Canadian RV Industry Backs New Trade Pact

News of the initial authorization on Friday (Nov. 30) of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a new trade pact championed by U.S. President Donald Trump to replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), was welcomed by the Canadian RV industry’s leadership. Lawmakers in all three countries still have to ratify the trade deal before […]

Go RVing Facilitating ‘Fox News’ Host’s Tour

Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade slowed down Friday (Nov. 30) afternoon during a book-signing tour long enough to field a few questions from the RV industry trade media in an audio news conference coordinated by the industry’s Go RVing Coalition. The national RV marketing campaign has been working to provide RV transportation at stops […]

LCI Acquires Boat Furniture Making Business

LCI Industries announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lippert Components Manufacturing Inc. (LCI), has acquired the business and certain assets of the furniture manufacturing operation of Smoker Craft Inc., a leading pontoon, aluminum fishing, and fiberglass boat manufacturer located in New Paris, Ind. First year revenue for the marine furniture business acquired from Smoker Craft is estimated […]

Texas Dealer Terry Lee Vaughn Passes At 65

Terry Lee Vaughn, founder of Texas-based Terry Vaughn RVs, passed away on Nov. 6 in Friendswood, Texas. He was 65. Vaughn opened his first dealership in 1988, located in Baytown, Texas. Currently the company operates sites in Spring and Alvin, Texas. Vaughn was born Aug. 1, 1953, in Roswell, N.M., to Sidney and Anita Vaughn. […]