Month: February 2012

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- On Monday night, the Plymouth Planning Board voted unanimously to support a proposed zoning bylaw amendment aimed at relaxing a requirement that all RVs must be stored behind a structure on private property, reports Wicked Local Plymouth.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- In most cases, net purchase prices with the ARVC member discount will be 15 to 20 percent below the manufacturers suggested retail price and applies to nearly every car, truck, or van in the Ford product line for 2011-12, said Bambei.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- More than 240 dealers from 42 states and Canada have already submitted registration for the 2012 North American Trailer Dealers Association conference scheduled to take place Sept. 6 to 8 in St. Louis. A total of 75 percent of manufacturer display space and 50 percent of supplier display space has already been sold.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- Melissa and Kenny Oliver of Rosston, Ark., who found a 2.44-carat Silver Moon diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park on March 20 last year, recently had it cut to a 1.06-carat pear-shaped diamond, and it was appraised at $21,639, reports Today's THV.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- On Tuesday, Stamford, Conn.-based Frontier Communications -- a company that has never built, sold or supplied a part to either an RV or manufactured home -- presented the RV/MH Hall of Fame & Museum with a $10,000 donation in recognition of the facility’s work to preserve the heritage of the RV industry, reports eTruth.com.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- Stephane Cordeille has a long history with Thetford and is already known by many of Thetford's customers.  He joined Thetford in 1988 as sales manager of its French subsidiary.  He has served as director of sales and marketing, and director of European operations before being named managing director of Thetford's RV Europe operations in 2004.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- "Over the past couple of years, I've noticed more and more people traveling from outside of Vermont to get to our dealership shows," said marketing manager Phil LeClar. "The Cabin Fever sale brought in folks from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Quebec, and across Lake Champlain in neighboring New York."

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- "With extreme environments like trucking service bays, durable technology and equipment is critical to success. We chose rugged Panasonic Toughbook mobile computers for the EZ-Tech program to ensure that our dealers have reliable technology in place to streamline diagnostic and repair procedures," said Beesley.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- Motorhome owners will be welcome in St Annes when Fylde Council opens one of its seafront car-parks to overnight visitors this spring. Motorhomers will be able to stay for up to three nights in a pilot scheme that will last to the end of summer.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- In a 6-4 vote Monday night, Peterborough Council endorsed the city continuing to operate the Beavermead Campground next to Beavermead Park this season, but stopped short of giving an open-ended endorsement of the service, reports the Peterborough Examiner.