuse/Arlington both fit more niche markets for shorter/work camper customers, respectively. Neither had much representation in shows unfortunately because dealers typically take the best sellers/most marketable coaches into shows.

That said, on April 1, we will be discontinuing the Ashland and Key West floor plans. In order for us to keep crafting new units, we must make room on the engineers drawing board, so to speak. Being in the same plant as Bighorn and Big Country, we are all limited in the # of floor plans we're able to offer at one time. It does, however, make me excited to start working on the next awesome Landmark floor plan (Suggestions Welcome!).

Dealers will be able to accept Ashland and Key West orders for the rest of March; those orders will be built, painted and shipped in April/May.

On the new product ideas front, we are constantly Researching and Developing. I've met with multiple vendors this winter to see what they have up their sleeves and there are multiple more meetings in the coming weeks. These are great meetings for idea generation, cosmetic look and feel ideas for the exterior and interior, and some things as simple different exterior lights, outlets, switches, etc., but all good things. Please believe me here---our purchasing department is one of the best in the industry; they do a fantastic job of getting us the best price for the materials we pick out. I'm convinced that Heartland delivers a great product at a great price to great customers. I'm convinced that Plant 2 is the best plant for luxury fivers in Northern Indiana. We don't employ robots, we do make mistakes from time to time, but I'm also convinced that we have an outstanding warranty/parts/service department, from the top down.

All said, it's been a fun winter. I'm ready for grass to green up and sales to uptick, but I'm also thrilled with where Landmark is at today.

Thanks to you all for your loyalty past and present. Thank you for your business. For you potential owners, we want you and we'll build you a darn good, and darn good looking fifth wheel.

Have a great hump day everyone and let me know if I can help, email/call at any time,
Andy Wesdorp
andy.wesdorp@heartlandrvs.com
574-206-2178

 

[TxCowboy]

Andy, first off, thanks for the update and great information. Much appreciated!

Secondly, it's always a bummer to see good floorplans go away, particularly those who one them. It's like buying the last in a series of pickup trucks. That said, we love our Key West and are thrilled to have purchased one from the last production year of that series.

Looking forward to your and Heartland's continued success, Andy. Keep up the great work!

 

[franks1]

Hi Andy,thanks for the feedback.My wife and I met you and talked to you at the Tampa show.It was a pleasure to talk to you.We came home and put our house up forsale and we close on it in 2 weeks.Then we are going to order the new Orlando.We also talked to Ron Dickeson and of course Jim Beletti.It is great to have you all at Heartland and we look forward to becomming members of the HOC soon. Frank and Sharon Sandidge

 

[Bohemian]

Wow. This seems wierd. I completly understanding getting rid of one of those plans. But both? That seems to leave a big hole in the lineup.

 

[KNPMCM]

As a new owner of an Ashland I am disappointed to hear that this floor plan will be discontinued. If you are looking for a replacement floor plan idea, how about one with a Bunk Room / Office in the middle with storage over head. We saw a couple of these plans at our local RV shows and thought they were a great idea if you use use your unit for work as I do. It would be great to have a central office and extra storage above.
I am still waiting to pick up new unit as they are correcting the items identified during the PDI. After spending two hours going through the unit looking for items to be corrected I was very impressed with how well built these units are. There are a few items that I would like to see incorporated but that is for another post. As soon as I pick up my new unit I will be heading to Northern British Columbia, Canada where it is still in the minus teens at night. I will post how well the unit performs in that climate.
Thank you for building such a great unit. I hope I enjoy mine as much as everyone else seems to enjoy theirs.

Kirk

 

[TravelTiger]

Sorry we missed seeing you at the Ft. Worth show, Andy, we were there and bought a new Big Country! We love what's happening with the Landmark and appreciate your interaction with the forum and actual users of the brand.

I'd be curious if a plan with a bonus room would be considered, like the Redwood 38BR.

Or maybe a plan with a side or rear deck.


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[Bones]

Andy,
I posted this on another thread so I'll post this here. It is incomplete but thought I would share. The blacked out picture is a PDF version of the layout. I must have not converted a thumb nail correctly but the image shows up well.

View attachment Front Bathroom Landmark.pdf