Bob Ashley

Members of the Oklahoma Recreational Vehicle Association (ORVA) endorsed state Sen. Dan Newberry during the organization’s annual convention June 26-28 at the Osage Casino Hotel in Skiatook. Republican Newberry, who helped the association kill a Lemon Law in the mostly recently adjourned state Legislature, was renominated the next day for the fall election. ”We had […]

San Diego-based towable dealer Bobby Combs RV Centers in early July will open its third dealership in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. ”We’re excited about moving into this very strong market in the Northwest,” Jeff Zemp, general manager at the new location, told RVBUSINESS.com. ”Bobby Combs was looking to expand and this site became available.” The […]

While the RV/MH Heritage Foundation Inc. announced preliminary plans on Friday (June 3) for a 60,000-square-foot event center and 300-site rally park on the RV/MH Hall of Fame’s grounds on the northeast side of Elkhart, Ind., there’s actually more to the story because “The Hall” is also looking to add an indoor manufactured housing display […]

Family-owned General Coach Canada, Hensall, Ontario, has dramatically rewritten the playbook on park model RVs with its luxury Black Diamond Edition, a new line that President Roger Faulkner considers the ”most expensive park model in North America.” Introduced in 2015, the Black Diamond Edition features eight 540-square-foot floorplans, with six different exterior designs and butterfly, […]

About 70 RV owners and prospective buyers earlier this month got five-days’ worth of nuts-and-bolts instruction on RV safety and how to take care of minor problems in their units during the Recreation Vehicle Safety and Education Foundation’s (RVSEF) 4th conference. ”All the attendees said the same thing about how much they learned and what […]

Custom Class B motorhome manufacturer Advanced-RV LLC held its 3rd Annual Advanced RV Fest and Open House May 13-15 at its Willoughby, Ohio, headquarters, drawing about 130 people. ”We had 20 people camped here,” Advanced-RV President Mike Neundorfer told RVBUSINESS.com. ”We like bringing people together. We are based on ideas and they tell us what […]

While most RV training is done in dealerships to educate technicians, a two-year old Arkansas company, in conjunction with Workamper News, is training inspectors to certify used RVs for private buyers and dealerships. ”Look at our program as a home inspection before a house is sold, just for RVs,” said Stephanie Henson, director of administration […]

Purple Line LLC, a California popup manufacturer with roots in England, is looking to establish a dealer network to retail its unique Opus foldout. (A video appears below story). ”We are just finding our first dealers now,” said Purple Line founder and Managing Partner Paul Liner. Purple Line debuted the Opus, already available in Australia, […]

The Great American Country (GAC) cable channel Wednesday (May 4) will debut the second season of ”Going RV,” an RIVR Media production that depicts a variety of RV consumers making a choice about which of three RVs they will purchase. The 22-episode series will air two half-hour segments back-to-back Wednesday and on May 11 and […]

Steve Fretz, president of third-generation, family-owned Fretz Enterprises Inc. – dba Fretz RV in the Philadelphia suburb of Souderton, Pa. – says adaptability is one of the keys to the company’s success over the last 70 years. Started by his grandfather, Wilmer Fretz, in 1946 as a hardware store and tack shop for horses, the […]