Hello Everybody,

We returned from one cold weather camping trip a couple weeks ago and are heading to Louisville, Ky. for another cold weather RV trip. We are attending the annual National RV Trade Show where we get an insider's look at what's happening in the RV industry, and what to expect for 2018. We we get back home I will winterize the RV and put it in short term storage for a couple months.

Its hard to believe 2017 is almost over. It went fast and now it's time to plan for 2018. Our goal, as a business in 2018 is to get all of our current RV training videos updated. We have worked on instant video download technology for almost a decade in anticipation of DVDs going by the wayside, and we are looking into some video streaming technology where we can include text as well as videos in one training program. We are looking forward to offering some of these new online RV training courses by the time most folks take their RVs out of storage for the 2018 camping season.

Have a happy holiday season and we will see you right back here in January 2018.

 

Until then enjoy our monthly newsletter, and if you have family or friends who like RVs and the RV lifestyle share with them. Happy Camping in 2017.

Mark

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Mark with his two favorite restoration projects, a 1971 Dodge Power Wagon and a 1967 Yellowstone Cavalier travel trailer

In 1945, Elmer Weaver organized the  Yellowstone Coach Co . in Wakarusa Indiana just outside of Elkhart. After World War II travel trailer production quickly grew in the Elkhart Indiana area and by the onset of the next decade there were over 35 companies manufacturing trailers in the Elkhart area alone. By 1950, Elkhart was tagged by many as the trailer capital of the world.

Yellowstone trailers were popular during the time and were said to be exceptionally well built, but a little on the heavy side. It was also said Yellowstone travel trailers were the choice for traveling carnival employees.

Here are some interesting facts about our Yellowstone project trailer. It is a 1967 Cavalier model. From tongue to bumper it measures 16 feet long, and based on some old advertisements I found it weighed in at just under 2,500 pounds, with a hitch weight of 245 pounds. The interior height is 6 feet 2 inches tall and the overall width is 7 feet. 

The standard measurement for a travel trailer in the RV industry is from the front of the tongue to the rear bumper. This means a 16 foot trailer will have approximately 13 feet of usable living space. Not much room based on today's standard, but back in the day that was a pretty nice amount of space for a camping trip. Old Yellowstone advertisements I ran across stated  that "a well-balanced 13-footer is 6'6" wide, sleeps 4 to 6 or 4 to 8 very comfortably in your choice of floor plan." I hope those 8 people get along really well with each other, especially when it's raining outside.

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