Used Roadtrek Motor Homes News for 10/25/2007

SD Indian reservations damaged by wildfires - San Diego Union Tribune

SD Indian reservations damaged by wildfires
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Oct 23, 2007
Long-haul truckers and people with motor homes, stranded by high winds on Interstate 8 east of Alpine, parked near the tribe's shuttered outlet mall. .

Motor home mows man down
Motor home mows man down. A 44-year-old Portland woman is accused of intentionally running over and killing her boyfriend of seven years with a motor home on Friday. Darlene Francis Harding of Northeast Portland was arrested on a murder ...

California insured fire losses said to top $1 bln - Reuters

California insured fire losses said to top $1 bln
Reuters - 11 hours ago
The company said the units were in motor homes where people could meet with catastrophe specialists who would begin handling claims. .

More than 800 housed in evacuation centers in Southwest County - North County Times

More than 800 housed in evacuation centers in Southwest County
North County Times, CA - 4 hours ago
Though not affiliated with the Red Cross, a temporary evacuation site for people who fled the wildfires in motor homes and camping trailers was set up by .

Rachel and Grandma and Arabian Horses at Pacific Rim
Since the show facility is an hour and a half from Grandma's house, I decided to ask Colleen and Ray if we could use their motor home. That way we could stay on the grounds and save me some commuting time and add to our sleep time. ...

Jeep being towed by motor home catches fire in N. Idaho
A motor home driver traveling on US Highway 95 in northern Idaho managed to get pulled over and stopped in time to disconnect the vehicle he was towing after other motorists warned him the towed vehicle was shooting out flames...

Fires ravage California homes (Falcon)
For more than two hours, the Tinker family sat parked in a minivan on their property above San Pasqual Valley with the motor running and the air conditioning blasting, wondering whether the end was near...

Woman dies in chain-reaction crash near Shaniko
Oregon State PoliceEleanor Belshaw was killed Thursday in this accident near Shaniko. A California woman was killed Thursday when her parked motor home was struck, the last collision in a chain-reaction accident involving two trucks on ...

Bugging Out: Taking Your Home and Gear with You, by Bob. H.
A 28ft motor home can accommodate 8 to 10.These too make good tow vehicles. For those of you with out budget concerns, Class Bs and Cs are available with 4 wheel drive! Class As are available in gas or diesel. Generally larger and more ...

Several Homes Reduced to Rubble (The Signal)
While firefighters worked overtime Tuesday to gain control of several fires in the region, most residents in Canyon Country are returning to their homes. Unfortunately, a few no longer have homes to return to...

Ran over by a motor home
Woman arrested for running over man with motor home: In one of the strangest acts of domestic violence Ive ever heard about is the case of one 44-year-old Darlene Harding of Portland, Oregon. After arguing with her significant other, ...

Winds ease, giving crews chance to fight wildfires (The Arizona Republic)
Helicopters and air tankers dropped 30 to 35 loads of water on two fires that have burned hundreds of homes in the San Bernardino Mountains, near Lake Arrowhead...

Fire assistance: Seniors - San Diego Union Tribune

Fire assistance: Seniors
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 19 hours ago
. (619) 478-2384, room for 100 with additional room in local churches if evacuees bring nurses and personal sanitation pads, also room for motorhomes. .

Trapped by fire's fury, a family dodges death (Seattle Times)
For more than two hours, the Tinker family sat parked in a minivan on their property above San Pasqual Valley with the motor running and...

1987 Corsair Excela Motor Home - $16000
A 31-foot Corsair Motor Home in mint condition. ...

UAW, NAVISTAR AT ODDS: Ford says strike at supplier hasn't hurt truck plant (Detroit Free Press)
Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that its Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville was operating normally despite a strike by UAW workers at supplier Navistar International Corp. About 4,000 UAW-represented workers at nine Navistar plants went on strike Tuesday evening to protest what they called unfair labor practices...

Freeways are jammed and air quality has closed schools and - Youngstown Vindicator

Freeways are jammed and air quality has closed schools and
Youngstown Vindicator, OH - 7 hours ago
The parking lots, though, were filled with the motor homes of displaced people camping out. Her teenage daughter is home from school, too, because of air .

Winnebago posts counter-intuitive profits
Oddly enough, the higher oil prices rise, the more people want to buy a top of the line motor home. That seems to be the conclusion investors can draw from Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WGO) recent 4Q and FY 2007 earnings report. ...

Or motor home has and the ruins of basic questions about
First and well looked really ridiculous -- it made our rig look like something happening to make heavy use of inverters, which you purchase a motor home as their actual house. That�s the bottom line! that a 5th wheel system consisting ...

Hot deals: Stand by for a bargain - New Zealand Herald

Hot deals: Stand by for a bargain
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Oct 23, 2007
Standby Cars is charging New Zealand holiday-makers $5 a day to hire one of their motor homes in Christchurch -as long as they deliver it to Auckland and .

Jeep being towed by motor home catches fire in N. Idaho
Fellow motorists on US Highway 95 in northern Idaho alerted the driver of a motor home that flames were shooting out of the vehicle he was towing...

Exiled from homes, evacuees make best of it - North County Times

Exiled from homes, evacuees make best of it
North County Times, CA - 4 hours ago
At the Plaza Camino Real shopping center, an aid station for those with motor homes and trailers, evacuees started to dissipate Wednesday, officials said. .

Merrill Lynch earns, US existing homes sales send markets tumbling (Canadian Business)
Malcolm Morrison, The Canadian Press October 24, 2007 - 11:46 a.m. A model gets off Nissan Motor Co.'s ball-shaped electric concept vehicle Pivo 2 at the Tokyo Motor Show in Makuhari, east of Tokyo...

Winnebago posts counter-intuitive profits - BloggingStocks

Winnebago posts counter-intuitive profits
BloggingStocks - 13 hours ago
Winnebago has introduced a Class C value-priced line of motor homes, but that's not where the sales and profits are. Sales of the top of the line Class A .

Some families find shelter in familiar places - Press-Enterprise

Some families find shelter in familiar places
Press-Enterprise, CA - 6 hours ago
The RV that houses Deming, his wife and two dogs was one of several motor homes clustered at the far end of the megastore's parking lot Wednesday. .

Exiled from homes, evacuees make best of it (North County Times)
Thousands of North County residents spent another day in evacuation centers Wednesday, as the disaster surrounding San Diego County's devastating wildfires entered its fourth day...

As smoke blankets Temecula, officials snuff out evacuation rumors - Press-Enterprise

As smoke blankets Temecula, officials snuff out evacuation rumors
Press-Enterprise, CA - 5 hours ago
Riverside County officials set up an evacuation center at Lake Skinner Recreational Area, east of Murrieta, and are allowing residents with motor homes or .

Allstate's Mobile Response Units Arrive in Southern California (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NORTHBROOK, Ill.----Allstate Insurance Company announced today that two Mobile Response Units have arrived in Southern California to assist customers affected by the wildfires. The units are specially outfitted motor homes that provide a place for customers to meet with catastrophe specialists to begin the claim handling process...

Toyota Subsidiary Hino Motors Unveils Motorcoach with SPD-Smart Windows at the Tokyo Motor Show (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
At the 40th Tokyo Motor Show 2007, Hino Motors, Ltd., a subsidary of Toyota Motor Corporation, is featuring a new concept motorcoach with windows using Research Frontiers' patented SPD-Smart light-control technology...

Winnebago chief executive pay tops $1.7 million (WOI-TV Des Moines)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A regulatory statement shows the head of Winnebago Industries was paid $1.7 million in its 2007 fiscal year. Bruce Hertzke is chairman and CEO of the Forest City-based maker of motor homes...

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