We just visited the Newmar factory in Nappanee Indiana on our current trip. The new manufacture workweek is down to 4 days and they are considering going to 3. There have been tons of layoffs.
However, you can't tell it by the crowded conditions at Camp Newmar, the hookup site for warranty work. We were lucky to arrive just as someone was pulling out and they graciously surrendered their space to us. the week we were there tempers flared from time to time as people jockeyed for position at the highly desirable main lot with full hookups. Even the overflow lot with water, power, but no sewage was full.
So Newmar is working overtime with warranty work, but has greatly cut new production. Must be very hard on them, but as a customer I am glad I chose Newmar. Hope they make it through the tough times. I think there is light at the end of the tunnel because RVing is one of the industries that will profit from the graying of America.
