Category: Press Releases

Newport Pacific Capital Company, Inc., and Modular Lifestyles, Inc. announced that they now offer a unique Off GridPark Model home for use in communities, events and organizations to promote Green living, solar and propane. The revolutionary park model can be used at events and in manufactured home communities so that visitors can walk through it and experience living  Off Grid  for themselves.

alifornia-based Newport Pacific Capital Company, Inc., and Modular Lifestyles, Inc. have just announced that they are offering a unique “Off Grid” Park Model home for use in communities, events and organizations to promote Green living, solar and propane.

To be featured in an upcoming episode of the TV Production, “How It Is Made”, the off-grid/on grid home was the featured attraction at a national convention held by KOA. Steven Lefler, Vice President of Modular Lifestyles, was the host of the home for Cavco Industries at the convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. It will also be a feature news item on local TV stations, to be seen by Las Vegas residents in November.

Mike Sullivan, CEO of Newport Pacific (one of the largest privately owned community management firms in the nation) said, “This revolutionary manufactured house is exactly what the industry needs to change our image, attract new homebuyers and promote affordable green living in our communities. Our California portfolio of communities will benefit greatly from the elimination of the high cost associated with building a typical new Spec model home. The current desire and demand of the public to see Green housing makes this attraction a new solution never seen before in any of our communities.”

Modular Lifestyles has successfully proven its marketing of Green Solar homes over the last several years by attracting large crowds to the annual Ojai Valley Green Home Tour, in which it was a participant. With their homes in Oak Haven, California (a senior community located in Ojai), Modular proved the energy saving performance of their award winning designs numerous times. Additionally, by asking the question, “When have you seen an affordable “Off/On Grid” home?”, Steve Lefler peaked visitor interest to come and see the homes for themselves.

According to Lefler, “Our park model is now available in California for use in Green living events and in manufactured home communities, so that visitors can walk through it and experience living “Off Grid”. We are now taking appointments, and offer a five day rental for events. Imagine all of the locations where this “Off Grid” home could be placed!”

The MSRP for the premium (sewer/septic) packaged unit is $79,900.00 (water, freight and DMV taxes/fees are extra.) Modular Lifestyles offers many different choices of Green materials, as well as solar and wind power options to provide that personalized touch.

About MODULAR LIFESTLYES
Modular Lifestyles Inc., a full service manufactured home dealership established in 1988, is an affiliate of the Newport Pacific Family of Companies based in Irvine, California.

CONTACT
For more information, please contact Steve Lefler, Vice President, at (888) 437-4587 or steve(at)modularlifestyles(dot)com. Visit us on the web at http://www.modularlifestyles.com

New for 2011, the RempRack bike rack allows camping families to transport 5 bicycles securely and compactly within 3 ft of their pickup truck bed.

When towing campers, bicycle transportation is a challenge.  The RempRack introduces both solid mounting and space savings for these families.Placed forward in the pickup truck bed, the RempRack provides a vertical method for bike mounting with a simple hook/hitch attach system; five bikes contained within a small space where they are both firmly secure and visible to the driver – providing ease-of-mind over other methods.When it is not in use, it takes up little space, and allows the truck bed and the cab’s rear window to remain free of obstruction.   Constructed of powder-coated steel and rust-free stainless steel hardware, the RempRack structure generally stays in place for the season, and can be easily removed during the off season.For more information contact your local RV Dealer’s parts department, or visit www.RempRack.com.

FAN-TASTIC: The Love Behind the Vent Imlay City

Michigan-Fan-Tastic Vent President, Penny Milks, is pleased to introduce her book, Fan-Tastic:  The Love Behind the Vent. Following the death of her husband and inventor Steve Milks, Penny reveals a powerful real-life success story.  This rags to riches memoir opens through the eyes of a shy eighteen year old who meets a charming traveling salesman determined to make his mark in history.This intimate glimpse at the life of two people harnessing their unique talents to build one of the most respected companies in the RV industry, makes this book a must read!  Fan-Tastic Vent also celebrates its milestone 25th anniversary this year.

To order your book visit www.fantasticvent.com

For more information contact:

Penny Milks

Fan-Tastic Vent Corporation

2083 S. Almont Avenue

Imlay City, MI

www.fantasticvent.com

Plasti-Mend Black is a new brush-on ABS plastic resin compound that melts into and bonds with the original plastic, leaving a new layer of plastic bonded over the repaired area. It can be used on cracks or holes of any size.

One of the most dreaded things for an RVer is seeing a holding tank leaking.

Now, there is an effective and economical permanant repair for ABS Holding Tanks. Instead of $150-$300 for a new tank and that much or more for installation, you can repair it with the Plasti-Mend Black Repair Kit for less than $40 in most cases or have your service center do it for a fraction of the cost of tank replacement.

Plasti-Mend Black is a simple brush-on repair that makes the repaired item stronger than original.

Plasti-Mend manufactures a number of products for the repair of ABS plastic items such as tanks, holding tanks, shower pans and sinks, AC shrouds, etc., that are normally used in RV and Marine as well as other applications.

Plasti-Mend Black can also be used to repair motorcycle and auto parts made of ABS plastic.

For more information go to http://www.plasti-mend.com

Stable-Lift offers the safest and only electric truck camper jack and tie down combination at http://www.stablelift.com

Engineered for safety!  Stable-Lift is an electric truck camper jack lifting and tie down combination that replaces the regular corner jacks and all other tie down systems on slide-in pickup campers.

Safe and Quick load, unload and tie down of slide-in pickup camper models such as Lance, Fleetwood, S&S, Host, Okanagan, Northern Lite, Alaskan and many more.

Solidly built, and intuitively designed, the Stable-lift safely & quickly allows you to load and unload your truck camper from your truck by using the three switch control panel that is located on the drivers side of the lift.  Literally 3-5 minutes load and unload time, allowing you to free up your truck.  Using these switches you can also level the camper front to back and side to side.  The Stable-Lift is made out of steel and will span most un-level ground.  With the Stable-Lift you will not need additional tie-downs, turnbuckles, blocking or saw horses.

There are Stable-Lift models for nearly every pick-up truck configuration, including the 2 Jack, 3 Jack & Dual Wheel system.

The Stable-Lift is powder coated for durability.  Standard colors are black and white with other colors available.

Stable-Lift was invented in Alaska and then moved to the northwest corner of Montana, known as Big Sky Country.  Stable-Lift has been in the business of making your life Safer and More Convenient for the last 13 years and works very hard to make sure that the Quality of its Equipment is First Rate as well as continued excellent customer service!  For more information please contact us at:

Stable-Lift Corp.

3454 Hwy 93 S.

Kalispell, MT 59901

1-800-587-4852

mail@stablelift.com

http://www.stablelift.com

Recent statistics show nearly two thirds of RVs exceed one or more of their load ratings and excess weight is one of the leading causes of RV accidents. This can affect your licensing, insurance and make RVers more likely to be stopped by police. Even a slight overload or unequal weight distribution can seriously restrict braking and steering, dramatically increase fuel consumption, and cause sudden blowouts or breakdowns. An overweight RV is also in danger of creating early failure in your rig’s tires, brakes, wheels, drive train and other components. In addition, late model RVs are getting heavier with all the new amenities including multiple slides and larger fluid tanks; fresh, grey and black water. Full tanks can easily add between 1,000-2,000 pounds (450-900 Kg)! Imagine all that fluid sloshing about as you go down the road.
One way to put your RV on a diet is to make sure that you carry minimal water in your tanks, only carry items that you need and always store heavy items lower in the storage and close to the axles.
Most commercial campgrounds have sewer hookups where you can dump your tanks before you leave for home, but that is not always the case if you camp at forest service sites, Provincial parks or just boon docking on crown lands or in wilderness. The challenge has always been finding the closest place to empty your tanks before you embark on the long road home.

Founder John Clarke and his partner KC Chavda have faced these issues numerous times as they crisscrossed Canada and US and decided to do something about it. They have been busy creating a free web site for RVers to locate the nearest RV dumping station. With over 11,000 sites and growing at 37% per year, making it the largest known database of dumping stations, chances are you bound to find one close by according to KC. Their overarching goal is to point you to a RV dump station within 10 miles of you location.

Every month over 10,000 visitors come to www.sanidumps.com to use our database of RV dump stations says John Clarke.

According to Chris Clarke, customer service, The entire site is designed to make it simple to use. Just select the Country, State or Province and scroll down to the nearest city/town and you will get a list of RV dump stations, driving directions, a map, GPS coordinates (when available) and other details like fees and dates open. You can then print your customized listing and take it with you.
The site depends on fellow RVers to provide updates and add new sites by simply filling out an online form or calling Chris and her team will do the rest. We add and or update several thousand sites every quarter according to Chris.

Remember a lighter RV not only keeps you legal and safe but it can also save you as much as 10-15% on your fuel bill and that is good for the environment as well as your wallet with todays fuel prices says KC.

If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with KC Chavda, please call Chris Clarke at 250-454-6585 or e-mail KC at kc@sanidumps.com

Zip Dee awnings have long been recognized by their classic silver hardware and bright red logo. While most other awnings look alike, you can spot a Zip Dee from across the RV Park. For over 40 years Zip Dee awnings have been made in Elk Grove Village, a suburb of Chicago. They have been hand crafted out of high quality steel and aluminum and have always had that trademark metal finish. Until now.

As the RV industry changes, so goes the awning industry. For the first time in their 40 plus year history, Awnings By Zip Dee is offering metal hardware in a variety of colors. The bright and satin finished metal hardware will still be available but the changing times have dictated that two choices are just not enough.

We are looking to get into new markets. Says the national sales manager Kent Silbert. There just is not a whole lot of room for awnings that are silver where we want to go. The paint-jobs on Class A motorhomes have become so extravagant that we needed to offer different colors to keep the design teams happy. For the most part the Class A market seems to lean toward the black awnings.

This summer Foretravel, Dynamax, and Featherlite all started offering Zip Dee awning packages with black hardware and they are not the only ones.

The high end luxury coach market that has long been championed by Awnings by Zip Dee is losing ground to the sheer volume of the Class C and towable markets. Ehrhardts Trailer Sales of Des Plaines, Il recently sold a Nomad trailer equipped with the first white Zip Dee patio awning.

The vehicles in these markets are mostly white so it makes sense that the awnings are white as well remarked VP Ron Mullins, when asked about the need for colored awnings. Whichever color the different RV markets favor down the road we will be well equipped to handle the change in demand.

For information: www.zipdeeinc.com
Or
jmullins@zipdeeinc.com
800-338-2378