The following is the latest list of RV recalls compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). • Airstream Inc. is recalling 409 2016-2017 International Serenity, 2016 International Signature, and Flying Cloud trailers that are 19 feet long. The vertically-mounted inverter may contact the floor-mounted inverter fuse. • Keystone RV Co. is recalling 18 […]
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IMAHelps has never had a paid staff or endowment to support its humanitarian efforts. But that hasn’t stopped the tiny nonprofit from organizing some of the largest U.S. medical missions in Central and South America — a humanitarian effort with consistent backing from AGS Cares, the charitable giving division of AGS, a publisher of guest […]
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Thanks to action taken by Scenic America and the RV industry, President Trump signed the Reviving America’s Scenic Byways Act of 2019 into law this week. RVIA News & Insights reported that Congress had stopped funding the program in 2012 and with the help of those who contacted their members of Congress using RVAct earlier this […]
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Lippert Components Inc. (LCI) announced that Highland Ridge RV is adopting LCI’s OneControl technology across select 2020 brands. Certain functions, such as power stabilization, auto-leveling, awnings, slide-outs, and lighting, will be controlled with LCI’s OneControl technology through a specially branded version of OneControl called, “RidgeLINK”. “We are excited to partner with LCI to offer our […]
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U.S. consumer spending barely rose in August, suggesting that the economy’s main growth engine was slowing after accelerating sharply in the second quarter. CNBC Reported that the Commerce Department said on Friday (Sept. 27) that consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, edged up 0.1% last month as an increase […]
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Elkhart, Ind.-based Lippert Components won a round in its fight with a rival maker of recreational vehicle parts on Tuesday (Sep. 24), when the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) cut down part of a patent covering a leveling system for RVs, according to an online report by Law360.com. The board, in a final decision, […]
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The RV Industry Association’s (RVIA) August survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments ended the month with 33,674 wholesale shipments, a decrease of (-15%) from the 39,636 units shipped last August. Towable RVs, led by conventional travel trailers, totaled 29,448 units for the month, a decrease of (-15.1%) compared to last August’s total of […]
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Vaughn Peterson, founder of Peterson Industries, passed away on Monday (Sept. 23) at the age of 88. Vaughn and his father Leonard Peterson began building slide-in pickup campers under the Excel brand name in 1966. Throughout the years Peterson Industries was known for high quality travel trailers and fifth-wheels. Peterson also produced Class C motorhomes […]
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RVBusiness Publisher Sherman Goldenberg interviews Darryl Searer of the RV/MH Hall of Fame about the organization’s inaugural Supplier Show that took place during the 2019 Elkhart RV Open House. Videography courtesy of Rollin’ on TV.
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Lazydays, the world’s largest RV dealership, was recently named a Top 50 RV Dealer by RVBusiness magazine for the sixth consecutive year. RVBusiness, along with marketing communications agency BJ Thompson Associates, asked RV manufacturers to nominate dealers across the United States and Canada who exemplify best practices and excellence in their field. Nominees were then […]
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