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A recreational vehicle, often abbreviated as RV, is a motor vehicle or trailer that includes living quarters designed for accommodation. [1] Types of RVs include motorhomes, campervans, coaches, caravans (also known as travel trailers and campers), fifth-wheel trailers, popup campers, and truck campers. Typical amenities of an RV include a ...
A 1966 Shasta travel trailer at a vintage camper trailer rally in Gillette, Wyoming. Shasta Loflyte trailer, built in 1971, currently located at Lost Valley Educational Center. The "wings" on the rear sides were a visible identifier from 1958 and beyond. The name was sold to Coachmen Industries. Coachmen marketed Shasta branded travel trailers ...
Forest River, Inc. was founded in 1996 by Peter Liegl [2] after purchasing certain assets of Cobra Industries, [3] where CEO Peter Liegl worked from 1985 to 1993. The company started by manufacturing tent campers, travel trailers, fifth wheels, and park models under the model lines Salem, Sierra, Sandpiper, Wildwood, Rockwood, Flagstaff, Summit, and Quailridge.
The company was founded by Forest City, Iowa businessman John K. Hanson in February 1958. At the time, the town, located in Winnebago County, Iowa, was undergoing an economic downturn, so Hanson and a group of community leaders convinced a California firm, Modernistic Industries, to open a travel trailer factory in a bid to revive the local economy.
Heartland RVs. Elkhart, Indiana. Howe, Indiana + Sturgis, Michigan. Heartland RVs is an American manufacturer of recreational vehicles located in Elkhart, Indiana. Founded by former Damon Corp. CEO Brian Brady in 2003, it was purchased and became a subsidiary of Thor Industries in 2010.
It was the first of the now familiar sausage-shaped, silver aluminum Airstream trailers. In 1936, the first Airstream was introduced. It sold for $1,200 and was able to house four people with electric lights and a water supply. [3] Of more than 400 travel trailer builders operating in 1936, Airstream was the sole survivor of the Depression. [4]
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Fleetwood RV's origins date back to 1950, when John C. Crean formed Coach Specialties Company in southern California, as a maker of window blinds for travel trailers. [2] Around 1953, Crean renamed the company to Fleetwood Trailer Company, a name inspired by the automotive bodies incorporated into various Cadillac lines of automobiles . [ 2 ]