6.	Inventories

Major classifications of inventories are as follows:


	October 31, 2017			July 31, 2017
Finished goods – RV	$	40,305		$	24,904
Finished goods – other		25,097			27,862
Work in process		130,032			117,319
Raw materials		242,730			214,518
Chassis		114,234			109,555

Subtotal		552,398			494,158
Excess of FIFO costs over LIFO costs		(35,070	)		(33,670	)

Total inventories, net	$	517,328		$	460,488

Of the $552,398 and $494,158 of inventories at October 31, 2017 and July 31, 2017, $314,976 and $284,897, respectively, was valued on the last-in, first-out (LIFO) basis, and $237,422 and $209,261, respectively, was valued on the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.