Month: July 2012

(July 2, 2012) -- "The PMI registered 49.7 percent, a decrease of 3.8 percentage points from May's reading of 53.5 percent, indicating contraction in the manufacturing sector for the first time since July 2009, when the PMI registered 49.2 percent," said Holcomb. "The New Orders Index dropped 12.3 percentage points in June, registering 47.8 percent and indicating contraction in new orders for the first time since April 2009, when the New Orders Index registered 46.8 percent.

(July 2, 2012) -- The tentative program includes a whole host of great seminars on blogging, Airstream maintenance, Airstream history, restoration, mobile software tools, cooking, decoration, and solar power. Every morning participants can start their day right with stretching and cardio exercise programs led by Steyvn Guinip, and every afternoon the gathering will celebrate happy hour with great door prizes being awarded.

(July 2, 2012) -- Researching and testing collapsible products in their motorhome has become a way of life for Gail and Mike Alexander, who have been living and traveling full time for almost four years. In January, they created their website and in April they began traveling to rallies and shows to share their finds with others. Reception to the products has been very positive and Gail has started giving seminars on RV space saving tips and ideas.

(July 2, 2012) -- During a fast-moving line of thunderstorms across South Jersey early Saturday, two cousins, age two and seven, were killed when a pine tree "snapped in mid-section" and crushed their tent at Parvin State Park, Richard Arroyo, director of the New Jersey State Park Police, told NJ.com.

(July 2, 2012) -- A couple was injured Friday night at Blackwoods Campground in Acadia National Park when the electrical current from a lightning strike "somehow transferred to their tent," Richard Rechholtz, a park ranger supervisor, told the Bangor Daily News.

(July 2, 2012) -- Authorities told WDIO-TV that a camper poured a flammable liquid on a campfire, which sparked an explosion that injured four children Friday evening at the Money Creek Haven Campground in Houston.

(July 2, 2012) -- On Friday, a motorhome test drive took a turn for the worse when a reported mechanical failure led the driver to lose control and crash into a house in Federal Way, reports the Federal Way Mirror.

(July 2, 2012) -- The Swift Group, Britain’s largest caravan, motorhome and holiday home manufacturer, has announced the appointment of James Turner as Managing Director and Amy Archer as Deputy Managing Director.

(July 2, 2012) -- North Trail RV Center, South Florida's largest RV dealer, offers guests a complete range of luxury RV repairs, collision services, chassis repairs and tire services in it's newly expanded Billy Creek Commerce Center location off I-75 at exit 139 in Ft. Myers.

(July 2, 2012) -- Generac has decided to cease manufacturing of new on-board RV generators, effective June 30, to allow the company to expand its leadership and innovation in the home and industrial backup power markets, the company confirmed to RV Daily Report today.