Month: February 2016

Diamondbacks reliever Andrew Chafin’s home has many of the things you’d come to expect from a 25-year-old ballplayer from rural Ohio. As reported by the Arizona Republic, there’s a fishing boat out front and hunting gear in the garage, an Xbox hooked up to a 55-inch television in the living room, a six-pack of beer […]

TUCSON, Ariz. — When RVIA members gather this week for the 2016 Annual Meeting, they will do so at the Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain Resort just outside of Tucson. The setting is a fitting one for an industry that has climbed its way back to the top after declining from 2007 through 2009 when the economy ...

(Feb. 29, 2016) -- Readers can get a jump on their RV spring maintenance checks, find out if their RV awnings are ready for another camping season, and read Publisher Mark Polk's list of the Top 10 consumables to keep in their RVs.

(Feb. 29, 2016) -- "Our inventory breadth is a significant advantage, and many dealers have been using us for those difficult-to-find items and are starting to benefit on more common items from our local Portland stock as well,” said Braun.

(Feb. 29, 2016) -- Chafin is the owner of a Keystone Fuzion RV, a 42-foot, fifth-wheel toy hauler. He’s renting space at a local RV park for spring training, then will move his rolling home to a different location in town once the season starts in April, the Arizona Republic reported.

The new Winnebago Industries Inc. plant in Waverly, Iowa, is rolling. As reported by Cedar Valley Business Monthly, work at the new plant got going last July, but there is more to come, officials said. The building offers 33,400 square feet, 30,000 of which is production space, said Daryl Krieger, vice president of manufacturing. The […]

It’s official: gasoline prices across a majority of the nation are rising. Nearly two-thirds of the nation’s 50 states saw prices rise versus last week to a national average of $1.749 a gallon, the highest level in over three weeks. WANE TV, Fort Wayne, Ind., reported that the top 16 largest weekly moves were all increases, […]

(Feb. 29, 2016) — Drew Industries Incorporated announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lippert Components, Inc. (LCI), has acquired certain assets and business from Flair Interiors, a manufacturer of RV furniture with locations in Goshen and Fort Wayne, Ind. Sales of the acquired business for 2015 were approximately $25 million.

(Feb. 29, 2016) -- The affected vehicles are equipped with safety chains on the A-frame that are rated for 11,700lbs instead of being rated equal to, or greater than, the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the travel trailer.

(Feb. 29, 2016) -- Although many good things have been happening at Winnebago Industries, it’s time to do great things, according to the company’s new chief executive officer and president.