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Rant: Shame on RV manufacturers! Why would they do this?

Karel Carnohan DVM -
My woeful tales of buying a used RV have been many lessons learned by me and provided you some head shakes and laughs. I considered...

RV manufacturers set another shipment record in May

Mike Gast -
If you are one of those RVers awaiting the anticipated slowdown in RV manufacturing, you may have to wait at least a month longer. The...

RV manufacturing to slow down during second half of 2022

Mike Gast -
It looks as if the Great RV Manufacturing Slowdown of 2022 is about to begin. Kathryn Thompson, CEO of Thompson Research Group, said her firm’s...

RV economists say supply chain woes are finally starting to ease

Mike Gast -
Last week, the RV Industry Association gathered a few outdoor industry economists in the manufacturing mecca of Elkhart, Indiana, for a panel discussion on...

Is Amazon about to become a giant headache for RV manufacturers?

Russ and Tiña De Maris -
Could the day come when you buy an Amazon.com-branded RV? We don’t read tea leaves, and we’ll leave that answer to the future. Nevertheless,...

RV manufacturers did set new record in 2021

Mike Gast -
The RV Industry Association made it official Tuesday. The overall RV factory shipments for 2021 did in fact set a record of 600,240 units....

Can your burning eyes, coughing or worse be blamed on the RV supply chain crisis?

Scott Linden -
By Scott Linden As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, the COVID crisis may be endangering RVers even if we’re vaccinated, boosted, socially-distanced...

RV dealers aren’t happy with manufacturer relationships – They’re trying to improve, manufacturers apparently are not

Mike Gast -
RV dealers are forever cast in the role of the middlemen when it comes to the relationship between RV buyers and manufacturers. No doubt many...

Opinions wanted: What do record manufacturing results really mean for RVing future?

Mike Gast -
The news out of the RV industry continues to be a bit, well, confusing. The RV Industry Association announced last week that 2021 would be...

Sheet metal, ladders and glue … Missing RV parts aren’t always the big stuff

Mike Gast -
RV manufacturers are still fighting through the perfect storm of broken supply chains, missing parts, hiring woes, and unprecedented consumer demand. While supply chain issues...

Amazon invades RV manufacturing capital: Will RV workforce jump ship?

Mike Gast -
The tight employment market in the RV manufacturing capital of the world is about to get a bit tighter. Mega online retailer Amazon has announced...

Cargo ships can’t unload, so keep waiting for that new RV or its parts for repairs

Mike Gast -
We are now nearly 18 months since the unofficial start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it looks like we are still a very long...
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