6.	Inventories

Major classifications of inventories are as follows:


	April 30, 2017			July 31, 2016
Finished goods – RV	$	27,394		$	39,943
Finished goods – other		24,901			20,141
Work in process		128,493			97,872
Raw materials		209,501			173,362
Chassis		101,389			102,686

Total		491,678			434,004
Excess of FIFO costs over LIFO costs		(32,010	)		(30,135	)

Total inventories, net	$	459,668		$	403,869

Of the $491,678 and $434,004 of inventories at April 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016, $290,923 and $219,050, respectively, was valued on the last-in, first-out (LIFO) basis, and $200,755 and $214,954, respectively, was valued on the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.