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RV Manufacturing is off the charts!

RV manufacturing is off the charts; here are Septembers numbers: The RV industry is now only down only .8% over 2019 for all “towable RV’s” and down 3.2% for all RV shipments which include all classes of Motorhomes. This is… Continue Reading →

The Trip to The Factory

The trip to the factory came after a surprise phone call on the 25th of September, just four days after they started repairs on the unit. I was really expecting that it wouldn’t be ready until the date they gave… Continue Reading →

July RV Shipments and the Travel Trailer Shortage

You may remember from my earlier blog about June shipments, that I thought the RV industry would make up for the Covid19 shut down. I think there is very little doubt about that happening. But there is a lot more… Continue Reading →

RV Shipments are up, but there’s more to the story!

RV shipments are up, but there’s more to the story than just an increase in shipments. More new people are entering the RV market this year, and trade ins are down. First let’s just start with the June Shipments. Remember… Continue Reading →

The RV Slump Continues……

Here is the latest from the RVIA on November Shipments; the RV slump continues: The RV Industry Association’s November survey of manufacturers found that total RV shipments ended the month with 29,644 wholesale shipments, a decrease of 10.2% from the 33,023… Continue Reading →

Current RV Trend is too complicated to blame on one thing.

Good news for Elkhart Indiana in September; RV shipments clicked up about 4% over September of 2018. However, despite this tick up, there is a lot of speculation on why the market has turned down about 17% this year. There… Continue Reading →

Todays Travel Trailers

I would like to preface this post by saying that it was not prompted by any issue I am having with my travel trailer. It is however driven by what I am seeing day in and day out on-line with… Continue Reading →

The Problem with the RVIA

The Recreational Vehicle Industry Association is looking out for someone, but just to be clear, it’s not the folks that buy RV’s. That is the problem with the RVIA. Even if you go to their site and look at the… Continue Reading →

Is there an RV Industry Slowdown Part 2

In a previous blog post I talked about the slowdown that has happened in the RV industry lately. I think what people really latch onto in this discussion is that RV shipments for the manufacturer are down. Yes, they are… Continue Reading →

Is there an RV Industry slowdown?

Let’s face it the last few years have been very good to the RV industry. The last few months however have shown a slight drop in sales. Is there an RV Industry slowdown happening?

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