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By Staff Report | June 15, 2009 - 10:16 am - Posted in Winnebago, motorhomes

FOREST CITY, IA (June 15, 2009) — Winnebago Industries, Inc., will showcase the industry’s first hybrid RV, a 2009 Winnebago Adventurer motorhome, during the upcoming summer tour of Brad and Amy Herzog. The Herzogs are spokespersons for the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA).
The concept Winnebago Adventurer hybrid rides on a Freightliner Custom Chassis’ ecoFRED chassis, […]

By Staff Report | June 10, 2009 - 9:58 am - Posted in Lemon RV, RV industry, motorhomes

The Good Sam Club, the world’s largest RV owners’ organization, today unveiled the first-ever model motorhome “lemon law” legislation, developed in conjunction with RV industry officials and the International Association of Lemon Law Administrators (IALLA).
If enacted by a state, the legislation will provide specific rights and remedies for motorhome buyers against product defects if the […]

By Staff Report | June 9, 2009 - 9:26 am - Posted in private campgrounds, rv parks

LARKSPUR, Colo., June 9, 2009 ‒ If you’re looking for something different to do this Father’s Day, why not take dad camping? The Friendly Beaver RV park and campground in New Boston, N.H. will host a Father’ Day dance with a live band, while Land-O-Pines Family Campground in Covington, La. plans to host father-child horseshoe, […]

By Staff Report | June 2, 2009 - 7:16 pm - Posted in Fleetwood

RV maker Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., one of the nation’s largest motorhome and manufactured home makers, said today that it has signed an asset purchase agreement to sell its motorhome business to American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV, L.P. (AIP) of New York. AIP is a middle market private equity firm which makes control investments in […]

By Staff Report | May 24, 2009 - 4:47 pm - Posted in Uncategorized

The city council of Hobart, Indiana has passed the first vote of a proposal to prohibit trucks and RVs from parking in city parking lots. Violators could be fined up to $2,500.
Hobart is s 38 miles from Chicago, Illinois and 151 miles from Indianapolis, Indiana, near three major highways; I-65 to the west, I80/94 to […]

By Chuck | May 15, 2009 - 11:33 am - Posted in Uncategorized

ALBANY, NY — With the summer camping season fast approaching, more than 100,000 reservations have been booked by RV enthusiasts and other campers at New York state campgrounds, and those who are coming plan to stay a little longer. Advance reservations at campgrounds operated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and […]