Lance Widens Field

Lance Camper owners seem to be a fairly happy lot with their rigs. Now the company is looking to move into another segment of the RV market: The company has announced it's moving into the travel trailer arena. According to trade digest, RV Business, the new launch is called the 1880 series of travel trailers.

Entering the 18 to 26 foot marketplace, Lance is taking aim at the new wave of lighter RVs. These new trailers will scale in at less than 3,200 pounds, build from fiberglass based on an aluminum frame. Taking a page out of their camper design notebook, the company is using block foam insulation.

Outside the company touts its "no plastic insert" trim style, giving the rig sleekness; inside one-piece solid wood cabinets are said to be, "easy to replace." How many of us have changed the cabinets in our campers lately, or even wanted to? Entry prices are in the mid $16,000 range.

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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.