RE: The Future of Motor Homes
Even if fuel does settle down, the damage is done. It has scared new buyers who will not want to get caught up in it when it happens again. I don't know if they know what is going to happen. Time will tell and the strong will survive which is there main concern right now. There is no quick fix for this industry.
RE: Is there a market for used RV tires?
People sell used tires on eBay all the time. They sell for good money. I don't know how you would ship a large tire.
Much less take them home either!
RE: Our newly dyed carpet..
Answer to some questions above: He used the pwd. no spec. measure depends on bottle sz. no website this was our own idea, we got millions of em...LOL at least Mrs.2SAM does, some go on his honey do list..the orig. color was a nice med. blue,(faded in spots where sun hit to gray) bought our Georgie Boy Cruise Master new in 2000, so it is 8 yrs. old, we like to keep our "stuff" like new so had full body paint done about a yr. ago, can't keep a shine on Gelcoat, only thing not looking new inside was carpet...no more!!!( our color on box was royal blue)
Is it Pet Safe?
RE: Tiffin Lay offs. From the Birmingham News.
Tiffin must be a strong company to only be laying off 12% of their work force.
This is there 2nd round of them. They are in trouble too, if not more than the real big boys of Monaco and Fleetwood. I hope they can hold on as I do respect there product, but there are a small company and will feel it a lot more.
Tiffin Lay offs. From the Birmingham News.
Alabama-based Tiffin RV dealer plans layoffs
Saturday, June 28, 2008
ROY L. WILLIAMS
News staff writer
Alabama-based Tiffin Motor Homes Inc., a major player in an industry that has been battered by rising gasoline prices, has told state officials it plans to lay off nearly 100 workers.
General Manager Tim Tiffin on Friday confirmed a filing Tiffin Motor Homes made with the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs that said the company plans to reduce its work force by 99 positions.
"It's been a rough six months," he said of the company founded over three decades ago by his father, Van, in Red Bay, 45 miles south of Florence
Tiffin Motor Homes has 800 employees, Tim Tiffin said.
"We've had to make some adjustments," he said, declining to comment further on the issue.
Tiffin Motor Homes is best known for its Allegro and Allegro Bay brand of recreational vehicles, which are sold at motor home dealerships across the country.
Tiffin's planned layoffs come at a time when soaring gasoline prices have caused sales of gas-guzzling RVs to plunge. Gasoline prices have risen 27 percent over the past year, averaging nearly $4.07 a gallon nationally Friday vs. $2.98 a year ago, according to AAA.
Earlier this week, industry leader Winnebago Industries Inc. of Forest City, Iowa, reported that its revenues fell nearly 40 percent and net income plunged 73 percent in its most recent quarter.
Burton Campers Sales Manager Mickey Price, which sells and services RVs in Calera, said his company has flourished because it deals mostly in small trailers and campers that drivers can hitch on the back of their truck or SUV.
"Our motor home sales are off a little bit, but over the last six months our sales are up 27 percent over last year as people turn to the smaller models," he said.
Jan Giangrosso of Cruise America in Gardendale, which rents large RVs, said her company's business has dropped in recent months as gasoline approached 4 dollars a gallon.
"Rentals are a little slow for both RVs and our Penske trucks," she said. "It's all gas-driven. That wasn't a concern back in 1994 when we opened and gas was so much cheaper."
Price of Burton Campers, founded in 1972 by Clayton Burton, said the RV industry will survive. Certain segments will continue to shell out big bucks for the luxury of RVs, which range from $11,000 to $40,000 on his company's lot.
"For many people, camping is a way of life," he said. "They may not go as far or stay as long, but people wanting to save money from hotels or enjoy nature will always buy RVs."
RE: Does Drafting Semi Trucks work?
You can get effect from a truck at 50 feet back. Not the most but anytime you have less wind to push you will do better.
RE: Sleep number bed install in Class A
We would rather sleep in the M/H, sleep number bed, than our bed in the house....next bed for the house will be a sleep number bed...Good luck in the change it really does not look like a very big job to make the change...anything for a great night sleep
Good luck
Bill
I know, I have had one at home for over 4 years now. There great!
RE: Stopping the 'source' of unwanted pets, is the solution
... What it does is give people who just "don't care" or "don't wanna" get their dogs fixed, a reason to do so.
Or, just maybe, it gives someone a reason not to license their dogs.
Or a reason not to go to the Vet for annual shots or health care on the fear of being turned in and it will also create a network of underground breeders which will just compound the problem.
RE: Sleep number bed install in Class A
Have had one in our home for over 12 years now and LOVE IT!!!!
We put one in the MH and it took less than 45 minutes to completely set it up! It is a little "different" than the home unit, one thing is that the home unit is a HUGE KING SIZE bed so there is a lot of room to roll around. The short queen is NOT a very comfortable "size" bed whether Select Comfort or standard mattress! However, the Select Comfort IS 1000% better than the matress we replaced!!!!!
Did you just drill a hole to run the tubes thru?
And the electrical cord?
RE: Sleep number bed install in Class A
for about $1000.00 at camperworld they are sleep number, but set up for changing altitudes.very important else they pop!
Is this something new? That has always been a warning in their manual (at least in mine) which says to lower the number before cruising to high altitudes.
Of course, they don't say how much to deflate it, and they don't define "high altitude." Around here, 1,000 feet is a tall mountain, while someone in the Rockies would scoff at that and barely consider it a hill worth mentioning.
My understanding of the RV model is that it is the basic 4000 model (almost bottom of the line) with longer hoses, and is available in either queen or short queen sizes. No more, no less. But then again, I'm no expert.
To the OP: what model do you have at home, that you love it so much? I'm guessing it's a higher end model? I have the RV model and I don't love it. Are we just different in what we like, or do you have a much nicer version at home?
Don't really remember the model # but yes it is in the top end as it is a pillow top. We have had it for about 4 years now and it's great.
Sleep number bed install in Class A
I have one of these at home and we love it so it's time to do the RV. Has anyone put one in there class A and was it easy to do.
Thanks
