That is what I have been hearing also, Dexter will be part of the LippertĀ*conglomerate soon. Sad to see. There are very few camper manufacturers left that make their own frames, I know Excel is one of them, but who knows for how long. If I ever upgrade, Excel will be on my list mainly because of the frames. The campers are heavy though.
May be getting into deep water here, but as RUMOR has it, they use illegals, or close to it, give them a couple days training and turn them loose. So it may depend on when they bring in their new batch of highly trained welders.