Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×
RV Trip Planning Discussions

Go Back   iRV2 Forums > MOTORHOME FORUMS > MH-General Discussions & Problems
Click Here to Login
Join iRV2 Today

Mission Statement: Supporting thoughtful exchange of knowledge, values and experience among RV enthusiasts.
Reply
  This discussion is proudly sponsored by:
Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about their products on iRV2
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Old 01-13-2013, 12:34 PM   #15
Senior Member
 
Fred and Bonnie's Avatar
 
Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pacific Northwest or SoCal
Posts: 3,035
Send a message via ICQ to Fred and Bonnie
Quote:
Originally Posted by Baddad53 View Post
I hope Quartzsite is good this weekend.
Good luck, in past years it's what wouldn't sell in other locations.

fred
__________________
Fred and Bonnie
2005 Dolphin LX 6375
Abby, Ruffles & Scarlett, "The Cats"
Fred and Bonnie is offline   Reply With Quote
Join the #1 RV Forum Today - It's Totally Free!

iRV2.com RV Community - Are you about to start a new improvement on your RV or need some help with some maintenance? Do you need advice on what products to buy? Or maybe you can give others some advice? No matter where you fit in you'll find that iRV2 is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with other RV owners, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create an RV blog, send private messages and so much, much more!

Old 01-13-2013, 12:59 PM   #16
Senior Member
 
baraff's Avatar
 
Winnebago Owners Club
Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 2,750
The last few years we have gone to RV shows in the Chicago area, more to get out of the house and do something on a cold winter weekend than anything else. They have been very disappointing, mostly low end travel trailers, a few low end class c's and a few token A's. There was a pretty good Roadtrek exhibit though, although class b's are a little too small for us. Again, lots of vendors that had little or nothing to do with RVing.
I think these shows are catering mostly to young families and not so much older and/or retired buyers.
We'll probably go again this year, just to combat the cabin fever.
__________________
Burns & Diane
2005 Winnebago Aspect 26A/2012 Subaru Impreza toad
Illinois! - Where the politicians make the license plates......
baraff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2013, 07:32 PM   #17
Senior Member
 
Clayobx's Avatar
 
Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Willow Lakes RV & Golf Resort, FL
Posts: 3,163
Tampa fl. The best!
__________________
Clay & Pebble
2012 Providence 42 M. Spartan Chassis, 450 ISL
Ford Edge toad, RM All Terrane, TST TPMS, SMI Air Force One, RVM95....
Clayobx is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2013, 08:20 PM   #18
Senior Member
 
tuffr2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Palm Coast Florida
Posts: 12,995
The show in Columbus Oh. was ok. Fleetwood Excursions, Discovery, Providence, Winnebago Tour, Sightseer and a few class C's, lots of trailers, lots of nice 5th wheels.

On the Internet the Indy show should be good if interested in trailers or 5th wheels.
Tom Raper RV will be there so that should improve the show.

I am interested in hearing mire about the Indy show or the Pittsburgh show.
tuffr2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-13-2013, 08:29 PM   #19
Moderator Emeritus
 
DriVer's Avatar
 
Winnebago Owners Club
Workhorse Chassis Owner
Coastal Campers
Carolina Campers
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Conway, SC
Posts: 23,641
Blog Entries: 70
Quote:
Originally Posted by micd View Post
The Denver Progressive RV show was disappointing also. .
There's another one of these shows coming up in New Jersey next weekend I believe.

I hope folks have a good time at that one ....
__________________
03 Adventurer 38G, Workhorse W22
F&R Track Bars, Safety+ , Ultrapower, Taylor Extremes, SGII
TST 507, Blue Ox, SMI, Koni FSD, CrossFire
RV/MH Hall of Fame - Lifetime Member
DriVer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2013, 08:53 AM   #20
Senior Member
 
Playtime III's Avatar
 
Holiday Rambler Owners Club
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Tampa FL
Posts: 679
Here is a link to the rest of GS' scheduled shows:
RV Shows and Camping Shows - Locate a RV Show near you | GS Events
__________________
2006 HR Scepter 42DSQ
Holiday FL
RVIA Certified RV Service Technician
Playtime III is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2013, 09:02 AM   #21
Senior Member
 
topdownman's Avatar


 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 1,489
The show in Louisville last year was very disappointing. Hardly any large Class A's at all and nothing on the floor from Holiday Rambler, Monaco, or Entegra. It seemed to be geared mostly to the lower end RVs.
__________________
Mark Anderson - FMCA 351514 - NRVIA Certified Level 2 Inspector
Louisville, KY
2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH
2006 Jeep Commander
topdownman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2013, 10:01 AM   #22
Senior Member
 
J Birder's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Lake County, IL
Posts: 1,584
After 3 or 4 RV shows, I quit going to them. They were all disappointing. My biggest complaint was that I never seemed to be able to get any kind of an intelligent answer to any but the most basic questions. For example, ask for the current rating of the charger, or if the inverter is true sine wave. The most common answer is "Duh, I don't know." Worse, is when they give you whatever answer they think you want to hear.

Joel
__________________
Retired electronics engineer. Avid paddler & birder.
2011 Silverado 2500HD, diesel, 4x4,crew cab, 8' bed
Palomino Puma 253FBS (27' 5er) & '94 19' Class B
J Birder is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2013, 10:29 AM   #23
Senior Member
 
puttin's Avatar
 
Winnebago Owners Club
Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 2,529
The Pleasanton RV show was pretty good and better than past years since 2008. We were just looking and getting in a good walk around the place. There were lots of towables but a good number of mh's as well. Also picked up some good campground info from the vendors....
puttin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2013, 03:11 PM   #24
Senior Member
 
USMCRET's Avatar
 
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 3,458
Quote:
Originally Posted by Playtime III View Post
Also a Progressive sponsored show, the Washington DC (Dulles Expo) show was disappointing. There use to be two large halls that were within walking distance or you could ride a shuttle. The "North" hall is now a Walmart. So with half the space there were less vendors. CW use to have a large corner of the building-not any more. No RV accessory vendors, just local CG's and home improvement vendors. Only one semiar that keep repeating (State Park). However, same price $10. We were only interested in changes in the A's, CG's and accessories. We were in and out in under an hour on a Friday night. The show's website was hosted by GS (yes, if you read the fine print at the bottom of the site it is Good Sam).
I went saturday and also spent less than an hour. There were two vendors from last year that I specifically wanted to talk to, but neither were there. I won't be going back next year.
__________________
2021 DSDP 4326 Freightliner
2023 Winnebago ERA 70A
2005 KSDP 3910 Spartan
USMCRET is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-14-2013, 07:12 PM   #25
Senior Member
 
Jon Mopar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 596
Yeah, we went to a local RV show last spring. I find they're always less of a "show", more of a "sale", because everyone you talk to is asking you what you currently own, then giving reasons to buy a new one. There were about 150-200 RVs, but basically 98% of them were travel trailers. Mostly smaller ultralights, all either very similar or identical to each other. There were also a few 5th wheels, and the odd park-model, which were nice, but we went mainly to see the motorhomes....which there weren't many of. 1 class A (Jayco), 3 gas Class A (2 Thors, 1 newmar), and 2 diesel pushers (Newmar).

Many of the RVs were left over models, some even 2yrs old. And yes, they locked the "SOLD" ones. The vendors were useless...because I can go anywhere and spend $140 on a patio mat, right? haha

Wasn't exactly worth $10, but was a nice way to spend an afternoon. It was one of those shows that you go to once, but probably not again, because pretty much the same units will probably be there next year. And all those trailers start to look alike after a while.
__________________
36ft Damon Intruder Class A - 37ft National Sea Breeze LX Class A
-Past RVs: 19ft Sportsman, 24ft Jayco, 30ft Coachmen Mirada. We had some good times.
"Im a car guy...you've been warned" lol
Jon Mopar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-17-2013, 07:00 PM   #26
Senior Member
 
TLGPE's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
Posts: 1,052
"Tampa fl. The best!"

Yep, it usually is. I went today. Lots pf people for a Thursday. The exhibits were pretty full (raining outside), and there were many, many new MH and towable units to see.

Probably too late for this year, but plan on it for next year.

Tom
TLGPE is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-17-2013, 07:12 PM   #27
Senior Member
 
no3putt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Pueblo, CO
Posts: 624
Went to Tampa show today, vendors were selling items at same price we could buy on line at lower price and show prices for HM were no lower then what they sell them for on lot. Very dispointed that the show was not represented by manfactures, but large dealers like Lazydays and Camping World.
no3putt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-17-2013, 07:14 PM   #28
Registered User
 
wincrasher's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Greer, SC
Posts: 670
I have a hard time with the idea I should pay to have someone show me their products. If I can't snag a free ticket, there are better ways to spend my time.
wincrasher is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


» Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:13 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.