Month: December 2017

(Dec. 1, 2017) -- Stoltzfus RV & Marine is expanding again and is hiring RV and boat sales consultants, RV technicians, cleaning/detailing people, and office admin staff.

For RV manufacturers, the bumpy ride from the Great Recession has vanished from the rearview mirror as the industry projects shipments to dealers will top 500,000 units this year. As reported by the Associated Press, manufacturers and dealers meeting this week at an industry trade show in Louisville, Ky., are pointing to solid fundamentals including […]

Northwood Investments, parent company to Northwood Manufacturing and Outdoors RV Manufacturing based in La Grande, Ore., announced the promotion of Craig Orton to president and CEO, replacing Jim Jones.  According to a press release, Orton has been a long-time employee at Northwood where he has served as CFO for over 10 years. Prior to his stint at […]

Middling U.S. auto sales in November likely sealed the industry’s fate: 2017 will almost surely mark the first full-year sales decline since the Great Recession. But, according to a USA Today report, sales still remain near 2016’s record, and automakers are selling a bevy of profitable sport-utility vehicles, crossovers and pickups. Although passenger cars continued to […]

Since its inception in 1996, one of the more popular lines of supplemental brake systems for vehicles being towed behind motorhomes is the Brake Buddy by Hopkins Manufacturing Corp. For 2018, the company is introducing a new lightweight portable model in both the Classic and Vantage series. Manufacturer’s representative Jeff Hostetler of Tom Manning & […]

KPA, in conjunction with the Mike Molino RV Learning Center, will host a webinar on Dec. 7 from noon to 1 p.m. (EST) on how to successfully roll out an effective handbook. Dealers attending the webinar will learn: What a handbook really needs to be these days. Why you should have one. What should be in […]

Two RV industry businesses in Indiana’s Elkhart County are customers of a company recalling millions of fire extinguishers nationwide. The Goshen News reported that Kidde, a North Carolina-based manufacturer of fire safety products, issued the recall Nov. 2 for nearly 38 million fire extinguishers, including those sold with recreational vehicles, boats and commercial trucks.  Bob […]

Multiple hurricanes sweeping across the Gulf of Mexico and a spike in the miles traveled by American motorists during the past year have pushed the average end-of-the-year price for a gallon of gas to its highest level since 2014. The Great Falls Tribune reported that according to the American Automobile Association (AAA) the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded […]

Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. provides a look at its latest Class C model, the Wayfarer, and how it is built from the chassis up at a new production facility in Winfield, Ala. To view the video click here or scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page.

Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. provides a look at its latest Class C model, the Wayfarer, and how it is built from the chassis up at a new production facility in Winfield, Ala. To view the video click here or scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page.