Diesel Pushers Mtce Rally - Holiday Rambler 419 Club

April 28 to May 5/16   Weather was pretty much the worst we have had in 5 years of being on the road.  6 out of 7 days were cold, rainy, damp, cloudy, wet, muddy, not fit for a duck actually.  1 day sunny and lovely.  The Elkhart 4H Fairgrounds is a perfect spot for this Rally due to the location.  It is central to all the RV vendors and manufactures.

BUT; and that's a big but, the inclement weather really didn't matter.  We spent hours at technical seminars that were full of excellent information.  Cummins Diesel Engines, Allison Transmissions, Atwood Furnace and Hot Water Heaters, Norcold Refrigerator, Stone Vos Toppers and Awnings, Convection/Microwave Oven, Coach Exterior,  and we sat in on similar to us Coaches Roundtable Discussions.   To make it even better we had 3 maintenance procedures/parts performed right at our campsite by competent RV industry vendors.  For example Cummins came right to our campsite to complete an Oil Change and filters.   How convenient is that?

There were 224 coaches at the Holiday Rambler 419 Mtce Rally of which 64 were sister coaches.  A sister coach is Monaco, Fleetwood, Beaver, American Coach, and Safari.  All brand names of their own at one time and in the tough times each were bought out by a succession of companies.  The current parent company is REV RV Group in Decatur, Indiana.  

Everyday breakfast and lunch was provided, a couple of night socials with appetizers, an ice cream social and a closing dinner.  All sponsored by The REV RV or vendors.  There were also new and used coaches for viewing and for sale.  Some local manufacturing plant tours were also available of which we took a free bus ride to REV to see the 2017 Motorhomes being built.  

We met some reputable vendors that we will be able to use in the future for all maintenance.  This will be beneficial to us as it's not easy to find competent and experienced RV shops that are logistically within a day's drive for us.

Best of all the Holiday Rambler Club was so friendly.  Everyone went out of their way to make us feel included.  We were so impressed.  Our 2017 registration is already filled out and ready to send off.  Until next year........  Thankyou HR Club.