went to the Atlanta RV show today what a joke

mkirsch wrote:
What doesn't help here is the ego-centric attitude that TCing is the most popular form of RVing, and should be represented equally.

No offense, but this form of RVing is probably the least popular, lowest volume, and by extension least profitable segment of RVing.

Unless you're in a region where TCing is popular, it's not going to be represented at shows. Manufacturers and dealers are going to follow the money. That's how you're supposed to run a business, isn't it?

Local RV dealer here tried to attract the TC crowd. He still has brand new 2012's on the lot he can't give away. There is no TC crowd around here.

After living in Northern British Columbia for a lot of years, I saw this being played out every holiday weekend.

Long streams of various RV,s leaving the towns and small cities going to the mostly non serviced recreational camping areas. A great majority of these RV,s were hard sided TC,s pulling jet boats, quad trailers or utility trailers with car tops boats on them.

The camping spots are mostly in bush areas which are tight and lack services where the roads are a bit rough. It is no surprise that there were virtually no MH,s.

Oh course, almost every family had a truck so TC,s were just part of every day life.

As we travelled down south in the states in later years and observed the huge number of large RV,s especially MH ,TT, and 5r,s in big RV parks,I came to realize that our way of camping "up north" in a TC was not really different than some of the RV,s but was definitely in the minority.

That is the reason, as mkirsch pointed out, why TC,s are not represented at a southern, urban, RV show. It comes down to volume.

If I,m looking for a sled, Florida ain,t the place to go.



Dave