In the spring of 2009, Ron Nash saw an opportunity with the closing and bankruptcy of Fleetwood Enterprises and bought the assets of the company he had previously worked for. At the former Fleetwood plant, at 62582 Pierce Road in La Grande, he started Outdoors RV manufacturing, and for the last 10 years the company has been making premium hitch-on trailers based on Nash’s vision of providing quality four-season RVs for the rugged Pacific Northwest. To celebrate, Outdoors RV are releasing a new line of Anniversary Edition trailers.
Outdoors RV’s sales and product manager, Darin Nelson, had been a Fleetwood employee, and he has been with Outdoors RV since the beginning.
This story by Sabrina Thompson originally appeared in The Observer.
Recalling his start at Outdoors RV, Nelson said, “Ron sat me down, and when I asked what direction he would like me to take, he said, ‘We don’t build junk,’ and it’s been that way ever since.”
When Nelson compares his previous and current employers, he said has found pride in the work he does now, building and manufacturing top-of-the-line RVs.
In celebrating Outdoors RV’s 10th anniversary, the company has developed a new line of trailers, acknowledging the milestone on the inside and outside. The plant began building the line in September, and once the trailers are completed in October that line’s design will not be built again. The units have special features including new graphics, fiberglass front tops and a new auto-leveling system that will be standard in all the company’s anniversary trailers.
“We are looking forward to the next 10 years,” Nelson said.
