Winnebago working hours up

January 4, 2010

More sales means more work.

For some Forest City, Iowa’s Winnebago Industries employees, it means some employees worked during part of the traditional extra holiday time off, according to the Globe Gazette of Mason City, Iowa.

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While most had their normally-scheduled holidays of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, some were set to work New Year’s Eve, company spokeswoman Sheila Davis said.

Winnebago employees typically have an extra week or two of vacation over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, she said.

Read the full article at the Globe Gazette

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Country Coach bankruptcy auction scheduled

January 3, 2010

Country Coach, builder of luxury motor coach, is no more.  Assets are scheduled to be sold in a 3 day auction that begins on February 4th, according to a report on KEZI.com, in a December 30th broadcast story.

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Troubled RV maker Country Coach must sell it all.

The announcement comes after a federal bankruptcy court ruling.  The court ordered Country Coach to auction off all of its assets to help pay for the pending debts.

The RV maker is gearing up to auction off all debtor-owned equipment, inventory and furnishings at its Junction City location

For the full story, go to KEZI.com.

(Thanks to RV Navigator for heads-up)

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Class A Motorhome page update and move

January 2, 2010

RV Manufacturer content pages are being moved from Haw Creek to new RV Manufacturer pages at rv.exit78.com. The first of the new pages, Class A Motorhome and Motor Coach Manufacturers, has been completed at the new location and the old page has been updated. Eventually, all new and updated content will be at the new [...]

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KOA and Airstream featured on Fox Business News

December 29, 2009

Jim Rogers, CEO of Kampgrounds of America, and Bob Wheeler, CEO of Airstream, talk about the improving prospects for both RVs and camping on December 29th, 2009.  Bob Wheeler says that 2010 will see a significant recovery for the RV industry.  According to Jim Rogers, KOA had record occupancies in the summer of 2009 for various reasons, [...]

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Arizona State Parks to close?

December 23, 2009

According to the Arizona State Parks Foundation, a special session of the State Legislature has cut funding for the state parks system to the point all parks will close.  The cuts are part of a $205 million budget reduction to mitigate an estimated $1.5 billion budget deficit. In an Urgent Call to Action, the foundation [...]

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RV inventories are smaller – in more ways than one

December 22, 2009

Faced with a “perfect storm” of record fuel prices, reduced credit availability, rising unemployment, and a deepening recession, some RV dealers have adapted their inventory to changing times with reduced inventories and smaller RVs.  One such dealership in Oregon, owned by Gary and Kay Craven, is featured today in an article,  Not-quite-as-big rigs, in The [...]

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RVs an early indicator of economy’s direction.

December 21, 2009

The market for recreational vehicles was dropping before the housing bubble burst, unemployment shot up and credit dried up.  Many economists view RVs as an indicator of where the economy is headed. An article in the Chicago Tribune suggests that things are now looking up for RVs and, possibly, just possibly, in the long term, [...]

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Winnebago CEO cautious despite possible rebound

December 20, 2009

In an interview with Reuters, CEO Bob Olson says that improvements in deliveries have resulted in increased production by Winnebago for the first time in years.   But Olson said he remained concerned that suppliers…  might have difficulty ramping up along with Winnebago and other RV makers and hamper the industry’s ability to fully capture [...]

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