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Cavco Appoints William Boor as CEO
Cavco Industries has appointed William Boor as CEO, effective April 15. Boor will succeed Daniel Urness, who served as president…
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FCCC Hires Jeremy Buckmeier as RV Product Manager
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. has hired accomplished industry veteran Jeremy Buckmeier as RV product manager, effective immediately. In his new…
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RVIA Names Three New Reps To Board
The RV Industry Association board of directors had three vacant seats to fill and appointed new leadership to these positions…
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All In Caravanning Returns to Beijing in June
The steady growth of China’s caravanning and camping market will be reflected at the upcoming All in Caravanning (AIC) trade…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for KZ and Triple E
KZ RV is recalling certain 2019 RV Sonic Lite, Sportsmen Classic and Escape trailers equipped with a Capital liquid propane…
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TAXA Outdoors Brings Home Six Awards
TAXA Outdoors recently earned six awards at the first-ever RVX: The RVX Experience in Salt Lake City. TAXA received three…
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Horizon Global Expands Board of Directors
Horizon Global recently announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved significant changes to its board composition and leadership…
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Cummins Receives Governor’s Century Business Award
Cummins Inc. recently received the Governor’s Century Business Award for being in operation since 1919, according to Indiana Rep. Ryan…
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Winnebago Hires Eberlein as Towables GM
Winnebago Towables has hired Joel Eberlein as general manager of the Middlebury, Ind.-based operation and will oversee sales, marketing, engineering,…
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Investigators Dig Into Forest River Fire Remains
The investigation into the cause of a massive fire at a Forest River plant at 411 C.R. 15 continued Tuesday,…
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Registration Now Open for ‘RVs Move America Week’
Registration has opened for RVs Move America Week, an event for the RV industry to come together to collectively build a…
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Erwin Hymer Group NA May Have New Owner Soon
An Ontario, Canada, judge has declined an unsecured creditor’s request to extend or delay the sale of bankrupt RV manufacturer…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Keystone RV and More
Keystone RV is recalling certain 2019 Alpine and High Country Montana trailers and 2018 to 2019 Avalanche and Montana trailers…
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Trends: Elkhart Locals Feeling RV Warning Signs
Is the continuing slip in RV shipments an adjustment in inventory levels or a warning sign of a coming recession?…
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Thor CEO Talks Retail Sales
Thor Industries CEO Bob Martin recently discussed how overall RV sales are leveling off after a decade-long boom, posing challenges…
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Airstream and inTech Reveal BearStream and Sol Marine
inTech RV recently announced its newest division inTech RV Marine on the same day Airstream revealed its new production line for the…
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Features
The Leadership Factories, Part 1
Editor’s note: The CEOs of the two largest RV manufacturers in the U.S. – Thor’s Bob Martin and Forest River’s…
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Regency RV Debuts Euro-Loft Floorplan
Regency RV has debuted a Euro-Loft bunk sleeping system to its line of raised roof RAM motorhomes. The new National…
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Jayco Hires New Vice President of Marketing
Jayco has appointed Bill Martin as vice president of marketing. With more than 20 years of experience in the RV industry,…
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Horizon Global Announces NYSE Acceptance
Horizon Global Corp. has announced that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) notified the company that it has accepted Horizon’s…
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USMCA Faces Approval Hurdles
For President Donald Trump’s new North American trade accord to become law, he’ll need the help of a political rival…
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KZ Scores Most RVX ‘Judges Choice’ Wins
KZ RV garnered five “Judges Choice Awards” at the RV Industy Association’s first annual RVX expo. “We brought seven trailers…
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Police Dig Through Forest River Fire Remains
Heavy equipment will be moved in the next week to remove the roof and other heavy material at the charred…
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ATC Fifth Wheels Now Available
RV manufacturer ATC recently announced that its newest fifth wheel toy hauler is now available. The biggest changes include a…
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Winnebago’s Motorhome, Towable Segments Decrease in Q2
Winnebago Industries has reported its financial results for the second quarter fiscal 2019 showing revenues were $432.7 million, a decrease…
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February Wholesale RV Shipments Decline 15 Percent
The RV Industry Association’s February survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments ended the month with 36,421 wholesale shipments,…
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Bristol Wood Panel Manufacturer to Create 100 Jobs
The owners of Great Lakes Forest Products, an Elkhart-based lumber manufacturing business, announced plans to establish a new sister company…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Keystone RV, Winnebago and Freightliner
Keystone RV is recalling certain 2019 Keystone Bullet Crossfire trailers equipped with a rear-wall mounted spare tire carrier. The spare…
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Talin Updates Guardian Plate Design for Slide-Outs
Talin Mfg. recently updated its Guardian Plate systems. The slide-out plating system used to correct under slide delamination and floor…
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SylvanSport Expands with Gander Outdoors
SylvanSport will continue to expand its distribution partnership with Gander Outdoors and Gander RV. From an initial rollout with several…
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NuWa Closing up Shop
Once a major employer that helped make Chanute, Kan., the RV Capital of the Midwest and beyond, NuWa Industries will…
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Fun Roads Announces Air Dates for RV Road Test
Fun Roads Media Inc. will broadcast its first original series, RV Road Test, at 8 p.m. PT each Thursday. RV…
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Airstream’s Campus 100-Percent Powered by Renewable Energy Credits
Airstream Inc. has completed the transformation of the company’s Jackson Center, Ohio, corporate office and manufacturing center to 100-percent powered…
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Voyager Offers Rental Camper
Voyager Campervans (https://voyagercampervans.com/), a rapidly growing startup, has cracked the customer code for the campervan craze, with help from movement solutions leader Accuride…
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Jayco Honored for Longevity
Gov. Eric J. Holcomb will honor 65 Indiana companies and organizations today during an event at the Indiana Statehouse, presenting…
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Airstream Honored for Technological Advances
SALT LAKE CITY – Fresh off spearheading the successful launch of Thor and TH2’s TOGO technology project, Airstream CEO Bob…
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Police Join Investigation of Forest River Fire
The Elkhart Police Department has joined an investigation to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a Forest River…
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Custom Van Builder Gerring Dies
Kim R. Gerring, 66, of Elkhart, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019, at Woodland Manor Health & Rehabilitation Center. He…
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Thor Rebrands as Player in ‘Outdoor Space’
If its new rebranding effort is a success, consumers will begin thinking of Thor Industries less as a manufacturer of…
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Horizon Global Net Sales Loss to Shipments
Horizon Global has reported fourth quarter and full-year financial results for 2018, showing that net sales for the year were…
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RVX Garners Positive Reviews
The RV Industry Association recently reported that RVX was a huge success, bringing OEMs, suppliers, dealers, retailers and campgrounds together.…
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FCCC Debuts DriveTech at RVX
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. debuted DriveTech, what the company said is the most advanced display and controls system in the…
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Ex-Jayco Employee Talks Layoffs
The end of the work week is bringing about a new task for Uriel Moreno in Elkhart, Ind. This story…
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Videos
The Reveal Awards RVs for Meeting Consumer Interests
The Reveal event brought a standing-room-only crowd into the main ballroom at the Salt Palace Convention Center to honor the best…
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Storyteller Overland Launches MODE 4×4 Series
Storyteller Overland officially launched its new MODE 4×4 adventure van series on the floor of the inaugural RVX Expo earlier…
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Forest River Palomino Columbus Now Has TPMS
Forest River has announced that Palomino Columbus now has factory-installed TPMS by Truck System Technologies (TST) on new RV builds.…
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Unity Rear Lounge Concept Wins Category Spotlight
Leisure Travel Vans recently announced that its new Unity Rear Lounge Concept received the “City Escape” Category Spotlight at the…
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Chinook Releases Redesigned Lines at RVX
Chinook Motor Coach recently released its brand lines at the annual RVX Show in Salt Lake City, which included the…
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Entegra Coach Unveils the Reatta XL Class A
Spartan Specialty Vehicles, a business unit of Spartan Motors, unveiled the 2020 Entegra Reatta XL Luxury Motorhome at Family Motor Coach Association’s (FMCA)…
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ASA Electronics Products Featured on Adrenaline
Coachmen RV recently showed an Adrenaline fifth wheel outfitted with iN?Command Control Systems with Global Connect at RVX. “This is…
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RV PRO Bestows Awards for Best RVX Exhibitor Booths
SALT LAKE CITY — Nine exhibitors were recognized Wednesday with “RV PRO Display Awards” during the second day of RVX: The…
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Update: Forest River Factory Fire
Firefighters were still dousing hotspots and combing through smoldering rubble Wednesday to determine the source of a fire that destroyed an RV-manufacturing facility…
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Entegra Coach Luxury Model Earns Recognition
The Entegra Coach Cornerstone 45F luxury diesel motorcoach was selected by Travel + Leisure magazine as a choice luxury living model. The…
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Heartland Finds Warranty Fulfillment Partner in NTP-Stag
Elkhart, Ind.-based Heartland RVs is entering into a partnership agreement for warranty fulfillment with NTP-STAG. Heartland is a division of Thor…
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LoadSafe Trailers Weigh Themselves
SALT LAKE CITY — Monday, just a day before the bright lights of reality hit any new creation in the…
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Winnebago Enters Partnership with National Park Foundation
Winnebago Industries Inc. has entered a multi-year partnership with the National Park Foundation (NPF) in support of the Find Your Park/Encuentra Tu Parque movement. This…
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‘SP3 Integrity Frame’ Serves as Backbone to the SylvanSport VAST
Haslett, Michigan-based ProMetal Works has partnered with Brevard, North Carolina-based SylvanSport to deliver the SP3 Integrity frame, exclusive on SylvanSport’s…
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Forest River Plant Destroyed in Fire
Fire destroyed a Forest River RV manufacturing plant in Elkhart, Ind., Tuesday afternoon, but no injuries were reported. This story by…
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Leisure Travel Vans Unveils Lounge Concept
*See photos below Leisure Travel Vans recently introduced the 2020 Unity Rear Lounge Concept. Marking the tenth anniversary of the…
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nuCamp RV Launches New Models at RVX show
nuCamp RV has launched several new models at the RVX show. Beginning in late 2015, nuCamp RV expanded operations of…
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K-Z RV Debuts Self-Sustainable Lightweight RV
K-Z RV recently debuted the award-winning Sonic X RV, which will be on display at booth No. 2700L at RVX.…
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Entegra Coach to Introduce E-Z Steer Tech
Entegra Coach, a division of Jayco, will debut its new E-Z Steer technology at this week’s FMCA International Convention and…
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Winnebago to Display New Additions to Lineup
*See additional photos below Winnebago Motorhomes and Towables is set to display new products at RVX: The RV Experience in…
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Thor Motor Coach to Tease Sustainable Class A
Thor Motor Coach is showcasing a Tuscany Class A diesel motorhome with sustainable energy in mind at the March 12-14…
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Gallery: Liberty Outdoors to Debut Two New Products
Liberty Outdoors will debut the beta version of its new Micro Max and Camp Rover at RVX. The Camp Rover…
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NHTSA: Winnebago to Recall 3,351 Units
Winnebago Industries is recalling certain 2012 to 2018 Winnebago ERA motorhomes. The overhead cabinet shelf may have been improperly attached,…
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Winnebago Names New Chair of its Board of Directors
Winnebago Industries has announced that David W. Miles has been appointed chair of the company’s board of directors, effective June…
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REV Group to Include WiFiRanger on Select Models
In a joint statement, REV RV Group and WiFiRanger have announced that “in-coach” private/secure local networking and Wi-Fi signal boosting…
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BMPRO Announces New Relationship with Jayco USA
An Australian manufacturer of power management systems for the RV industry, BMPRO, has announced its new relationship with Jayco USA.…
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Entegra Coach to Unveil New Reatta XL at FMCA
Entegra Coach will unveil the 2020 Reatta XL Class A compact luxury diesel at the Family Motor Coach Association’s (FMCA)…
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Gulf Stream Coach Wins Quality Circle Award
For the second year in a row, RV Dealers Association has awarded the DSI Quality Circle Award to the BT…
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SylvanSport VAST to Debut at RVX
SylvanSport announced it will reveal its new approach to compact travel trailers at RVX. The SylvanSport VAST is the result…
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REV Rec Segment Increases 5 Percent, Overall Revenues Down
REV Group has reported results for the three months ended Jan. 31, showing that consolidated net sales were $518.7 million,…
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Ford Transit Gets New Engines, AWD Option
Ford Motor Co. is freshening its Transit vans with new driver assistance technology and two new engines in the hopes…
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Thor Sees Sales Plummet 34.5% in 2Q, Downshifts Production
Thor Industries has announced its second-quarter results with net sales of $1.29 billion, compared with the record second-quarter revenue posted…
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Aliner to Unveil New Trailer and Camper at RVX
As Aliner celebrates 35 years, it is introducing two new additions to its product lineup: The 2020 Family Trailer and…
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TMC to Display Outlaw 38MB Toy Hauler
Thor Motor Coach will be displaying its Outlaw 38MB toy hauler with its patio deck, snap-in patio system, and three…
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Stealth Appoints Scheetz as President and COO
Stealth Enterprises has appointed Michael J. Scheetz as president and COO. In his new role, Scheetz will direct the senior…
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Gulf Stream Coach Announces RVX Sponsorship
Gulf Stream Coach has announced its sponsorship of RVX: The RV Experience, taking place Tuesday, March 12 through Thursday, March…
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Thor Motor Coach to Reveal Outdoor Adventurer at RVX
Thor Motor Coach will premiere the 2020 Magnitude SV34 Super C motorhome at RVX with a new 4WD option aimed at…
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Newmar Promotes McQuown to Exec Position
Newmar Corp. has promoted Matt McQuown to the position of vice president of supply chain and appointed him to its…
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Pleasure-Way Earns Quality Circle Award
Pleasure-Way Industries has announced that it is a proud recipient of the RVDA Quality Circle Award for 2018. It is…
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NHTSA: Recalls Made for Keystone and Airstream
Keystone RV is recalling certain 2019 Dutchmen Endurance and 2017 to 2019 Dutchmen Voltage travel trailers. The tires may contact…
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Thor to Sponsor RVDA Dealer Lounge At RVX
Thor Industries will sponsor the RVDA Dealer Lounge at the RV Industry Association’s inaugural event, RVX. Centrally-located in the brand…
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VIDEO: Walorski Introduces Bipartisan Bill for Tariffs
U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) recently introduced the Import Tax Relief Act, a bipartisan bill that would…
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Winnebago Awarded Iowa Tax Benefits
Winnebago Industries is getting state tax benefits to help consolidate jobs at its Forest City, Iowa, campus. This story by…
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RV Technical Institute Board of Directors Appointed
The first board meeting for the RV Technical Institute’s newly appointed board of directors concluded yesterday with an adoption of…
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Skyline Champion to Unveil Crystal Cottage at RVX
Skyline Champion Corp. will be introducing the new Crystal Cottage at the RVX show in Salt Lake City. “Over the…
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LKQ Fourth Quarter Revenue Reaches $3 Billion
LKQ Corp. has announced results for its fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2018, showing fourth quarter revenue…
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Spartan Motors Reports 15 Percent Sales Increase
Spartan Motors has reported operating results for the fourth quarter and full year periods ending Dec. 31, showing sales increased $109…
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Community: Winnebago CEO Writes Letter to 12-Year-Old Boy
A year or two ago, the now 12-year-old Jacob Davies became interested in traveling and decided he wanted to live…
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Forest River Unveils New Digital Owner’s Guide
Forest River has partnered with Tweddle Group to create a new, 100-percent digital owner’s guide for its RV, marine and…
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Thor Motor Coach Launches Customer Care App
Thor Motor Coach has announced a new customer care app that runs with Togo, a technology company owned by TH2.…
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Torklift Crafts Frames for Homegrown Trailers
Torklift is partnering with Washington-based Homegrown Trailers by producing the frames for their towable Timberline model trailers. “Homegrown Trailers are…
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Forest River was Hit with $250,000 in Fines
The ABC57 Investigates team spent almost a year going over stacks of IOSHA inspection reports and talking to several current…
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Leisure Travel Vans Awarded 7th DSI Award
Leisure Travel Vans, a division of Triple E, has announced that, for the seventh year in a row, it has…
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RV Shipments Decreased 39 Percent in January
The RV Industry Association recently released the market report numbers for RV shipments in January. The RVIA January survey of…
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Second Half of 2018 Rough on Forest River
Berkshire Hathaway recently released its annual report, which contained information on the company’s Forest River subsidiary. According to the report,…
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VIDEO: Jim Hammill Says Hymer Family to Blame for Closure
In a recent CTV News story, former CEO of Erwin Hymer Group North America claimed that the Hymer family is…
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Winnebago Helps Laid Off Junction City Employees
When Winnebago decided to cut 220 jobs at its Junction City, Ore., campus early this month, warehouse lead Scott Miller…
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