by Howard J. Elmer | May 27, 2025 | Product Reviews
General Coach Canada has been in the trailer building business since 1950. They started building the “Beaver,” a 16-ft travel trailer, in their factory near Hensall, Ontario. According to their website, the company has taken on modular home construction,...
by Howard J. Elmer | May 21, 2025 | Product Reviews
Truck Campers are the smallest segment in the RV world. That’s mainly because they have a particular use. First, because they piggyback on a pickup truck (often one with 4WD), they let the owner get off the beaten path. Second, with the RV on the truck, towing a...
by Howard J. Elmer | Apr 21, 2025 | Product Reviews
The Outback trailer draws on the DNA of earlier Canadian fibreglass trailers that employed the clam-shell construction method. Like the old Trillium and Boler trailers, the advantage was a watertight exterior that also served as the load-bearing walls of the unit. Not...
by Howard J. Elmer | Apr 15, 2025 | RV, RV Living
The epicentre of RV manufacturing takes place in Elkhart, Indiana. So, most of the trailers you see on Canadian dealer lots started life in that state, but not all of them. The Canadian RV industry is smaller but somewhat more specialized. The following list is a...
by Howard J. Elmer | Mar 7, 2025 | Product Reviews
For many of us, the love of camping started early in life, often in a tent. Later, as desire, money and time allowed, we would move into pop-ups, travel trailers, and motorized RVs, each type tailored to our situations as life changed and our wanderlust grew. It...
