Month: August 2016

Spartan Specialty Vehicles, a business unit of Spartan Motors Inc., announced today (Aug. 3) at the Family Motor Coach Association’s (FMCA) 94th International Convention the availability of its new Advanced Protection System (APS). According to a press release, APS is designed to make owning and operating a Class A motorhome “safer for drivers, passengers, and other vehicles […]

(Aug. 3, 2016) -- Flathead wildlife workers captured an adult grizzly sow after it broke into three camp trailers. No one was in the trailers at the time it happened.

(Aug. 3, 2016) -- A severe thunderstorm last week caused significant damage to a number of camping trailers at Thousand Trails Campground and to property elsewhere in that area of northern Gloucester County.

In an exclusive agreement running through Dec. 31, Jayco Inc. has partnered with Thetford Corp. to offer the new Sani-Con Turbo 500 as an option on all of its 2017 fifth-wheel and travel trailer models. Jayco is currently hosting its Dealer Homecoming at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Fla. “After bringing the convenience of the new […]

Draw-Tite announced that it was recently featured on an episode of “Motorhead Garage.” The hosts of the show, John Gardner, a star of “Tech Garage,” and NHRA announcer Brian Lohns, installed a round-tube hitch on a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica with the help of engineering manager, Jamie Dobrowolski. According to a press release, the episode aired on […]

(Aug. 3, 2016) -- Geneva-On-The-Lake, Ohio, Village council is considering codifying parking bans for campers, RVs, trailers and sheds or temporary dwellings, and plenty of people were at Monday night's work session asking questions and wanting answers.

(Aug. 3, 2016) -- Police have arrested a 28-year-old Benton, Ark., man accused of firing a shot near a camper that had a 3-year-old child inside.

(Aug. 3, 2016) -- The University of California, Santa Cruz is proposing significant changes to the campus trailer park set up 30 years ago to help house financially strapped students.

(Aug. 3, 2016) -- A deadly wildfire that continues to spread near California's scenic Big Sur was started by an illegal camp fire, a fire official said Tuesday.

(Aug. 3, 2016) -- On Tuesday the New Plymouth, New Zealand, District Council's policy committee agreed to review the current bylaw relating to freedom camping and assess whether further measures should be taken to manage them, particularly during the summer months.