Rick Kessler

The Forest River Owners Group (FROG) Rally, running Aug. 14-20 at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind., has taken on a life of its own. In just four years, the rally – which offers attendees a host of activities including several trips, 75 educational seminars, 65 vendors and no-cost factory service – has quadrupled from just […]

About 350 people celebrated the Class of 2016’s induction into the RV/MH Hall of Fame Monday (Aug. 1) night at the Northern Indiana Event Center in Elkhart, Ind. The 10-member class included five people each representing the recreation vehicle and manufactured housing industries. (To view a slideshow of the event scroll to the right side of the […]

Forest River Inc. personnel are busy making final preparations for the 6th Annual West Coast Dealer Open House slated for Aug. 23-24 at the company’s 16-acre manufacturing facility in Harrisburg, Ore. The company will be displaying its full complement of 2017 towables built by Forest River’s West Coast operations located in Harrisburg and Dallas, Ore., and Hemet and Rialto, […]

Attendees at the RV/MH Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, slated for Aug. 1 at the Hall’s Northern Indiana Event Center in Elkhart, Ind., will be treated to a sneak peak of the facility’s expansion plans, including an animated video. During his “State of the Hall Address,” Darryl Searer, who marked his fourth anniversary as president […]

With the spring launch of the teardrop-style Hummingbird travel trailer, Jayco Inc. has entered a niche market occupied by, among others, the R-Pod from Forest River Inc., the T@B from Little Guy Worldwide LLC, and, more recently, the Winnie Drop from Winnebago Industries Inc.  According to John Fisher, Jayco’s senior product director for fold-downs and […]

The Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) is anticipating a smaller turnout than expected for its annual international convention, Aug. 3-6 at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Mass. Pamela Kay, FMCA’s director of communications and publications, told RVBUSINESS.com that between advance registrations and walk-ups the group is anticipating about 1,100 coaches, which is close to what […]

Recently, the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) asked its membership to contact their U.S. senators, urging them to support S. 2663, the “Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act,” which would require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to withdraw the “flawed guidance” that attempts to eliminate dealers’ ability to discount vehicle financing for consumers. […]

Wearing T-shirts that read “It’s All About The Team” on the front, the employees of Grand Design Recreation Vehicles Co. gathered Tuesday (July 12) inside Plant No. 3 of the manufacturer’s campus north of Middlebury, Ind., for special recognition of President Don Clark’s recent Ernst & Young (EY) Entrepreneur Of The Year award for the […]

More than 250 people turned out this morning (July 12) at the Luxury Lifestyle RV facility in Middlebury, Ind., for the second of a three-day auction liquidating the assets of EverGreen Recreational Vehicles LLC, a towable RV builder that suspended operations last month. (To view a slideshow scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home […]

Now entering its fourth year of operation, Airstream 2 Go – the exclusive, factory-authorized source in North America to rent current model Airstream trailers, custom-matched to a dedicated Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ tow vehicle – enjoyed a 70% jump in year-over-year revenue in 2015 and continues to track up this year, said company founder and former […]