Month: September 2013

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- Jeff Fought, vice president of Cruiser RV, told RV Daily Report he likes that low-pressure approach, and dealers are responding positively to it. The DRV Division has sold more units so far at the show than managers predicted they would sell all week, said Fought, and Cruiser is on its way toward meeting the division's show goals.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- The Elkhart open house is a great opportunity for Grand Design to show off its new line of products and dealers have been flocking to the display, he added. "If we stopped the show half way through Tuesday, the show would have paid for itself. We have been busy bell to bell."

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- Exiss/Sooner is offering RV dealers free wholesale floorplanning, depending upon the order size, as well as cooperative advertising at various shows, Matt Ladd, regional sales manager, told RV Daily Report today.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- More than 15,000 campers have gathered on a hillside in Jiangxi Province, close to Mount Wugongshan in China, for the 2013 International Camping Festival, reports the International Business Times.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- ASA Electronics participated in the recent restoration of a classic 1978 Terry travel trailer. ASA donated a 24-inch Jensen 12-volt TV, a Jensen 12-volt wall mount stereo and a pair of Jensen five-inch dual cone speakers.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- Torklift International has expanded its GlowStep series with the inclusion of the SafeStep, DirtDestroyer and a new GlowStep.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- Operators of Falls Reserve Conservation Area in Goderich are considering leasing the park to a private company after receiving estimates between $1.3 million and $1.7 to upgrade the 190-space campsite, reports Huron News Now.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- The construction project is an expansion of the Red Lodge campground. It will include the creation of six double sites with electricity, two group use sites, five additional tent sites and an additional host pad.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- A feud between truck engine makers and the federal government was heard last week in Washington D.C. federal court, writes Truckinginfo.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- Family members say the Kettle Falls man shot by park rangers at Kettle River Campground over the weekend had been standing alongside his nine-year-old son when the bullet tore into his torso, writes The Spokesman Review.