Patrick Industries Acquires LS Mfg. Inc. for $11M

In a company announcement today (July 5) Patrick Industries Inc. has completed the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Elkhart, Ind.-based Vacuplast, LLC, doing business as L.S. Manufacturing Inc. (LS Mfg.). LS Mfg. is a manufacturer of a wide variety of thermoformed plastic parts and components, primarily serving the recreational vehicle market, as well […]

Colorado Teardrop’s Summit Trailer Marks Debut

As reported by StupidDope.com, Boulder, Colo.-based Colorado Teardrops, founded in 2014 by boat-builder Dean Wiltshire, has introduced its Summit Trailer, a 1,630-pound, 14-foot teardrop built for off-road use and priced at $21,000. According to StupidDope.com. the unique design of the Colorado Teardrop Summit Trailer offers up plenty of room and space to lounge and store your […]

Indiana Beach Boardwalk Resort on the Rebound

Indiana Beach Boardwalk Resort’s old slogan is no more. “Where families flock for fun” has replaced “There’s more than corn in Indiana,” which appeared in television and radio commercials across the state for years before Apex Parks Group took over the amusement resort in Monticello, Ind., this past September, the Indianapolis Star reported. But Don […]

Aussie-Built Bruder EXP-6 Ready to Go Anywhere

The Bruder EXP-6 is the go anywhere, do anything, expedition trailer that you most definitely need in your life, reported Yahoo News on July 4. If the world is falling apart as fast as the mainstream media says it is, you’d be wise to have one of these extremely rugged units stocked with necessities and […]

Magazine Reviews Travel Lite 625 Truck Camper

Dustin Johns, president of New Paris, Ind.-based Travel Lite Inc., told Truck Camper Magazine in a report today (July 5) that the reasons for building the 2016 Travel Lite 625 model called him on the phone constantly. When the 625 debuted in Truck Camper Magazine in June of 2015, Dustin explained, “Our customers and dealers […]

Airstream Owners Gather for West Virginia Rally

As reported by the News and Sentinel, some 1,200 miles separate Lynn Conner and Gene Nelson when they’re not on the road, but the two are great friends. Conner, who hails from Jennings, La., and Nelson, a West Virginia native now living in Pittsburgh, have seen much of the United States from the windows of their pickup trucks […]