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$7.27 Diesel, Forest River Shuts Out RV Influencers | RV News

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 28, 202621 min

More than 80 RVers made it to our Smoky Mountains rally despite diesel prices as high as $7.27 a gallon along the way. Mike reports what they are saying about fuel costs, RV quality, and noticeably quieter campgrounds. In this episode: What rally attendees paid for dieselHershey attendance and the outlook for ElkhartForest River's new rules for content creatorsThe legal challenge to the Patrick-Lippert mergerProposed national forest access changesWhen to see fall color in the Smokies Sources for each story are linked at the end of the episode under the transcript tab above ...

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Hello everybody, I'm Mike Wendland and this is the Monday RV Podcast News Edition for September 28, 2026. We're coming to you this morning from the Great Smoky Mountains. We're at the Margaritaville campground and we're holding the fall rally for the RV Lifestyle

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community here. This is one of two RV Podcast episodes that we do every single week. This one publishes at 6 a.m. every Monday with the biggest news stories affecting the RV Lifestyle and then on Wednesday, Jennifer joins me for our Stories from the Road edition

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where we have interviews and share RV lifestyle tips and travel ideas and answer your questions. But before we get to the news, I've got a date I need you to put on your calendar. Thursday, October 8th, I'm teaching our End of the Season RV Shut Down Workshop. It's live and it will walk you through the complete shutdown process for your rig when you take it out of

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