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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 →

Record Number of RV Shipments in January

Of course we were all expecting this; January sets a new record number of RV shipments. Of course shipments don’t always equate to sales, but in this environment of back-ordered units – it probably does. The following is from RVIA.org:… Continue Reading →

RV Industry News and a Word of Caution

Rather than paraphrase the RVIA, I thought I’d share their own words with you: “Demand for RV units has grown month-over-month in 2021, breaking all previous wholesale shipment records. The latest projection shows the most likely year-end total for RV units built in… Continue Reading →

The RV Industry Projections for 2022

If your following the RV industry shipments you realize that this year is a banner year for manufacturers. In fact, August 2021 shipments were 33.8% greater than August of 2020.  The 52,819 shipments recorded last month set a new monthly… Continue Reading →

Should the Buyer Beware?

Wow, the RV industry continues to best previous records. In February the RV shipments were 30.1% higher than February of 2020. Should the buyer beware?

January’s RV Shipments

January’s RV Shipments are in, and the RV industry had its best January on record. One would think that’s a good thing; and it is for the RV industry, but what is the impact to new buyers? Folks that bought… Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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