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  • News & Notes: March 2021

    Cruiser RV To Introduce New Travel Trailer Cruiser RV announced plans in 2020 to unveil the Hitch, an ultralight travel trailer “equipped with unique features for today’s adventurous camper,” according…

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  • News & Notes: February 2021

    National Parks Set Fee-Free Days For 2021 January 18: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. April 17: First day of National Park Week August 4: One year anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act August…

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  • News & Notes: January 2021

    Dometic Renews Care Camps Partnership Nature, John Muir once said, is a place that heals, and gives strength to the body and soul. Anyone who has ever pulled into a…

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  • News & Notes: December 2020

    German RV Trade Show Draws 107,000 In 2019, a record-setting 268,000 people attended Caravan Salon Dusseldorf, which has been marketed as the world’s largest trade fair for RVs. For the…

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  • News & Notes: November 2020

    Quartzsite RV Show To Proceed, With Precautions If all goes as planned, RVers will converge on the Arizona desert for the 2021 Quartzsite Sports, Vacation & RV Show, set for…

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  • News & Notes: October 2020

    RV Tech Institute Creates Gary Bunzer Memorial Scholarship The RV Technical Institute (RVTI) is establishing the Gary Bunzer Memorial Scholarship in honor of the “RV Doctor,” who devoted much of…

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  • News & Notes: September 2020

    Ill Youngsters Are Granted Wishes For RVs RV industry companies recently teamed up with Make-A-Wish to grant the wishes of two young children who can now go camping with their…

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  • RV Products: September 2020

    Gear, Gadgets, And Gifts Practical accessories and assorted goods designed to make life easier and more enjoyable for RVers. By John Johnston, Associate Editor RV Mat An RV patio mat…

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  • News & Notes: August 2020

    Battle Born Joins Care Camps Effort Care Camps has a new partner, Battle Born Industries. The company, which makes lithium-ion batteries and energy storage products, donated $10,000 to the nonprofit…

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  • News & Notes: July 2020

    RVers Are Encouraged To Follow Campground Etiquette As the threat from COVID-19 lessens, throngs of RVers are expected to fill campgrounds in national parks and elsewhere. That means it will…

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  • News & Notes: June 2020

    RV Country Opens New Service Center RV Country has opened a new state-of-the-art service center in Fresno, California, to replace a facility destroyed in a 2018 blaze. The expanded service…

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  • News & Notes: May 2020

    RV Industry Provides Assistance During Coronavirus Crisis As the number of coronavirus cases and deaths from COVID-19 rose sharply in the United States and Canada in late March 2020, the…

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  • News & Notes: April 2020

    Winnebago Unveils Travel Trailer, Launches New Website Winnebago’s Hike travel trailer has made its debut. It can sleep three or four, depending on which of the five floor plans is…

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  • News & Notes: March 2020

    Texas RV Dealer Collects Teddy Bears For Children An RV dealer with three locations in Texas, PPL Motor Homes, collected more than 450 teddy bears during its annual Cuddles for…

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  • News & Notes: February 2020

    Outdoor Recreation Helps Drive U.S. Economy The outdoor recreation industry is growing faster than the U.S. economy as a whole, according to a federal report. Data released in September 2019…

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  • News & Notes: January 2020

    National Parks Set Fee-Free Days For 2020 The National Park Service will waive entrance fees at all national parks on these days in 2020: January 20: Martin Luther King Jr.…

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  • News & Notes: December 2019

    Students Tour RV-Industry Factories For Manufacturing Day RV industry manufacturers Spartan Motors Inc. and Lippert Components Inc. (LCI) were among companies that hosted students for events related to Manufacturing Day…

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  • News & Notes: November 2019

    Keystone RV Marks Production Of 1 Millionth RV Keystone RV Company shipped its 1 millionth RV — a Montana 3761FL fifth-wheel — on August 29, 2019. The milestone was celebrated…

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  • News & Notes: October 2019

    RV Resort Operator Starts Program To Save Honeybees RVC Outdoor Destinations has launched the BEECause program to help save declining populations of the honeybee, which is an important pollinator for…

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  • News & Notes: September 2019

    Tents For Troops Founder Dies Charlie Curry, founder of the nonprofit Tents for Troops program and owner of Toutle River RV Resort in Castle Rock, Washington, died in June 2019…

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  • News & Notes: August 2019

    Fantasy RV Tours Rally Donates To Make-A-Wish The Fantasy RV Tours 10th Reunion Rally, held in April 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee, raised $31,030 for Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee. The donations will…

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  • News & Notes: July 2019

    Thor And KOA Join Forces On Trash Removal Thor Industries Inc. and Kampgrounds of America (KOA) have partnered on a program called Pick Up America. The campaign’s first initiative encourages…

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  • News & Notes: June 2019

    Winnebago Partners With National Park Foundation Winnebago Industries in March 2019 announced a multiyear partnership with the National Park Foundation in support of Find Your Park. The public awareness campaign…

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  • News & Notes: May 2019

    Thor’s Erwin Hymer Purchase Excludes North American Unit Thor Industries Inc. completed its acquisition of Erwin Hymer Group (EHG) on February 1, 2019. The deal created the world’s largest RV…

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  • News & Notes: April 2019

    Ron Lee Was Integral Part Of Country Coach’s Success Ron Lee, who helped grow Country Coach into one of the top luxury motorhome manufacturers, died January 19, 2019. He was…

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  • News & Notes: March 2019

    Eagle One Lands At RV/MH Hall Of Fame And Museum The owner of a 2006 Forest River Georgetown motorhome has donated the vehicle to the RV/MH Hall of Fame and…

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  • News & Notes: February 2019

    Jayco Introduces Residential Showers In Fifth-Wheels Several of Jayco’s 2019 fifth-wheel models are equipped with an amenity that company officials say is a first for towable RVs — oversized, residential…

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  • News & Notes: January 2019

    National Parks Set Fee-Free Days For 2019 The National Park Service will waive all entrance fees on these days in 2019: *January 21: Martin Luther King Jr. Day *April 20:…

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  • News & Notes: December 2018

    Beverly Gardner Made Mark In RV Publishing Beverly Gardner, whose long career as an RV industry publisher’s representative included selling advertising for FMCA’s magazine, died of ALS on October 23,…

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  • News & Notes: November 2018

    Winnebago’s Micro Minnie Fifth-Wheel Debuts Winnebago Towables has introduced the Micro Minnie fifth-wheel. It will be available January 1, 2019, in five floor plans, each weighing less than 6,000 pounds.…

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  • News & Notes: October 2018

    Adventure LP’S Limited-Edition Truck Camper Debuts Erdman Epp, the founder of Adventurer LP, died July 28, 2018, just as the Yakima, Washington-based company began a production run of its 50th…

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  • News & Notes: September 2018

    Newmar Motorhome Featured At White House Made In America Event President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and other administration officials toured a 2019 Newmar London Aire diesel motorhome on…

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  • News & Notes: August 2018

    Bowlus Road Chief LLC Offers Two Trailer Models This past February, a Bowlus Road Chief travel trailer appeared in a Super Bowl TV ad for website builder Squarespace. As a…

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  • News & Notes: July 2018

    Furrion Offers Tours Of New Showroom Furrion, a maker of electronics, appliances, and energy products for RVs and other industries, has opened a new showroom at its Innovation Center and…

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  • News & Notes: June 2018

    National Parks Price Increase Takes Effect The National Park Service has increased the entrance fees to most of the national parks that charge admission. Most parks planned to implement the…

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  • News & Notes: May 2018

    Taxa Outdoors Unveils Mantis Trailer Taxa Outdoors Inc.’s newest travel trailer is the 18-foot Mantis. The RV sleeps up to four adults and weighs 2,800 pounds (unloaded). The trailer folds…

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  • RV News & Notes: December 2017

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  • RV News & Notes: September 2017

    Dometic Produces Record Number Of Refrigerators

    In June 2017, Dometic’s Industrial Parkway facility in Elkhart, Indiana, made 18,069 refrigerators for use in RVs and other mobile applications, setting a new production record. It marked the second time in 2017 that Dometic broke the record for number of units produced in a month. The previous record, set in March 2017, was 17,481 units. Before that, the record was 16,544 refrigerators produced in March 2016.

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  • RV News & Notes

    Snowbirds Assist Habitat For Humanity

    Snowbirds staying at Rincon Country West RV Resort in Tucson, Arizona, spend part of their winters building Habitat for Humanity houses. During the winter of 2015-16, volunteers helped build 14 homes for low-income families; this past winter, they helped construct 13 more.

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  • RV News & Notes: January 2017

    Thor Unveils New Motorhome
     
    The October 2016 California RV Show gave Thor Motor Coach the opportunity to showcase its 2017 motorhomes, including its new Type A model, Aria. The diesel-powered coach is equipped with a 360-horsepower Cummins engine.

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  • RV News & Notes: November 2016

    Coachmen Galleria Earns Green Certification
     
    Coachmen Galleria motorhomes have earned the Certified Green designation by TRA Certification, an organization that specializes in green building and energy efficiency programs for the RV industry and others.

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