Month: July 2015

Last weekend, Indiana’s South Bend/Elkhart KOA Campground was transformed into a campground of decades past. Travelers gathered with their trailers, some dating back to the 1930s, for the area’s annual Vintage Trailer Rally. The rally was started by campground owners Patricia and Thomas Schenk in 2008 after the couple bought their own vintage RV and fell […]

Last weekend, Indiana’s South Bend/Elkhart KOA Campground was transformed into a campground of decades past. Travelers gathered with their trailers, some dating back to the 1930s, for the area’s annual Vintage Trailer Rally. The rally was started by campground owners Patricia and Thomas Schenk in 2008 after the couple bought their own vintage RV and fell […]

Highland Ridge RV announced several upcoming changes and new product introductions to be shown at the Open House running Sept. 22-24 in Indiana’s Elkhart County. According to a press release, new product will include: • The Mesa Ridge line of travel trailers and fifth-wheels have received a new exterior facelift consisting of bold new colors and graphics. […]

(July 27, 2015) -- A question was submitted to The Duluth News Tribune wondering if it is legal to carry passengers in a camper or fifth-wheel on the highway.

(July 27, 2015) — Camping World and Good Sam announced the grand opening of several new stores, including supercenters in London, Ohio; Richmond, Ind.; and Fairfield, Ohio, from July 30 – Aug. 8.

Marie and Alan Boucher have two houses. One fits into their suburban Charlotte, N.C., neighborhood. The other could nearly fit into that house’s sun room. The Charlotte Observer reported that at 130 square feet, their house is not much bigger than a couple of parking spaces. Duck inside the 6-by-2-foot doorway on a 97-degree day, […]

Recreational vehicles from all over the United States and Canada convened in West Virginia last week, as hundreds motored into the State Fair Event Center on Monday (July 27) for the six-day Newmar Kountry Klub International Rally. The Register-Herald reported that more than 375 Newmar motorhomes and fifth wheel RVs rumbled into Fairlea bearing some […]

(July 27, 2015) -- Two French tourists have been harassed by strangers as they slept in their campervan at Caroline Bay in Wilmington, New Zealand.

(July 27, 2015) -- Cummins is scheduled to post its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 28.

Wholesale shipments to retailers of all RVs improved modestly in the June survey of manufacturers, rising 1% over the previous month and up 2.9% over the June total one year ago.  June’s increase reversed May’s small decline and returned RV shipments to its more recent trend line. Through June, RV wholesale shipments have now risen […]