RVBusiness, March/April 2020
TOPof theNews Sales from page 6 units The lower end of the range based on a conservative forecast 25 probability sets the annual total at 359600 In fact 2020 already is off to a good start as RVIA reported January wholesale shipments of 33000 units were up 29 over January 2019 Towable retail registrations edged down 6 for 2019 with THOR Industries Inc being the towable sales leader for the full year with a 445 share of the market ahead of Forest River Inc owning a 371 share and Grand Design RV Co 75 According to the latest SSI report results by category showed Travel trailer sales slipped 56 for the 12 months THOR was No 1 in travel trailers for the year with a 443 market share followed by Forest River 394 Fifth wheel registrations were down 75 through December THOR led fifthwheel sales with a 502 market share followed by Forest River 264 and Grand Design 16 Folding camping trailer sales declined 85 for the 12 months Forest River led the category for the year with a 735 market share while Columbia Northwest Aliner Inc garnered a 122 share and THOR owned a 5 share Park model RV sales rose 75 for the full year Skyline Champion led the park model segment in 2019 with a 331 market share followed by Kropf Industries Inc 18 and Cavco Industries Inc 162 Overall retail sales in the motorized segment declined 117 for 2019 Also according to SSI Class A motorhome sales were down 122 as THOR led the segment with a 334 market share Tiffin Motorhomes Inc held the No 2 spot with 155 Forest River had 148 REV Recreation Group 128 Newmar Corp 116 and Winnebago Industries Inc 113 Class C sales fell 135 with THOR owning a 463 market share to lead the category Forest River 269 was No 2 followed by Winnebago 133 Class B motorhome sales increased 52 in 2019 with Winnebago having led the category owning a 447 market share while Erwin Hymer N A captured a 20 share and Forest River garnered 11 of the market RVB 16 RVBusiness M A R C H A P R I L 2 0 2 0 The Travel Lite RV production floor Travel Lite RV Up And Running Once Again Production is back underway at Travel Lite RV in Syracuse Ind We started full blown production on Jan 27 CEO Dustin Johns told RVBusiness Technically we have been finishing and building coaches for a little while now for about a month and a half but it wasnt a full blown bringing units in the back and starting topush them out the front type of thing So its a great feeling Johns said 35 production workers are working on two lines at the companys Syracuse facility building truck campers and travel trailers He expects that number to increase on a weekly basis The Syracuse site is Travel Lites sole facility at this point after the firm recently vacated its original New Paris plant RVB
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