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RV Review: Bean Teardrop Trailers – The coolest teardrop ever

By Tony Barthel The readers of RVTravel.com are some of the coolest people I’ve met in the RV industry. Your recommendations of RVs to review...

RV Review: Cruise America Standard Class C

By Tony Barthel During the past year, I’ve been able to get out a surprising amount just because social distancing and enjoying the RV lifestyle...

Honda, Jeep only trucks getting Consumer Reports kudos

By James Raia Pickup trucks continue to dominate sales in the United States. But Consumer Reports isn't impressed. Among the 17 pickup trucks tested by the...

Used truck sales? No surprise: Ford, Chevy, Ram lead pack

By James Raia It's nothing new that the Ford F-150 remains the country's top brand among new pickup truck sales. But the enduring vehicle is...

RV Review: SpaceCraft Semi-Trailers

By Tony Barthel We’ve talked about high-end fifth wheels before with things like the Jayco Pinnacle and the Luxe fifth wheels, but if you want...

RV Review: Everbright EB-RV Tricycle Motorhome

By Tony Barthel If you don’t know about Alibaba but are addicted to Amazon, this is your fair warning. Read this article and never think...

RV Review: 2021 Grand Design Reflection 150 Series 295RL

By Tony Barthel Like yesterday’s review of the Keystone Cougar 24RDS, the Grand Design Reflection 150 Series 295RL Fifth Wheel is specifically targeted to the...

RV Review: 2021 Keystone Cougar 24RDS Fifth Wheel

By Tony Barthel Lately, I’ve been getting quite a few requests asking for smaller, lighter fifth wheel reviews. There are two that really stuck out...

RV Review: Bushwhacker Plus 17 BH Teardrop

By Tony Barthel Every once in a while I see a floor plan come back from the past and it makes me wonder why it...

RV Review: Grand Design Solitude 390RK-R Fifth Wheel

By Tony Barthel A friend of mine is RV shopping and is intrigued by the Grand Design Solitude 390RK-R, a very large fifth wheel with...

RV Review: Maxus Life Home V90 Villa Edition Class C

By Tony Barthel I have long said that the way the domestic RV market behaves is much, much like the domestic auto manufacturers of the...

Truck drivers take note: Cooper Tires faces recall; also, Goodyear buying Cooper

By James Raia An estimated 430,000 light truck tires made by Cooper® Tires have been recalled because they can develop sidewall bulges that could lead...

RV Review: 2021 Jayco Pinnacle 36SSWS

By Tony Barthel After a while of being in the RV business, some folks get jaded or just less excited when new models show up...

RV Review: 2021 Jayco Jay Flight SLX 7 Bunkhouse Travel Trailer

By Tony Barthel I really appreciate the input of the readers of RV Travel, as well as your readership. In yesterday’s review of the Rockwood...

RV Review: Rockwood Geo Pro 16BH

By Tony Barthel I’ve been focusing a lot on couples’ campers of late and got called out on it by Jeremy Chrisman. Jeremy asked if...

RV Review: 2021 inTech Sol Dawn Travel Trailer

By Tony Barthel When I first saw inTech’s Sol line of trailers at an RV show, I thought they really were something impressive. The huge...

RV Review: 2021 Safari Condo Alto A2124

By Tony Barthel Ask just about anyone who tows a traditional travel trailer what kind of fuel mileage they get and the answer is almost...

RV Review: Polydrop P17A Teardrop Trailer

By Tony Barthel It had to happen. Love it or not, Elon Musk’s Tesla Truck made a huge splash when he introduced it and I...

RV Review: Luxe LH48FB Toy Hauler Fifth Wheel

By Tony Barthel A while back I wrote a review of the Luxe Elite fifth wheel and no sooner was the ink dry on the...

Falling Wisconsin pickup truck driver cited for 3 offenses

By James Raia Richard Oliver, the pickup truck driver who lived after his vehicle plunged 70 feet over a railing on I-94 in Wisconsin, has...

Elvis lives! One of the King’s rare GMC pickup trucks set for auction

By James Raia Elvis Presley loved a lot of things, including an intense passion for cars and trucks. The King of Rock and Roll owned...

RV Review: ProLite E-Volt All-Electric Travel Trailer

By Tony Barthel I recently wrote about the groundbreaking, all-electric Palomino Revolve EV-2. As usual, the readers of RVTravel came through and led me to...

RV Review: TrailManor Convertible Trailers

By Tony Barthel There are two realities of towing a travel trailer. The first is mentioned often – the weight. Less talked about is the...

RV Review: Earth Traveler T300, made from chicken feathers. Really!

By Tony Barthel What do you do if you want to go camping but you only are sporting a small car? For example, a Fiat...

Video: Walk through the 2021 Fleetwood Discovery LXE 44S motorhome

In this promotional video from Fleetwood, after examining the exterior features of the 2021 Discovery LXE 44S motorhome you'll tour the interior. According to Fleetwood, the spacious...

RV Review: Tiger Adventure Vehicles, The Bengal

By Tony Barthel As you can imagine, one of the job-related "hazards" of writing RV reviews is the fact that I get to go shopping...

RV Review: 2021 Leisure Travel Vans Unity FX Class C

By Tony Barthel Someone was clearly thinking ahead at Leisure Travel Vans in Canada. At the suggestion of William Robbins, I took a look at...

RV Review: Palomino Revolve EV-2 Travel Trailer

By Tony Barthel Recently I was talking with another RV journalist about travel trailers and we were remarking on the fact that, while Class B...

RV Review: Outdoors RV Creek Side 21RD MS

By Tony Barthel Have you heard of the term rabbit hole? It is the absolute definition of me on the Internet and the Outdoors RV...

Wisconsin truck driver miracle! He survives 70-foot fall

By James Raia How scary is winter driving? A melting snowbank and freezing conditions on a freeway ramp could have cost a Wisconsin truck driver...

RV Review: Palomino SolAire eXpandable 147X

By Tony Barthel Selling RVs is interesting because you get to deal with people and their RVing vision and own personal experiences. Everybody sees the...

RV Review: 2021 NeXus Ghost Super C

By Tony Barthel If you’re in the need of an RV that can tow, a Super C motorhome such as the 2021 NeXus Ghost Super...

RV review: 2021 Wildwood Grand Lodge 42DL Destination Trailer

Tony Barthel When I was selling RVs I think I only once saw what’s referred to as a "destination trailer." It was interesting because these...

RV Review: Rustic Trail Teardrop Campers, Kodiak Stealth

By Tony Barthel There’s a secret that the RV industry doesn’t always want you to know. Very, very few RV decision-makers actually ever go RVing....

Chevy Silverado trucks involved in massive recall

General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling more than 1.7 million 2014 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Silverado 2500, Silverado 3500, Suburban, Tahoe, GMC Sierra...

RV Review: Coach House Platinum 220

By Tony Barthel Some people bemoan the fact that the biggest companies in the RV industry produce so many varied brands and labels that it’s...

RV Review: 2021 Northwood Arctic Fox 27-5L

By Tony Barthel I’ve mentioned before how there are times when I’m surprised by things I see in the RV industry. Sometimes those are bad...

RV Review: Airstream Flying Cloud 30FB Office

By Tony Barthel Airstream has a new model with the word “office” in the model designation, the Airstream Flying Cloud 30FB Office Travel Trailer. I’ve...

Bargain trucks? Ford, Ram have 2020 surplus inventory

By James Raia The coronavirus stunned the automotive industry with lower sales, leaving plenty of new 2020 trucks remaining, including Ford F-150 and Ram 1500...

A new frontier for 2022 Nissan Frontier

By James Raia Can pickup trucks possibly get any more popular? Despite business doldrums because of the coronavirus pandemic, pickup truck manufacturers continue to try to...

RV Review: Relic Custom Trailers

By Tony Barthel Many of the RVs I review here fit into a mold or are very defined by their category. Others... not so much....

RV Review: 2021 Flagstaff Super Lite 526RK Fifth Wheel

By Tony Barthel Let’s say you were one of my wife’s friends and were part of their girl camping gang. When they all go camping...

RV Review: 2021 Springdale 1740RK

By Tony Barthel I love when my friends in the RV world contact me, especially when they tell me, “You have to see this new...

RV Review: 2021 Lance 2465 travel trailer

By Tony Barthel A lot of folks are writing in with some great suggestions of RVs to look at. Roger wrote in and asked me...

RV Review: 2021 Safari Condo Alto F2414

By Tony Barthel Sometimes some things in the RV industry really surprise me. You develop a certain expectation for something and then, Bam!, a company...

RV Review: 2021 Fleetwood Bounder 33C Anniversary Edition

By Tony Barthel Like all folks in the RV business, I get regular updates from companies when they’ve hit certain milestones or have some new...

RV Review: Lazy Daze Class C Motorhomes

By Tony Barthel There I was, camping at the state park, and across from me was a man with a Lazy Daze Class C RV....

RV Review: KZ Escape E20 Hatch

By Tony Barthel It used to be that the most popular vehicle in the U.S. was the sedan, first coupes and then four doors. Now...

2021 Honda Ridgeline debuts soon with price increase

By James Raia The much-anticipated 2021 Honda Ridgeline has a new look and a new higher price. Honda recently announced the MSRP for all of the...

RV Review: TruckHouse BCT Overlander Camper

By Tony Barthel I’ve talked about overlanding in the past on here, which is essentially hard-core off-grid camping. Finding that magical spot in a faraway...