Top-5 RV factory tour videos

It's always interesting to get a behind-the-scenes peek at how recreational vehicles are produced, particularly when there are so many different ways, from 'stick 'n' tin' to rivetted aluminium and full composite construction.

Here are five of our favourite, up-to-date factory tour videos, including four of the biggest RV brands in Australia as well as one of the most famous US-built nameplates...

Avida's Sydney factory is one of the biggest motorhome production facilities in Australia, and the 58-year-old manufacturer recently spent close to a $1million on capital improvements including updating CNC machinery, new electrical systems and installing an automated board storage system, called the Cube...

Queensland's Zone RV is leading the Australian RV industry in the use of advanced composites, with the 22m x 5m 3D printer recently installed at its 5000 square metre production facility in Coolum Beach used to produce its latest award-winning Expedition hybrid caravan.

Queensland's Patriot Campers is another world leader in advanced RV construction, and recently debuted a new patent pending 'weld-free' body panel construction method at its Gold Coast factory for its latest GEN2 range...

Crusader Caravans moved into a large new purpose-built factory in Melbourne's north in 2022, where its entire range of full composite caravans and hybrids are manufactured under the one roof...

Airstream opened a new 750,000 sq.ft production facility in 2020, and it's where hundreds of the iconic travel trailers are painstakingly hand-built each year, using thousands of rivets just like they did back in the 1930s...