New TS Service Facility

[slabman]

WOW! Here is an article from "RVNews" covering Ronnie and Bishops new venture. Sounds like it's going over big time and we need to get our bookings in early lest we be left out in the cold.


BREAKING NEWS
Travel Supreme Workers Open Service Shop
Bob Ashley
RV Business
Monday, April 21, 2008

Three former Travel Supreme Inc. employees have opened a service and upgrade shop in Elkhart, Ind., initially to perform work on coaches built by the defunct Wakarusa, Ind., high-end RV manufacturer.

"I'm the busiest unemployed service manager you know,"� said Bishop Christensen, president of Supreme RV Service Inc., and a former Travel Supreme group leader who opened the shop April 14 with partners Ronnie Miller and Joshua Northam.

The first week, 35 Travel Supreme owners had made appointments for service or to have upgrades added. "Within the next week, we'll be booked for the summer,"� said Christensen, who said that the company already plans to hire other former Travel Supreme employees as the need arises and if they are available.

The trio worked for Travel Supreme for four to seven years and had been laid off by the high-end fifth-wheel and motorhome manufacturer, which closed down earlier this month. Its assets were purchased by Jayco Inc., Middlebury, Ind., which is opening a new high-end division at the former Travel Supreme facilities on Indiana 19 in Wakarusa, a small town in southern Elkhart County.

Before Travel Supreme went out of business in a soft market, Christensen already had been making plans to open an RV service center in Louisville, Ky.

"We had been talking about this for several years,"� said Miller, vice president and service manager. "The events at Travel Supreme accelerated that process."�

Supreme RV Service is located on Elkhart's north side in a 10,000-square-foot service center with 2 1/2 acres of storage space and another lot with hookups for up to eight RVs being serviced. Several van conversion companies previously occupied the factory.

"As group leaders, we've developed a pretty close relationship with Travel Supreme customers,"� Christensen said. "Right now, those are the only people we are approaching, but we are going to reach out to the different high-line owners, people who own Country Coach, Newell and other Prevost conversions.

"Being in Elkhart helps us, because we all the vendors are here and we can keep parts costs down."�

[slabman]

WOW! Here is an article from "RVNews" covering Ronnie and Bishops new venture. Sounds like it's going over big time and we need to get our bookings in early lest we be left out in the cold.


BREAKING NEWS
Travel Supreme Workers Open Service Shop
Bob Ashley
RV Business
Monday, April 21, 2008

Three former Travel Supreme Inc. employees have opened a service and upgrade shop in Elkhart, Ind., initially to perform work on coaches built by the defunct Wakarusa, Ind., high-end RV manufacturer.

"I'm the busiest unemployed service manager you know,"� said Bishop Christensen, president of Supreme RV Service Inc., and a former Travel Supreme group leader who opened the shop April 14 with partners Ronnie Miller and Joshua Northam.

The first week, 35 Travel Supreme owners had made appointments for service or to have upgrades added. "Within the next week, we'll be booked for the summer,"� said Christensen, who said that the company already plans to hire other former Travel Supreme employees as the need arises and if they are available.

The trio worked for Travel Supreme for four to seven years and had been laid off by the high-end fifth-wheel and motorhome manufacturer, which closed down earlier this month. Its assets were purchased by Jayco Inc., Middlebury, Ind., which is opening a new high-end division at the former Travel Supreme facilities on Indiana 19 in Wakarusa, a small town in southern Elkhart County.

Before Travel Supreme went out of business in a soft market, Christensen already had been making plans to open an RV service center in Louisville, Ky.

"We had been talking about this for several years,"� said Miller, vice president and service manager. "The events at Travel Supreme accelerated that process."�

Supreme RV Service is located on Elkhart's north side in a 10,000-square-foot service center with 2 1/2 acres of storage space and another lot with hookups for up to eight RVs being serviced. Several van conversion companies previously occupied the factory.

"As group leaders, we've developed a pretty close relationship with Travel Supreme customers,"� Christensen said. "Right now, those are the only people we are approaching, but we are going to reach out to the different high-line owners, people who own Country Coach, Newell and other Prevost conversions.

"Being in Elkhart helps us, because we all the vendors are here and we can keep parts costs down."�

[Jetjam]

Ronnie posted on another forum that the author got a bit carried away when he said they will shortly be booked up for the summer. He says they have plenty of service appointments available all summer long.