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PHOENIX, Ariz., April 5, 2010 – Roaming Times, the world’s leading RV review and RV consumer report website for more than 10 years (www.roamingtimes.com), has announced the 3rd annual Roaming Times Green RV Award.

Roaming Times selects Earthbound RV as the 2010 Roaming Times Green RV of the Year.

“The RV industry is reinventing itself and starting to bounce back” – so said Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels about Earthbound RV in 2010.

David B. Hoefer, Earthbound’s VP of sales and marketing said:
“We’re at the cutting edge. Instead of traditional RV-building methods, we’ve turned to experts in other fields, such as automotive and plastics…”

The V-2 Earthbound being produced has already eliminated all wood and wood by-products. “Earthbound has leaped ahead with the use of composites, thermoplastics, and lightweight hybrid structural materials. We’ve been partnering with major international composite suppliers for over 8 years.”

Earthbound trailers are eco-friendly and lightweight. “We have the potential to add 11 million new customers to the towable RV buying market. Our RVs are towable with vehicles that are already parked in many of today’s family driveways.”

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Read about Sutton RV in Eugene Weekly’s article: “Airstreaming -Rebirth of the trailerite”

http://eugeneweekly.com/2010/04/01/coverstory.html

Here is a snippet:

Airstreaming
Rebirth of the trailerite
by Camilla Mortensen

Craigslist after midnight isn’t the best idea for those of us who can be a bit impulsive. You can find everything on that online flea market from cute puppies to rental housing to truly frightening personal ads. Me? I found an Airstream.

One day I’m living in an apartment in downtown Eugene; a couple shots of whiskey on sleepless night and a quick haul with my biodiesel-powered truck later, and all of a sudden I’m parked out in a field somewhere living in a vintage 29-foot 1975 Airstream Ambassador.

Except for those cold mornings when it’s below 50 degrees inside my trailer and I’m hiding under my blankets crossing my freezing fingers that the propane water heater (also vintage) didn’t go out in the middle of the night and I can warm up with a hot shower, it’s pretty awesome. Those less awesome mornings I call it the Air-cicle. Airstreams are solidly built, but not exactly well insulated inside that aluminum shell.

Living in a silver Twinkie makes for interesting conversations and a reliable way of weeding out the wrong guy on a first date. You get one of three reactions when you answer the question of, “So where do you live?” with “In an Airstream trailer.”

First there’s “What’s an Airstream?” which is a sure sign he’s been living under a rock for his whole life, and that’s not good. Then there’s the look of vague horror some guys get, leading me to suspect he’s picturing pink flamingos, Christmas lights up all year and pit bulls (which isn’t far from the truth, really). And then there’s the best reaction, “An Airstream? Cool! I’ve always wanted an Airstream.”

That last reaction is one many of us have: I’ve always wanted an Airstream. Airstreams appeal to hipsters and retirees, kids, teens and those of us who read Tom Robbins and thought it would be cool to live in a vehicle altered to look like a giant roast turkey. New or used, people haul them, live in them, fix them up or sometimes just fixate on them.

Airstream Sales Central

After I got my Airstream, the need for things like sewage hoses and electrical attachment thingies led me to discover that Eugene is something of an Airstream epicenter thanks to Sutton RV. Sutton’s the biggest Airstream dealer on the West Coast, and the second largest Airstream dealer, not only in the nation but in the world, according to sales manager Eric Benson. Yup, that’s right, in the world. Sutton RV is only seven silver bullet-shaped recreational vehicles away from world Airstream domination.

Benson says Sutton RV keeps 50 to 60 shiny new Airstreams on its lot out on West 7th and sells out that inventory each month. Used Airstreams purchased by Sutton or taken in trade, he says, are almost always already spoken for. They rarely make it to the lot before they’re sold. And believe me, Airstreams are selling these days.

“The downturn in the economy brought more people to the Airstream lifestyle,” says Benson.

To read the rest of the article, visit Eugene Weekly.com.

Posted 11-23-2009 on RV Business.com

EverGreen Recreational Vehicles LLC continues to revolutionize the RV industry as the first all-composite, eco-friendly, manufacturer to achieve the TRA Green Certified Emerald Rating for its Ever-Lite travel trailers and fifth-wheels.

The company achieved the rating on Nov. 19 and will be only RV company to introduce its 2011 line of eco-friendly trailers at the 47th Annual National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 1-3, according to a news release.

“We formulated the parameters based on the National Green Building Standard and tailored that standard to the recreational vehicle industry,” said, Mandy Leazenby, green program manager for Elkhart, Ind.-based TRA Certification Inc. ”We must extend solid congratulations to the EverGreen team, as we were positive an RV company would never achieve our Emerald Certified Green Rating. They proved us wrong. No other Emerald Certified Green companies will be at the upcoming RVIA Show. EverGreen is the only RV company to achieve this status.”

The certification was based on the eco-friendly, all composite, wood free outside wall construction with which EverGreen trailers are built, and the fact that all these materials are completely recyclable. The Certified Green Emerald Status was also based on EverGreen’s lean and green manufacturing processes that recycle all waste and even reuse window and wall cutouts as baggage doors on its products.

“Our team was extremely proud to receive this distinction upon the review of our last audit by TRA,” said EverGreen President, Doug Lantz. “It’s the honored verification of a journey we have all traveled together since we all founded EverGreen. Our vision was always towards the future, to become the RV industry’s first truly green company. We are all very proud to achieve this honor.”

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Posted 11/13/09 on RV Business

Editor’s Note: This report by KMTR-TV, Springfield, Ore., describes the demise of what used to be the epicenter of the Northwest’s motorhome business, the retail front, more or less, for area manufacturers Monaco Coach Corp., now Monaco RV LLC, and Country Coach Inc., which is still in business as a factory-direct operation.

The end of an era has come for a stretch along Interstate 5 in Coburg, Ore.

For years it was home to hundreds of RVs for sale, now it’s empty land. It was as familiar a landmark as any in Lane County during its heyday with hundreds of RVs on sale from several retailers like Ingram RV, Paradise RV, RV Coral, Destinations and La Mesa.

One by one they all moved on, bit by the economy. The last one standing was Guaranty RV and now it too has moved leaving the RV mecca along the freeway into a group of vacant lots.

Guaranty is still selling RVs but now it’s doing it from it’s lot in Junction City. Shannon Nill the General Manager for Guaranty RV says it’s about consolidating and becoming more efficient.

Regarding the RV industry in Lane County, Nill says, “It’s still here, Country Coach is still open, Monaco is still open, however we’ve all had to adjust, that’s the main thing the adjustment.”

Nill says people are still interested in buying RVs but it’s harder to get financing for the high-end models. He’s optimistic as the economy improves and expects 2010 to be a better year for sales.

During the consolidation from Coburg to Junction City Nill says he was able to keep all of his employees.

Concerning the economic effect on Coburg, the city says that even though the retailers are gone, it still expects to collect property taxes from the lots, lessening any financial problems for the city.