Rick Kessler

Dutchmen RV debuted a new Aerolite 2843BH travel trailer at the Louisville Show, featuring the company’s signature Happi-Jac Powerbunks. The unit is 33 feet, 9 inches long with a dry weight of 6,520 pounds. The dual-entry coach, which retails in the mid to high $30,000 range, sleeps up to 10. “Along with the rest of the […]

Venture RV, a division of Thor Industries Inc. subsidiary KZ-RV, brought a prototype of the Sport Trek Touring Edition 302 to this year’s Louisville Show. Dave Boggs, KZ-RV’s general manager overseeing Venture and Livin’ Lite RV, said the Sport Trek 302 got a lot of “wows” from dealers as they took in the rear bath, […]

Proven Industries, a Port Richey, Fla.-based manufacturer of heavy-duty trailer coupler locks for the aftermarket, traces its roots to the theft of the family-owned company’s cargo trailer almost a decade ago. Security footage showed it only took a few seconds for a thief using a crow bar to dismantle a conventional trailer coupler lock, who then made off with […]

In a sponsored posting on Facebook today (Dec. 11), Camping World Holdings Inc. announced a new “Home RV Delivery Service” that “lets you shop at home for an RV and have it delivered right to your driveway.” (To view a video click here or scroll to the right of the RVBUSINESS.com home page). According to […]

In a historic decision, Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) will soon begin allowing towable RV owners to become members of a group that had been the exclusive domain of motorhome owners since its inception 53 years ago. In a membership referendum that wrapped up at the end of November, 6,820 FMCA members voted to open […]

After working at last week’s National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky., Kevin Broom, director of media relations for the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), found himself in northern Indiana today (Dec. 4) shepherding a crew from CBS Evening News. The television crew was to visit Jayco Inc. in Middlebury, Ind., for a “feel-good” segment 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 & […]

While the 2017 National RV Trade Show, the largest industry gathering of RV manufacturers and their component parts suppliers, didn’t officially get underway until today (Nov. 28) , a handful of events – including the first round of the Top Tech Challenge – took place Monday. (To view a slideshow scroll to the right side […]

MORryde International is launching the Step Storage Box designed to work in tandem with the StepAbove entry steps that replace retractable RV steps introduced to the market past year. The Step Storage Box is a lockable box that is installed where the original RV entry steps used to be located. With approximately 1 1/2-cubic-feet of storage, […]

New Paris, Ind.-based Travel Lite RV will have four times the number of units on display during the upcoming National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky., compared to 2016.  The reason for the uptick, company officials said, is because Travel Lite has hit a sweet spot with its Falcon and F-Lite travel trailer lines as well as […]