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How Long Quality Has Suffered

The following are my opinions but I’d love to hear yours! If you follow any RV pages on Facebook chances are that you have heard people complaining about the “Covid Trailers”.  These are travel trailers, fifth wheels, etc. that were… Continue Reading →

March RV shipments and a bit of history

I thought I would start this post just talking from a historical perspective about RV shipments over the last few years. After that we can discuss the March RV shipment numbers. The first time that the RV industry exceeded 500,000… Continue Reading →

RV Shipments in February down

As always, the RVIA tends to put a rosy outlook on bad news. Even USA today reported on how the slump in the RV industry was a good indicator of a pending recession.

Will anything new come from the RV world in 2023?

It would be great if a new RV manufacturer would hit a home run on quality this year…so many improvements could be made.

The Downside of the RV Industry

This post has probably been a long time coming. I have alluded to the fact, for quite a while that at some point I would give my opinion on the RV Industry. I don’t think any of my opinions will… Continue Reading →

RV Manufacturing continues to slip…

As predicted in my previous post last month, the RV shipments continue their decline. RV shipments for September fell to 28,333 units. That is a decrease of (-48.5%) compared to the 55,014 units shipped in September 2021. If you are… Continue Reading →

RV Shipments Drop Again in August

The RV shipments dropped again in August. Please remember as you read this that “shipments” do not equal “RV sales”. Shipments are just the number of RV’s leaving the manufacturing plant en-route to RV dealerships. Results based on a survey… Continue Reading →

June RV Shipments show a steady decline

Let’s talk about the real numbers as far as travel trailers. Comparing June 2022 to last year, the shipments have dropped 12.8%. Here’s the complete breakdown:

Don’t leave the RV Lot before knowing these things!

Everyday new RV owners leave the Dealership lots after a very limited orientation on how their RV operates. This is why you will see so many posts on-line that start with the words “Newbee here, wondering how…”. Dealerships for the… Continue Reading →

Record May Shipments But Forecast Weakens

It may have been a record month of May for RV shipments but the forecast remains downgraded as compared to last years predictions of a record year in 2022. As I mentioned previously, the RVIA has downgraded their 2022 outlook…. Continue Reading →

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