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bighatnohorse
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Jul 14, 2014

Tacoma Dome RV parking lot sale - truck campers?

Tacoma, Washington. July 24 - 27
Has anyone attended the parking lot sale at the Tacoma Dome?
Did they have any truck campers?

The parking lot sale is this week and runs four days.
I'm hoping to see a few campers and maybe score some discount coupons from Torklift.
  • THe T-dome "parking lot sale" is generally just one dealer.... they haul a bunch of their new and used inventory over there.

    It's a "sale" more than a typical RV show like would occur "inside" the dome.
    I've never seen Truck Campers at the parking lot sale.
  • Note that I said larger fifth wheels and class As and I wasn't talking about whether they should stock them or not. I've seen the reaction of the salesman when both TCs and larger rvs are on the lot. Obviously, I was specifically looking for a TC, and they had some on the lot.
  • Because they cost a lot less? I doubt it.

    Most RV dealers sell dozens of the small popups and single-axle hard sides a year, and those are all in the <$10,000 range.

    It's about moving a lot of product. Unless you are an RV dealer that specializes on the truck campers, you don't move very many of them and they tend to sit on the lot.
  • The shows I've been to seem to vary due to who are the vendors even though there are lots of TCs in the area. Also, some dealers are strongly adverse to TCs even if they happen to have one on the lot. I'm sure it's because they cost a lot less than the larger and mostly more expensive fifth wheels and class As.
  • Found the following

    " Additional Information
    Presented by Paul Evert's RV Country"

    I would say, no
  • I haven't been to the Tacoma Dome show but all the shows they have in Seattle always have a good number of TC present. I think they're very popular in this area.
  • In the past Apache Camping has been there. Not sure who is there now.

    http://www.apachecamping.com/