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www.rvs-r-us.com__________Find New RV Dealer Cost, Invoice Price And Wholesale Values Here __________ NewRV Buyer Consulting "Your First And Only IndependantResource For New And Preowned RV Blue Book Pricing, Appraisal and Value Reports" Since 1998 "What's It Worth? Find Out Here!" rvs-r-us.com "RV Dealers Want YouTo Pay Too Much For Your New RV" Revolutionary DiscoveryReveals Dealer Cost For Class A Motor Homes, Travel Trailers, Fifth Wheels, Class C And B Motor Homes, Popups,.... Literally All New RVs Dear New RV Buyers, Want to know dealer cost for a New RV so you can control how you buy it? Want to feel comfortable about the deal you have going with an RV Dealer? Tap into my 23 years experience selling RVs and Campers to help you get the best price possible on your next RV purchase. New RVs Have A Huge Markup Isn't it hard to find out what a dealer paid for a RV? Heck, it's almost impossible. The information is so closely guarded, it's like the crown jewels. Huge markups give RV Dealers an almost unfair edge over prospective buyers. They can make a deal look irresistible to the uninformed RVer and laugh all the way to the bank with the big profit they make. The really bad part of it all, the sword that cuts both ways, is depreciation of the new RV. The more you pay in profit dollars, the higher your depreciation will be. How to Buy A New RV The Right Way The good news for you is you can control how much profit you pay for your next RV. What do you feel is a fair profit? Is it a percentage figure or a dollar amount? This should be a fundamental decision you and your buying team discuss and decide. You have to know this because it is the only variable in the sales equation. Dealer cost is fixed. Taxes are fixed. The value of your trade is fixed at wholesale. Motor Vehicle Fees are fixed. The only option left for a dealer to play games with is the profit. RV dealers have to make more profit than car dealers. They, with few exceptions, do not have the high volume sales the car guys do. Many RV dealers sell in a year what a car dealer does in a month. RVs Cost Too Much If You Let Them Unknowing buyers are going to pay whatever they are able to blindly "negotiate". Many will pay thousands of dollars too much. For every informed buyer who pays close to invoice, there will be many more who get the gaff. But that's our free enterprise system at work. It's up to you which end of the equation you are on. This is one test where you definitely want to be below average. Over the years I have been amazed at the amount of profit people pay for their coaches. There are few things sadder than to see the look on someone’s face when they realize just how much less their coach is worth than they thought it would be at trade-in time. They call it high depreciation when in reality they paid way too much profit in the beginning. RV Insider Ready To Work For You You have to be as informed as humanly possible. You need to know what I have to share with you. The money-making opportunities at a RV Dealership would amaze you. If you want above average savings and really want to know how to see an RV deal the way the dealer does, I can help you save literally thousands of dollars. If all you need is a dealer cost factor, $19.95 will get you the information by phone. 1-800-771-2587, ask for RVDave. If your questions are more involved, or you just need to know for sure something that you suspect, I can work with you to understand all this. Even if you only need to hear something from an impartial third party, it makes sense for you to call me. I do a lot of deal reviews where I figure out the real numbers for someone buying a new RV. Just like the salesperson has to go ask the manager to get you a better deal, you can ask me if it is a good deal. I am on your side and I can work with you to get the best deal possible. Once you understand what is going on, you will have the information you need to buy your next RV at your target price. Get Ready To Save Money Before you call me, please review the following and be ready to share with me as much information as possible. Obtain the MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) of the coach you are buying. Make sure it is real, not an RV dealer trick sheet designed to increase their profit potential. And/Or Details of the deal you were able to negotiate with the dealer. The more official the better. If there is a trade involved, this is the way to go. A complete and accurate picture of the transaction will provide me with the information I need to figure out what the real numbers are and how to adjust them so you pay what you feel is a fair price. What you are willing to pay as profit to own the coach. A list of three to five dealerships within reasonable distance to you who carry this brand RV. (optional) No emotional attachment to the coach you want to buy. This is a business deal. The more you let your emotions into it, the more you will spend. Besides, this is a new coach. The factory can make another one just like it. ( Unless it is a leftover. Then you must ask why no one else bought it and what it is worth if it were used.) Understand that any RV transaction is figured up from cost, not down from retail. Retail includes profit. Dealers will try anything to get you evaluating the deal based on retail prices. Do not do it. Once you see my Buying System, You will feel in control of your RV purchase because you will have more information than the salesman across the desk from you. Understand that RV dealers buy coaches at wholesale. If 'Old Faithful' has a wholesale book value of $30,000.00 and the offer form shows you these guys are giving you $45,000.00 in trade, swallow hard and take the emotions out of the deal. Guess what! It might make you feel good to think 'OLD Faithful' is solid gold, but RV dealers buy at wholesale and every dime over wholesale book that they show you is profit for them. Understand you do this once every few years or so. RV dealers do this couple of times a day. They are experts at buying and selling RVs. Once they realize you have inside information, they will do anything they can to turn the deal in their favor. Understand that after we talk, you will no longer be negotiating. You will be making an offer to purchase an item the dealer can replace with a phone call. Save $Thousands$ On Your Next RV Can I help you? Get your information together and call me. Find out for yourself how good it feels to understand this stuff. Your first call is FREE, 'on me'. So you can feel me out and see that I am for real and on your side. Call me. Let's find out what's going on. Call between 10 am and 6 pm Mountain Time ( I just moved to Arizona thanks to this little internet business) Monday through Friday for a free introductory meeting. You can try us on Saturday. I frequently work, but find myself RVing more now on weekends. I look forward to making a new RVing friend. Call 800-771-2587 and ask for RVDave. Clear Skies And Smooth Highways, P.S. You risk nothing to call me. Your first call is free unless you decide to save thousands of dollars buying your next RV and hire me. P.S.S. Look at the email I get ! From: "Robert Hopkins" To: howedoin@rvs-r-us.com Subject: Long Over Due Testimonial I've been meaning to write you with our story. In July we were in the process of trading in our '97 Georgie Boy Pursuit motorhome and purchasing a new one. The salesman wanted to give us $20,000 for our old coach and went through a lot of effort to convince us that even this was top dollar. Thanks to your website and the quick response with an RV Value Report, we were able to prove that the coach was actually worth $25,490 at the used wholesale level. The dealer didn't even argue. If it wasn't for this invaluable service we would have been $5,490 poorer today. Thanks for saving us so much money! Susan & Rob Hopkins Dave- What a difference a report and a consultation make! After hearing trade-in values that differed up to $14,000 (once from the same dealer) we were able to tell a manager that we knew our motorhome's value and how we expected the negotiations to proceed. Control of the deal was ours. Thanks-K. Jerkic Call me at 800-771-2587. It's FREE andcould save you thousands. [Home] [RV Appraisal] [Links] [Museum] [RV Gifts n Things] [RV Resources] rvs-r-us.com is run by Dato Marketing Associates 4251 N. Kearny Dr. Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 928-772-7285 call between 10-6 Mountain Standard Time We're lovin life in Arizona

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Wiers Manufacturing Expanding Sales of Toter Mobile Home Movers, Towmasters Back Issues December 1, 2005 August 1, 2005 July 1, 2005 June 1, 2005 May 1, 2005 April 1, 2005 March 1, 2005 February 1, 2005 January 1, 2005 December 1, 2004 November 1, 2004 October 1, 2004 September 1, 2004 August 1, 2004 July 1, 2004 June 1, 2004 May 1, 2004 April 1, 2004 March 1, 2004 February 1, 2004 January 1, 2004 December 1, 2003 November 1, 2003 October 1, 2003 September 1, 2003 August 1, 2003 July 1, 2003 June 1, 2003 May 1, 2003 April 1, 2003 March 1, 2003 February 1, 2003 January 1, 2003 December 1, 2002 November 1, 2002 October 1, 2002 September 1, 2002 August 1, 2002 July 1, 2002 June 1, 2002 May 1, 2002 April 1, 2002 March 1, 2002 February 1, 2002 January 1, 2002 December 1, 2001 November 1, 2001 October 1, 2001 September 1, 2001 August 1, 2001 July 1, 2001 June 1, 2001 May 1, 2001 April 1, 2001 March 1, 2001 February 1, 2001 January 1, 2001 December 1, 2000 November 1, 2000 October 1, 2000 September 1, 2000 August 1, 2000 July 1, 2000 June 1, 2000 May 1, 2000 April 1, 2000 March 1, 2000 February 1, 2000 January 1, 2000 December 1, 1999 October 1, 1999 September 1, 1999 August 1, 1999 June 1, 1999 May 1, 1999 April 1, 1999 March 1, 1999 February 1, 1999 January 1, 1999 December 1, 1998 November 1, 1998 October 1, 1998 September 1, 1998 August 1, 1998 July 1, 1998 June 1, 1998 May 1, 1998 April 1, 1998 March 1, 1998 February 1, 1998 January 1, 1998 December 1, 1997 November 1, 1997 October 1, 1997 September 1, 1997 August 1, 1997 July 1, 1997 May 1, 1997 Home Buyers' Guide Subscribe Trailer Output Snow & Ice Directory Product Info Newsletter Truck/Trailer Locator Media Kit E-mail Updates Rent Our Lists American Trucker Fire Chief Fleet Owner Modern Bulk Transporter Refrigerated Transporter About Us Contact Us Home Magazine Articles -- Wiers Manufacturing Expanding Sales of Toter Mobile Home Movers, Towmasters Jul 1, 1998 12:00 PM Mark Nutter WIERS MANUFACTURING Inc is establishing a national dealer network for itscustomized Toter tractors that pull manufactured housing units such assingle-, double-wide, and sectional homes. The manufacturer is a sister company of Wiers International, a truckdealership in Plymouth, Indiana. Wiers Manufacturing builds the vehicles ina 50,000-sq-ft shop at the International dealership. Toters are Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 tractors modified by Wiers forpulling manufactured housing such as single-, double-wide or sectionalhousing, says Tom Wiers, president of Wiers Manufacturing Inc and WiersInternational Trucks Inc. Equipment installed on Toter tractors normallyincludes a hitch available in three different models, a mirror assemblywith three different power options, and a small, bin-type truck body forcarrying spare tires for mobile homes and tool boxes. Another customized truck built by Wiers is the Towmaster, which is acustomized low-profile Navistar chassis with a crew cab for pullingrecreational vehicles. "We're expanding our dealer network because of requests from Totercustomers and sales growth of 25% to 30% over the last four years forToters," Wiers says. "Wiers plans to have nationwide distribution and isdrastically increasing production of the Toter and Towmaster." Each year, Wiers and its dealers sell about 300 Toters and 150 Towmasters,says Matt Garver, information technology manager at Wiers. The Toter isused only to transport manufactured housing units. Wiers has already signed up about 20 Toter dealers in the southwestern,southern, and southeastern United States, Garver says. All factory branchesof Fontaine Truck Equipment carry Wiers Toter kits that have all theequipment Wiers installs on tractors modified in its shop. Toter International TrucksThe tractors usually have a 136- to 146-inch wheelbase and a single-driveaxle, Wiers says. Most of the tractors are specified with a 300- to 400-hpengine. As the weight of manufactured housing continues to increase, somenew tractors are using tandem drive axles. "Some of the units Toters transport weigh up to 40,000 lb," Wiers says."The largest single-wides measure 16 by 80 feet, and in Texas they can beup to 20 feet wide." Sideview mirror assemblies on the trucks are eight feet wide in the stowedposition and telescope to an overall length of 18 to 20 feet for the largerhomes allowed in Texas, Wiers says. The telescoping mirrors are offered aselectrically powered, manually operated, or hydraulically powered. Yellowflashing lightbars are mounted in the center on top of the mirrortelescopes. Toters are primarily purchased by transporters or manufactured homedealers, Wiers says. A transporter delivers manufactured homes from thefactory to the dealer's lot. This generally only requires a two-way ballhitch that moves up and down hydraulically. Multi-Directional HitchesManufactured home dealers and their contractors use more sophisticatedhitches with mobile homes, Garver says. These multi-directional hitches areused on Toter trucks to set a mobile home on a concrete pad or footings. Besides the basic two-way hitch used by transporters, these hydraulichitches come in a four-way and six-way model, Garver says. The hitches areoffered in a Magnum version with 40 inches of left-and-right travel or aSuper version with 22 inches of left-and-right travel. The four- and six-way hitches have a High-Tower option with a two-stagelift that increases the up-and-down movement of the hitch to 72 inches,Garver says. A four-way hitch has vertical and lateral travel. Four- and six-way hitches move laterally on three-inch diameterhigh-tensile steel bars built into the rear frame of the hitch, he says. Inaddition to four-way movement, a six-way hydraulic hitch moves in and out20 inches from the rear of the chassis frame. The hitch frame extends six feet from the rear, forward on top of thechassis frame rails and is built to handle heavy weight, Garver says. TheMagnum six-way hitch has up to 60,000 pounds of pushing or pulling power. High-Tower Hitch OptionThe six-way hitch, 72-inch tower, and six-ft frame extension are needed todeliver and set trailer homes on hillsides or in deep hollows, he says.This configuration for Toters is popular in southern states where manymanufactured homes are often placed in hilly, rural areas. Wiers began building Toters in 1982, and is near many of its customersbecause of the concentration of manufactured housing plants in Elkhart,Indiana, Wiers says. Part of the demand for Toters is because an increasingnumber of first-time home buyers are purchasing manufactured homes. "About 25% of first-time buyers are purchasing manufactured homes," Wiers says. Sales of Towmasters, the other major product line of Wiers Manufacturing,also are increasing, Wiers says. Towmasters are built on an International4700 low-profile crew-cab chassis and offered to International dealersthrough Navistar. Demand is increasing for Towmasters because of their automotive appeal inthe recreational vehicle industry, says Jan Anderson, a Towmastersalesperson at Wiers. The trucks have an upgraded, customized cab interiorand 23-ft turning radius, which is tighter than most dual-wheel pickuptrucks. Towmaster Recreational TruckThe demand for a heavy-duty recreational towing vehicle has never beenadequately filled until Wiers introduced the Towmaster in 1990, Andersonsays. Many Towmaster customers are at least 60 years old and purchasing atruck similar to the Towmaster would be difficult were it not offered as acomplete package. "The Towmaster is marketed primarily as a product similar to the FordExpedition because of its automotive appeal," Anderson says. Most Towmasters have an Allison MD-3060-P automatic transmission and a275-hp diesel engine that generate pulling capacity with 800 foot-pounds oftorque, Anderson says. This power is needed to pull recreational trailersthat can weigh up to 25,000 lb and are furnished with washers and dryers,solid wood trim, and full-size appliances such as refrigerators. "The Towmaster provides the horsepower and braking needed to pull today'sfifthwheel recreational vehicles," Anderson says. Because new recreational vehicle trailers are heavier, about 80% of thetrailers that are 34-ft long will overload one-ton pickup trucks, many ofwhich are rated to only pull 14,000 lb, Anderson says. Any recreationalvehicle trailer 35-ft long will overload a one-ton pickup truck. Besides recreational vehicles, the Towmaster is well suited for pullinggooseneck or fifthwheel trailers, Garver says. However, most are purchasedfor pulling recreational vehicles. "Occasionally, we pick customers up at their house who've purchased aTowmaster, sold everything, and moved into a recreational vehicle trailer,"Wiers says. "The Towmaster is built more for a way of life." 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