RV Business

Truck Camper Magazine (TCM) is holding its first Annual Readers’ Choice Awards, designating the best truck camper, truck camper gear and truck camper innovations announced in 2013.  Click here to vote. According to a press release, voting begins today (Dec. 23) and run through Dec. 30. The winner will be announced on Dec. 31. TCM reported that [...]

Elkhart, Ind.-based Lippert Components Inc. (LCI) announced that it is partnering with Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. to provide customers with top-quality designer furniture for RVs. “Ashley Furniture is one of the largest furniture manufacturers in the country. By offering this line to our customers, we are giving them a widely-recognized consumer brand that will add [...]

Year-over-year Canadian retail sales of towable RVs fell 4.5% in October, while registrations for the first 10 months were up 3.9%. According to the latest report from Statistical Surveys Inc., results by segment showed: • Sales in the travel trailer sector dipped 0.3% in October but gained 7.6% for the 10 months. • Fifth-wheel sales [...]

This week’s segment of “RV Capital Talk” features an interview with Mark Boessler, president and COO of Middlebury, Ind.-based Evergreen RV LLC, offering an overview of new product introductions at the Louisville Show. To view the video click here or scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page.

The seemingly unsinkable aluminum pontoon market contributed what it could in November, but it wasn’t able to keep the recreational boat industry from experiencing a modest decline in sales, its first since the spring quarter. According to Soundings Trade Only, sales in the main powerboat segments fell 1.5%, or 43 boats, to 2,794, and industrywide [...]

Dexter Axle Co., a leading manufacturer of trailer axles and trailer brakes, announced it has acquired the assets of Unique Functional Products (UFP), makers of Trailer Buddy and The Vault Products. According to a press release, UFP has been a leading innovator and provider of trailer axles and brake system components to the recreational boating [...]

Roadmaster Inc. announced the addition of a new factory representative firm, Repco Inc. According to a press release, Repco will be responsible for sales in the southeastern United States — specifically Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. “We are pleased to have Repco as a part of the Roadmaster team,” said Eric Jason, national sales manager at Roadmaster. “Collectively, [...]

Winnebago Industries Inc. earned a “Top 2014 RV Debut” from RVBusiness Magazine for the company’s Winnebago Trend Class C motorhome. “Just as the North American RV industry itself continues its impressive recovery, the compact, 9,350-pound GVWR Trend and Viva! companion lines of Class C motorhomes offer living proof that the RV industry is also regaining [...]

Dexter Axle, a leading manufacturer of trailer axles and trailer brakes, announced it has acquired the assets of Unique Functional Products (UFP), makers of Trailer Buddy and The Vault Products. According to a press release, UFP has been a leading innovator and provider of trailer axles and brake system components to the recreational boating trailer [...]

Bright Ideas LLC is addressing a growing complaint in the RVing community with a line of LED light fixtures that will not cause TVs to lose signal. “New evidence has shown that the LED lighting fixtures many RV manufacturers are installing create RF interference and reduce the reception of the digital signals for the TVs [...]