Used Roadtrek Motor Homes News for 12/04/2007



Motor Home: 2008 Holiday Rambler Scepter Costs $282000
With a unique appeal of its own, the 2008 Holiday Rambler Scepter Class A Motor home is a perfect combination of beauty and erudition. Radiating an astute outer walls and impressive internal color options, the 2008 Scepter offers a ...

Commissioners agree to consider revising RV rules - Florida Today

Commissioners agree to consider revising RV rules
Florida Today, FL - 1 hour ago
BY JAMES DEAN Brevard County commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday to consider revising codes that govern how motor homes, boat trailers and other .
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Lawyer acquitted in motor vehicle death (Boston Globe)
An Andover lawyer was acquitted Friday in Lowell Superior Court of a charge of motor vehicle homicide in the death of a man who was killed while changing a flat tire on Interstate 93 in Tewksbury. Ki Yong O, 35, was under the influence of the prescription sleeping pill Ambien when he struck Anthony Raucci, 43, of Methuen in July ...

News - Britons cut short Egypt holidays
The Motor home insurance of British Travel Agents (ABTA) says people due to fly to the resort will be allowed to rearrange it free of charge or get a refund. But Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has declined to advise against travel to ...

Officials urge residents to take precautions (Branson Daily News)
As the weather keeps getting colder and colder, many people are closing up their homes and turning on the heat. As many turn to fossil fuels to keep them warm, they may not realize the risks involved or what precautions to take before turning on those heaters...

Recession signs grow as Winnebago leads RV sales drop - Driving.ca

Recession signs grow as Winnebago leads RV sales drop
Driving.ca, Canada - 16 hours ago
For the past three decades, deliveries of motorhomes and travel trailers have dropped before each decline in the US economy, giving the $15-billion US .
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Demand for RVs suggests a recession - International Herald Tribune

Demand for RVs suggests a recession
International Herald Tribune, France - Nov 28, 2007
For the past three decades, deliveries of motor homes and travel trailers have dropped before each decline in the US economy, giving the $15 billion .
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Transportation 49 CFR 400-999
Part 571 - In this final rule, we (NHTSA) address the problem of motor home and recreation vehicle trailer overloading by amending the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) on tire selection and rims. [72 FR 68442]..

Ford is the preferred platform for motor home builders
Motor home builders such as Winnebago, Fleetwood, Thor and Four Winds all prefer the Ford motor home chassis upon which to build their mobile mansions. Ford offers six different chassis, right up to the just introduced F53 Super Duty ...

Production drops at Hyundai's Montgomery plant (BizJournals)
The Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama plant made 28 percent fewer cars in November, following a drop in sales of the Korean vehicles nationwide...

Honda sales up 5% in November (BizJournals)
American Honda Motor Co. posted another sales increase for November despite a 25 percent slide in its luxury Acura division. (HMC)..

Ford to deliver plug-in hybrid today (Detroit Free Press)
Ford Motor Co. is slated to deliver the first Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid today at the Anaheim Convention Centerin California...

RV maker seeking Chapter 11 protection - The Register-Guard

RV maker seeking Chapter 11 protection
The Register-Guard, OR - 6 hours ago
EURWe are saddened to let go our excellent employees, especially so close to the holidays, and even more so because Nationals motor homes have never been .
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Motor homes an emissions mission - Stuff.co.nz

Motor homes an emissions mission
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Nov 12, 2007
The tourism company has bought 370 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter motor homes to be customised for the New Zealand market. It has lined up its existing 1500-vehicle .
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Economy hammers automakers (Detroit Free Press)
With American consumers' confidence eroded by falling home values and rising energy costs, vehicle sales slumped in November and automakers braced for another tough year in 2008. Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. all posted virtually flat sales results for November compared with a year ago...

Stella Awards!!!
Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who purchased a new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home from an OU football game, having driven onto the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the ...

Fleetwood advancing turnaround plan - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Fleetwood advancing turnaround plan
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, CA - Dec 2, 2007
Our wide variety of travel trailers and 5th wheels range from under $10000 to more than $60000, and our popular motor homes are priced between $60000 and .
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Oilpatch braces for new arrivals - Toronto Star

Oilpatch braces for new arrivals
Toronto Star,  Canada - 11 hours ago
Motorhomes and trailers are wrapped in insulation against the cold. Satellite dishes are perched on tree stumps. The sign on the office reads `No vacancy. .
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Used vehicle dealers arent seeing rush of people since . - Moose Jaw Times-Herald

Moose Jaw Times-Herald

Used vehicle dealers arent seeing rush of people since .
Moose Jaw Times-Herald, Canada - Dec 3, 2007
EURWe sell motorhomes and motorbikes here and you still have to pay PST on them,EUR he said. EURAnd on three-ton trucks.EUR Vehicles currently eligible for .
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Fuel prices, sales inspire Winnebago's smaller RV - DesMoinesRegister.com

Fuel prices, sales inspire Winnebago's smaller RV
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Nov 28, 2007
Industry watchers say combined sales of RV motor homes and travel trailers could fall in 2007 for the first time in six years, a sign that the US economy .
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The luck of the Irish
Two Irish tourists had just arrived in their hired motor home in our state capital city. They decided to follow a local bus. Either they were very inattentive, or couldnt read the prominent signs. The bus was entering the O-Bahn track ...

Commissioners agree to consider revising RV rules (Florida Today)
Brevard County commissioners will consider revisions to rules governing how recreational vehicles and equipment such as campers and boats may be parked at homes...

RV sales outlook signals slowdown
Winnebago led motor-home sales declines through the first nine months with a 7.1 percent drop, including a 20 percent plunge for September, according to Statistical Surveys. EURI can tell you that we have seen this type of industry swing ...

Motor home fire under investigation
Porterville fire officials today continued their investigation of a fire that consumed a motor home over the weekend...

Dennis Anderson: The youngest guns - Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)

Dennis Anderson: The youngest guns
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - 2 hours ago
This week in Alexandria, for instance, space-shuttle-like motor homes EUR some with license plates from states as distant as Florida and Utah EUR are as .
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Thieves stole more than $100,000 from motor homes (Greeley Tribune)
Thieves stole more than $100,000 worth of entertainment equipment from new motor homes Tuesday night, said Margie Martinez, Weld County Undersheriff...

Ford goes fishin' with new motor home chassis
For those not mired in the inner workings of the recreational vehicle industry like myself, this is a big deal as Ford supplies 69% of all gas-powered Class A motor home chassis in the country and 34% of the entire Class A market when ...

Honda, Toyota and Nissan have a record November (Detroit Free Press)
Japanese automakers Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. reported increases in November U.S. sales, pushing all three companies to records for the month...

Ford posts higher Nov. sales (Detroit Free Press)
After 12 months of sales declines, Ford Motor Co. posted this afternoon an increase, albeit a tiny one...

Bomb squad investigates rural Contra Costa motor home
Walnut Creek Police Department's bomb squad has arrived today at 60 Broadway in the unincorporated town of Knightsen in east Contra Costa County to investigate a possible explosive device found in a motor home, sheriff spokesman Jimmy ...



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