Month: June 2014

Editor’s Note: To view the video scroll down the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page. Hundreds were evacuated Tuesday (June 3) from Charleston Corp., a Bremen, Ind., fiberglass company that supplies the RV and marine industries, after a massive fire erupted in one of the production buildings. FOX 28 News reported that two or […]

(June 4, 2014) -- "Needless to say, they are not very concerned that the backside of half the TVs in RVs can’t be accessed," said Sipe. "Nor are they concerned about the nightmare that will occur in trying to manage a check out process for the black boxes with remotes as your guests check-in."

(June 4, 2014) - The Open Road is a nostalgic journey through transportation milestones, auto innovations, and roadside iconography -- with some modern-day tools to help plan and memorialize the family road trip.

A delegation of North Dakota state officials, including Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley, as well as officials from the North Dakota National Guard and the North Dakota Homeland Security, flew into Watford City to see first-hand the damage caused by the F2 tornado that destroyed Raley RV Park south of the city on Memorial Day evening. […]

The all-new 2015 Ford Transit goes on sale for the first time at U.S. and Canadian dealerships this summer, eventually replacing America’s best-selling van for 35 years, E-Series, first sold in 1961 as Ford Econoline. According to a news release, the Ford Transit delivers as much as 46% better gas mileage than Ford E-Series and […]

The nation’s top elected officials don’t seem to agree on much in the U.S., but they completely agree that Americans need to spend more time in the nation’s parks, forests, refuges and other public spaces, according to a written announcement of Great Outdoors Month. Proclaimed by the president and each governor, Great Outdoors Month is […]

High demand for its products led Jayco Corp. to acquire Herremans Custom Paint & Graphics in Elkhart, Ind. As reported by the South Bend Tribune, Herremans will serve as an additional resource to help meet the needs of Jayco and Entegra Coach motorhomes. The move could result in additional jobs being added at Herremans, Ashley Lehman, […]

Thor Industries Inc. today (June 3) announced expansion plans for its Bison Coach subsidiary with the acquisition of a 55,000-square-foot production facility located on approximately nine acres in Milford, Ind.  In addition to the facility, the company also agreed to purchase approximately 20 acres of additional land that can be used for future expansion as needed. […]

(June 3, 2014) -- Motorhomes, which had been increasing in value at wholesale auctions for the previous six months, finally hit the brakes this month falling roughly 8 percent. On the other side of the coin are the towables, which added another 5 percent over the April numbers.

(June 3, 2014) -- According to the new survey, 66 percent of RV owners intend to use their RVs more this summer than they did last year, and 28 percent will use theirs the same amount. Just 4 percent said they'll use their RVs less.