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Thor Industries Inc. today (Feb. 18) announced an expansion of production capacity for its motorhomes through an agreement to purchase a 220,000-square-foot facility located in Elkhart, Ind., formerly used to produce Monaco towable recreational vehicles and owned by Allied Specialty Vehicles Inc. According to a press release, the additional production capacity will be used to meet [...]

AmeriGO RV Club, the newest RV consumer organization in the RV industry launched in August 2013, today (Feb.19) announced the addition of five new RV dealers to its coast-to-coast RV dealership network. “As we continue to evolve, we are thrilled to introduce these highly respected and high quality dealerships to our ever-growing RV dealership network [...]

Dealers are invited to a free webinar on Thursday (Feb. 20) at noon EST to explore what safety regulators expect from dealerships. According to a press release, the webinar is provided to dealers by the Mike Molino RV Learning Center through a partnership with online marketing firm KPA. RV dealers’ participation in the free, live event [...]

He was only going to work until spring field farm work started, but he’s stayed for 50 years. Harlan Rodberg will mark 50 years as an employee of Forest City, Iowa-based Winnebago Industries Inc. during a Feb. 24 open house at the company’s visitor center. As reported by the Forest City Summit, Winnebago is only [...]

When operators make improvements to a campground or RV park, permits may be handled through a state agency, specifically the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) which has jurisdiction over campgrounds and RV parks. According to a press release from the California Association of RV Park & Campgrounds (CalARVC), in some locations, the [...]

The North American Trailer Dealers Association (NATDA) has officially launched its free Dealer Training Webinars for active members. According to a press release, NATDA’s dealer education is a member benefit helping dealers ultimately grow and increase sales for their business. NATDA plans on hosting webinars all throughout the year and currently has 7 webinars posted [...]

Chrysler Group dealers ordered more than 8,000 diesel-powered Ram 1500 pickups in the first weekend that they could do so — a figure that represents nearly half of the light-duty pickup’s normal monthly production. According to Automotive News, included in the orders placed between Feb. 7 and 10 were more than 400 diesel-powered half-ton pickups [...]

Workers brave the cold and snow to build the steel frame of the new Camping World Inc. recreational vehicle store in Rossford, Ohio, which will be located next to Bass Pro Shops. According to a report by the Toledo Blade, the 30,000-square-foot store is to open in late spring. The $6 million project will include 13,450 [...]

UVS Junction announced that it has partnered with RV Education 101, offering the company’s training program and educational videos within its console video playlist. “Over the years our play list has grown and we currently have hundreds archived dating back to manufacturer brands in 2000,”  said UVS Junction Director Angie Cellucci in a press release. [...]

Thor Industries Inc. today (Feb. 18) announced an expansion of production capacity for its motorhomes through an agreement to purchase a 220,000-square-foot facility located in Elkhart, Ind., formerly used to produce Monaco towable recreational vehicles and owned by Allied Specialty Vehicles Inc. According to a press release, the additional production capacity will be used to meet [...]