Month: October 2015

(Oct. 29, 2015) -- The Southeast Conservation Club now may store RVs and campers on its property in Jackson Township, Ohio, during the winter.

(Oct. 29, 2015) — In order to get away from the huge log jam of November conventions, the Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association voted at its October meeting to move its 2016 and 2017 conventions to December.

(Oct. 29, 2015) -- Provincial officials told The Calgary Sun they’ll destroy an injured grizzly bear thought responsible for trying to break into a camper and vehicles in Kananaskis Country.

(Oct. 29, 2015) -- "While the recent shift in buying patterns in the RV industry in 2015 toward entry level and lower priced units, as well as reductions in certain commodity based input costs,have negatively impacted our dollar content per unit growth, we are encouraged by the increased levels of younger and first-time consumers entering the market," said Cleveland.

A healthy representation of the Elkhart, Ind., area’s RV industry leadership sat down Wednesday morning (Sept. 28), coffee cups in hand, for a closed-door meeting at the Heritage Foundation Inc.’s RV/MH Hall of Fame to review the details of a charitable program they’re being asked to support in a significant way – expansion of the […]

Born Free RV, a custom-build motorized manufacturer based in Humboldt, Iowa, is looking to grow. The 46-year-old company, which produces high-end Class C and Super C units, has added a fourth retailer to its dealer base and will be launching a new Sprinter-based Class B product, the Arion, the first of next year. Ancira RV, […]

(Oct. 29, 2015) -- Charles Campbell, with U.S. Compliance Academy, will present a seminar Maintaining Profits and Compliance in Today’s Legal Environment, Nov. 3 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Bronze 4 room at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Although Winnebago Industries Inc. has already unveiled the bulk of its 2016 lineup, the Iowa-based motorhome builder appears to have kept its best for last with plans to debut a 24-foot Winnebago Fuse Class C built on a new-to-the-U.S. Ford Transit chassis at the Dec. 1-3 Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) 52nd Annual National RV Trade […]

LKQ Corp., parent company of Keystone Automotive and its NTP-Stag and Coast RV distributor subsidiaries, reported revenue for the third quarter of $1.83 billion, an increase of 6.4% as compared to $1.72 billion in the third quarter of 2014. Net income for the third quarter, ended Sept. 30, was $101.3 million, an increase of 10.7% […]

Elkhart, Ind.-based supplier Patrick Industries Inc. reported a 24% increase in net income for its third quarter, ended Sept. 27, boosted by strong recreational vehicle sales. Revenue for the third quarter grew 14% to $214.8 million from $188.1 million in the same quarter of 2014. The increase was primarily attributable to a 13% increase in […]