Category Archives: RV Safety

Trailer Beacon Light Sheds Light on RVs

Posted on May 17, 2012 by admin

Oregon City, Oregon-based transportation service provider NWCR Inc. recently announced the launch of a new product for the RV world: Trailer Beacon Light. This device allows RVers to illuminate the outside of their travel trailers without the necessity of a … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Things Everyone Should Know about Ticks…And Stay Disease-Free

Posted on May 17, 2012 by admin

Blacklegged ticks (also known as Deer ticks) take two years to complete their life cycle and are found predominately in deciduous forest. Their distribution relies greatly on the distribution of its reproductive host, white-tailed deer. Both nymph and adult stages … Continue reading →

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Top 10 things RVers Should Know about Ticks

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin

There ARE more ticks in more places than ever before. Tick encounter rates are soaring, and experts are predicting 2012 to be one of the worst years for Lyme disease transmission due to higher than normal deer tick infection rates. … Continue reading →

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Ford’s RV Training Center to Evaluate Refrigerators

Posted on May 5, 2012 by admin

Ford’s RV Training Center, also the headquarters of the RV Referral Network (RVRN), has invited all RV refrigerator manufacturers to participate in an independent, side-by-side RV refrigerator evaluation. Atwood Mobile Products LLC and Dometic Corp. will participate in the evaluation … Continue reading →

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Propane Explosion in Campground

Posted on May 4, 2012 by admin

Stephanie Stanton sat with tears in her eyes as Assistant Rescue Department Chief Jason Cole recounted the incident where her godmother from Missouri was severely injured in a propane tank explosion that destroyed the family camper at the Salmon Falls … Continue reading →

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April RV Manufacturer Recalls

Posted on May 1, 2012 by admin

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has recently announced recall notices involving four recreational vehicle manufacturers— Featherlite, Inc., Spartan Chassis, Inc., Winnebago Industries Inc., and Motor Coach Industries Inc. (MCI). Featherlite, Inc. Cresco, Iowa-based Featherlite, Inc. is recalling five model … Continue reading →

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Charges Laid in Death of Alberta RVers

Posted on April 24, 2012 by admin

The RCMP has charged Travis Vader, 40, with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann. Vader had been identified for some time by authorities as a suspect in the disappearance, but had yet to … Continue reading →

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: April 6

Posted on April 6, 2012 by admin

Since I like things to come in fives (and tens), here are five things YOU need to know TODAY! 1. Expanded Campground near Prescott Reopens City of Prescott officials are reopening the campground at Watson Lake following the addition of … Continue reading →

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Lippert Introduces Tire Linc for RV Safety

Posted on April 6, 2012 by admin

Goshen, Indiana-based Lippert Components, Inc. announces it has enhanced conventional automotive tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) with the new Tire Linc for recreational vehicle safety. Tire Linc is re-engineered specifically for informing RVers on their tire status. Tire failure and … Continue reading →

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More March RV Manufacturer Recalls

Posted on April 4, 2012 by admin

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has recently announced recall notices involving three recreational vehicle manufacturers— Peterson Industries, Coachmen RV Company, Cruiser RV, and Gulf Stream Coach. Peterson Industries, Inc. Smith Center, Kansas-based Peterson Industries, Inc. is recalling 16 model … Continue reading →

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