Moses Lake, Wash. – Even with many things closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans still want to go on vacation.
“Nobody’s going to Disneyland right now,” said Joe O’Masters. “So everybody and their brother are buying RVs, all across the nation.”
O’Masters, a retired U.S. Navy petty officer better known as “Sasquatch” — he wears size 16 shoes — was in Moses Lake last week to help Spokane-based ClickIt RV open up its Moses Lake location. And all indications are ClickIt RV, located at 12976 N. Frontage Road right next to M-1 Tanks Inc., is selling RVs faster than it can get them in.
“Every dealership that I know of has, this whole industry has just gone crazy. I’ve never seen anything like it. Inventories are depleted, manufacturers are not prepared, because they shut down for two months in response to COVID,” said Clint Mock, general sales manager for ClickIt in Moses Lake.
He said the company had around 60 units on site – mostly bigger trailers, fifth-wheel or even motorized coach RVs – but he’s sold 35 since they informally opened in July.
He’s tried getting smaller trailers, such as teardrops, but Mock said smaller trailers move fast and manufacturers are simply unable to keep up with demand.
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“People just kept coming and coming, ‘we want to buy, we want to buy,’” Mock said. “What I think people are doing is saying we’re restricted in what we can do, but we’re going to go out with our families and still do things, and that’s what happened.”
