Month: November 2013

(Nov. 19, 2013) -- Campers huddled in their tents, car windshields were smashed and motorists were forced off the road when the Sunshine Coast was hit with hail the size of tennis balls on Saturday, reports the Coffs Coast Advocate.

(Nov. 19, 2013) -- Peninsula Daily reports that police now consider the pickup truck thought to have been towing a trailer that became disconnected and was involved in a crash Nov. 8 in Port Angeles as having been stolen.

California-based Pan Pacific RV Centers Inc. has upped its lifetime pledge to the Mike Molino RV Learning Center to $41,500. According to a press release, the recent renaming of the Learning Center provided the kickoff for the annual fundraising campaign to benefit education for RV dealers and staff. “Jim Shields of Pan Pacific was just [...]

(Nov. 19, 2013) -- About two dozen RVs and motorhomes were set up in the James Brown Arena parking lot in Augusta, Ga., over the weekend as part of a family of traveling artists and vendors selling goods at Christmas Made in the South arts and crafts shows, reports The Augusta Chronicle.

(Nov. 19, 2013) -- Tents for Troops has just added three new parks as a result of the recent National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds conference in Knoxville, Tenn. Debbie Decker, from Kymers Camping Resort, enrolled not only Kymers, but the Delaware River Family Resort and Panther Lake Camping Resort as well.

(Nov. 19, 2013) -- Even with confidence plummeting during the fiscal negotiations in October, the index is still on track to exceed the annual average of -21 for 2012 and be the highest yearly average since Gallup began tracking economic confidence daily in 2008, the company noted.

(Nov. 19, 2013) -- Truma Corporation today introduced its new executive team for the North American market, which includes Gerhard “Gary” Hundsberger as president; Elden Wood as vice president of sales and marketing; and Mark Howlett as vice president of business development.

(Nov. 19, 2013) -- Steel Armor's sharp-edge protection means reduced corrosion on wheel edges, where rust tends to form first. These areas include flanges, hand holes, bolt holes and hub holes on stud- and hub-piloted steel wheels. Steel Armor contains the growth of corrosion by blocking rust at the point of entry when gouges, chips, scrapes and scratches expose the metal.

(Nov. 19, 2013) -- “Joe’s experience in the RV industry will prove to be a great asset to our company,” said Daily. “Our new toy hauler consisting of eight floor plans, all 102” wide is ready to hit the streets and we are thrilled to have Joe on board, eager to market it to RV dealers all over.”

(Nov. 19, 2013) -- The Sure-Step, an entry step that can be mounted in several locations, removing constraints that RV floorplan designers have faced for years. The new aluminum quad entry step fastens to the RV sidewall, rear wall, exterior slide-out wall or over a wheel well, allowing manufacturers to create more versatile and customized RV floor plans.