Category Industry Commentary

RV shipments are down over 40%

RV Industry Association’s October 2023 shipment numbers are in. Total RV shipments for October were 28,371 units, a decrease of 13.1% when compared to the 32,652 units shipped in October 2022. Year to date, RV shipments are down (-40.6%) with… Continue Reading →

The September RV Shipments Report

The total number of RV shipments in September was a total of 24,700 units, that is a decrease of 12.9% when compared to the 28,363 units shipped in September 2022. Year to date shipments are down (-42.8%) with 238,121 units…. Continue Reading →

What features would make the best Travel Trailer?

I am very curious about what features fellow Travel Trailer enthusiasts think would make the best travel trailer. I have brainstormed this issue with other RV owners in the past and I will tell you what my thoughts are. However… Continue Reading →

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 downside of the RV Industry. I don’t think any of… Continue Reading →

RV Manufacturing continues to slip…

As predicted in my previous post last month, the RV Industry continues to slip. 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 →

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