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 [...]

(Feb. 19, 2014) -- LVM Resort is hosting the Western Executives for their second rally at their RV resort from Feb. 20 through Feb 23. They have prepared a large amount of sites to ensure a great experience.

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 [...]

(Feb. 18, 2014) -- “We have been offering the Warranty Forever program at our automobile dealerships for many years and our customers love the program. When we heard about NWAN offering a similar program on RVs, there was no question in our minds we wanted to provide our RV customers with this excellent coverage as well,” said DeMontrond.

(Feb. 18, 2014) -- “These are real life issues that our dealers are dealing with on a day-to-day basis and these topics have been requested by our members; we anticipate a big turnout this year,” said Battle. "We have limited space available, so please register as soon as possible."