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The RV Industry Tailspin has started

The June Shipments report is not in but the RV Industry Tailspin has started. As I predicted in the blog post regarding May shipments (click here to read), this seemed inevitable. Remember last year when Thor was actually sold out… 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?

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 →

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 →

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 →

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