Forest River buys Coachmen's RV business
November 21st, 2008
Coachmen is selling its recreational vehicle business to Forest River.
The particulars of the deal are not yet available, but the sale has been reported in the Wall Street Journal today.
Coachmen CEO Richard Lavers laments that this is “the worst economic crisis our country has endured in our lifetimes.:”
Housing sales at Coachmen are only off 4 percent, but sales of RV’s have fallen more than 50 percent.
Forest River is owned by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway.


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December 6, 2008
WHERE DO I START.I BOUGHT A 2004 COACHMAN RENDEVOUS AT THE SHOW IN TAMPA FLORIDA IN 2003.GOOD LOOKING UNIT THAT HAD ALL WE WANTED IN AN RV,AND A LOT OF THINGS WE DIDNT.DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW LEAKED SO BAD THE REARVIEW MIRROR IS NOW HELD ON BY ONLY THE FIBERGLASS.THE LEFT SIDE OF THE UNIT DELAMINATED FRONT TO REAR.REGISTER RV IN BROOKSVILLE FLORIDA HAD IT 6 WEEKS AND REPLACED ONLY THE REAR 1/4 FROM THE SLIDE BACK.CRAPPY JOB CUT THE SIDE AND WHEN REINSTALLED LEFT A CRACK AND UNMATCHED PAINT AT THE SEAM.THE SHOWER LEAKED SO BAD I HAD TO REMOVE THE CARPET FROM THE DINING AREA THAT WAS FULL OF MOLD AMD MILDEW.I REMOVED THE WALL BETWEEN THE SHOWER AND DINETTE TO FIND THE LEAK UNDER THE SHOWER AND HAD TO THROW THE PANELING AWAY FULL OF MILDEW.THE LEAK HAS CAUSED A BOW IN THE KITCHEN FLOOR THAT IS OUT OF THIS WORLD.STEP ON IT AND ITS LIKE BEING ON A DIVING BOARD.REGISTER ALSO HAD TO REMOVE THE CARPET WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT IT TO REMOVE ALL OF THE WOOD CHIPS AND STAPLES THAT WHERE STICKING THRU THE CARPET.OF COURSE ALL OF THE WARRANTIES ARE LONG GONE AND I AM LEFT ON MY OWN TO FIX EVERYTHING.THE CRUISE CONTROL HAS NEVER WORKED,REGISTER SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG,UNIT HAS A VIBRATION AT 55 MPH WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A DRIVESHAFT ISSUE AND REGISTER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG.TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY THE SIDE THEY REPLACED IS DELAMINATING.I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND A COACHMAN TO ANYONE.IF THERE IS A LAWSUIT COMING COUNT ME IN.135,000.00 FOR A PIECE OF JUNK