Month: July 2012

(July 30, 2012) -- At noon Tuesday, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan will host a ribbon cutting and grand opening of its newest attraction, the Soaring Eagle Hideaway RV Park in Mount Pleasant, reports the Midland Daily News.

(July 30, 2012) -- After a family of three bears was sighted, officials have closed the Holly Bay Campground in London, reports WKYT-TV. Officials have located the family, but until they can be safely moved, no one is going in.

(July 30, 2012) -- "No RVs on our beach! We don't want it, we don't want them to come. It's better if they just stay where they're from on the campground. This is our beach," protester Krista Casper told WMGM, who was one of 300 people who sought court permission to demonstrate.

(July 30, 2012) -- The U.S. Forest Service released its annual visitor survey which showed Forest Service lands attracted 166 million visitors in 2011, and that visitor spending in nearby communities sustained more than 200,000 full- and part-time jobs. The Forest Service also announced that restoration efforts contributed $21 million to local economies and reduced fire threats on 123,000 acres of land nationwide.

(July 30, 2012) -- Cruise America, the nation’s leader in class C motorhome sales and rentals, has now taken delivery of their 30,000th motorhome, acquired over 40 successful years. They currently have 4,000 Ford powered rental recreational vehicles operating throughout the United States and Canada.

(July 30, 2012) -- “Our Bighorn line generated impressive sales during the first five months of 2012,” said Coley Brady, vice president of sales for the Elkhart, Ind.-based builder, noting that Bighorn was the No. 1 selling fifth-wheel through May in the hotbed states of Texas, Florida and Alabama and the top full-profile line in Canada.

(July 30, 2012) -- Forest River, Inc. is recalling 850 model year 2005-2011 Berkshire and Charleston Motorhomes, equipped with an IOTA ITS-50R transfer switch. These switches may experience heat-related failures when exposed to elevated electrical loads associated with RV use in higher ambient temperatures.

(July 30, 2012) -- Winnebago Industries Inc. won a court decision that will prohibit Knott Investments Pty from using the Winnebago name in Australia as it has been doing for at least 30 years, according to Bloomberg News.

(July 30, 2012) -- Open Range RV Company and the LaGrange County Economic Development Corporation announce the expansion of Open Range RV Company at the company’s facilities located in Shipshewana, Ind.

(July 27, 2012) -- A Partners in Progress brand committee meeting for dealers who carry brands built by Prime Time Manufacturing has been scheduled for Oct. 2 during the 2012 RV Dealers International Convention/Expo in Las Vegas, the RV Dealers Association announced today.