Canada Truck Camper Builder Fills US Void

Yakima, Washington -- A Canadian truck camper manufacturer says it's rolling campers off the line at a fast clip, but not in Canada--down south in the U.S.

You may associate this desert town with the now defunct Western Recreational Vehicles company, which built the Western RV line of campers and Alpenlite fifth wheels. Earlier this year the company folded up shop, leaving a lot of manufacturing employees on the unemployment line. But now some of that void has been filled as Adventurer RV has stepped in and hired some of those idled workers.

According to the local CBS television affiliate, KIMA TV, Adventurer could be rolling up to 10 campers off the assembly line per week for the next several months. As other manufacturers are giving up the ghost, Adventurer is picking up the slack. Sixteen former Western RV employees are now on the line, and the company is looking to hire 10 more workers over the next couple of months.