Month: January 2015

(Jan. 27, 2015) -- Winnebago is recalling certain model travel trailers manufactured May 7, 2012 to Nov. 13, 2014. The axle may contact the black liquid propane pipe fitting, resulting in the fitting cracking or breaking.

Luxury motorcoach builder announced record results for 2014, selling 109 Prevost conversions representing just over two coaches a week. According to a press release, the impressive number followed up a strong 2013 when the company sold all of its 2014 model year units. The 2014 total shattered Liberty’s previous annual record of 98 units set in […]

Luxury motorcoach builder announced record results for 2014, selling 109 Prevost conversions representing just over two coaches a week. According to a press release, the impressive number followed up a strong 2013 when the company sold all of its 2014 model year units. The 2014 total shattered Liberty’s previous annual record of 98 units set in […]

The Reston, Va.-based Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) released its December shipment and year-end figures Monday (Jan. 26) and it’s official — 2014 was a banner year for the industry. The South Bend (Ind.) Tribune reported that RV shipments reached an eight-year high of 356,735 units in 2014, a gain of 11.1% over the previous […]

Pigeonholed as the vacation choice of retirees and lower-income families, the Canadian RV industry has an image problem. Recreational vehicles are not usually pitched as a dreamy, aspirational getaway choice. A new advertising campaign is attempting to address that. The Globe and Mail reported that Go RVing Canada launched online this month, and coming to television […]

(Jan. 26, 2015) -- Born Free Motorcoach has been sold to HBF Investments, Wyndham Capital reported today. Jeff Butler, a former engineer with Dynamax, has assumed the position of president of Dynamax.

(Jan. 26, 2015) -- "For the year as a whole, all RV shipments reached an eight-year best of 356,735 total units in 2014, a gain of 11.1 percent over the previous year," said Baker. "This was the fifth consecutive annual increase and the fourth double digit percentage gain in RV shipments since the end of the last recession."

(Jan. 26, 2015) -- The Cedar Point Campground in the Croatan National Forest, in North Carolina, will be opened again in April after a $700,000 renovation project.

(Jan. 26, 2015) -- Work is nearing completion on a campground at Polk County, Va.'s, Coleman Landing at Shady Oaks Parks on Lake Kissimmee with a tentative opening date in March.

(Jan. 26, 2015) -- An Accomack County, Va., man faces life in prison plus 50 years after pleading guilty to charges relating to a sexual assault at Cherrsystone Campground near Cheriton.