Rick Kessler

Sales were brisk at the 59th Annual Midwest RV Super Show, which featured 13 dealers displaying 215 units Aug. 7-10 at the RV/MH Hall of Fame grounds in Elkhart, Ind. Matt Rose, director of recreation vehicles for the host Indiana Manufactured Housing Association-Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council (IMHA-RVIC), said the crowds were about the same as […]

Sales were brisk at the 59th Annual Midwest RV Super Show, which featured 13 dealers displaying 215 units Aug. 7-10 at the RV/MH Hall of Fame grounds in Elkhart, Ind. Matt Rose, director of recreation vehicles for the host Indiana Manufactured Housing Association-Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council (IMHA-RVIC), said the crowds were about the same as […]

Lippert Components Inc. unveiled its new RV waste management system during this week’s 3rd Annual International Rally of Forest River Owners’ Group (FROG) at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind. Gary Bunzer, known as “The RV Doctor” who’s a columnist and author on RV service and repair, served as the spokesman during the unveiling, demonstrating how the […]

The 25th Annual Fall Detroit Camper & RV Show, sponsored by the Michigan Association of Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC), is expanding to take up the entire 214,000 square feet of showroom floor at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Mich. In recent years, the Fall Detroit Camper & RV Show had occupied roughly two-thirds […]

Linda and Ted Corley drove all the way from Lilburn, Ga., to attend the 3rd Annual International Rally of the Forest River Owners’ Group (FROG), which is running this week at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind. The couple has seen the event grow since its inception in 2012 when it drew 200 FROG members. Last […]

Linda and Ted Corley drove all the way from Lilburn, Ga., to attend the 3rd Annual International Rally of the Forest River Owners’ Group (FROG), which is running this week at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind. The couple has seen the event grow since its inception in 2012 when it drew 200 FROG members. Last […]

Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly, on summer break from Congress, toured Thor Motor Coach’s Axis and Vegas recreation utility vehicles (RUV) production facility Monday (Aug. 4) in Elkhart, Ind. After turning a few screws and smoothing out a few stickers, Donnelly also spoke with the media on immigration and veterans’ issues as well as the resurgence […]

A dealership helping customers find the RV that best meets their needs is the premise behind “Big Time RV,” a new television show that premiered on the Travel Channel Sunday (July 27) night. In back-to-back premiere episodes, the 30-minute show followed several couples and families as they shopped for a RV. Helping them in their quest […]

In 1964, a young Tom Raper opened a used car lot with his father on the corner of North 14th and E streets in Richmond, Ind. This year, Tom Raper RV, one of the most successful and well-known RV dealerships in the nation, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. “Everyone I knew, with the sole exception […]

Indiana’s two senators have asked the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to bring “much-needed clarity” to the organization’s “ambiguous definition” of the RV exemption in federal manufactured housing standards. On July 16, Indiana Sens. Dan Coats (R) and Joe Donnelly (D) sent a letter to HUD outlining their stance. Mark Bowersox, executive director for the […]