The Alliance RV campus on Benchmark Drive in Elkhart, Ind. (Photos: Gary Gerard/RVBusiness)
The all-ew Valor-branded travel trailer toy hauler from Alliance RV.
ELKHART, Ind. – After producing only fifth wheels since its founding in 2019, Alliance RV is offering up its first travel trailer – an all-new toy hauler under the Valor brand with a 13-foot garage and an industry-first three slides, according to Jeremiah Dumka, general manager.
And while the company is excited about all its latest RV offerings, and sees them as a big draw for dealers at the upcoming Elkhart RV Open House planned Sept. 26-29, there’s a lot of pride evident in improvements made to the Alliance campus off County Road 17 at 301 Benchmark Drive, Elkhart.
“We’re excited to get people here on campus,” Dumka said. “Dealers have been ordering our product, dealers have seen it, but they don’t know what we have here. Obviously, we’re pretty proud of what we have. By the end of the year, we’ll have close to 700,000 square feet of manufacturing space.”
Recently, paving has been completed on access roads, parking lots and a new storage yard at the campus. This follows completion of the company’s third production facility and a lamination plant.
Jeremiah Dumka, Alliance RV general manager, is pictured with the island kitchen in the interior of the new Valor travel trailer.
“We want people to know, we’re not just the little guy. We’re a real-deal manufacturer and we’re invested in the future,” he said. “We’re putting a large initial investment in and we’re growing into it. I think it’s going to open a lot of eyes. It’s just as much about product, but it’s also about, ‘Hey, we’re a contender. We’re here to stay. We’re here to play. We’re investing in our infrastructure and our team.’”
Dumka said Alliance likely will shut down production during Open House to accommodate more comprehensive plant tours.
Coley Brady, Alliance RV co-founder, said a breakfast and dealer meeting is planned for Sept. 27 and the campus will be open for visits from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day.
“We have several dealer meetings we’re setting up right now, but we’re open 8 to 5 every day and Tuesday morning is kind of our big, ‘state-of-the-union’ address to dealers,” Brady said.
The debut floor plan for the new Valor travel trailer toy hauler is the 31T13.
“This is the industry’s first triple-slide travel trailer, still in the same weight as what our key competition is,” Dumka said. “We’ve done that with a lot of composite materials to keep it light. It’s right in line with everything else out there, but it’s got an additional slide and the first island kitchen in a toy hauler.”
Essentially, Dumka said, Alliance took it’s top-selling fifth-wheel floor plan and adapted it to the new travel trailer chassis. The 31T13 is 35 feet, 11 inches long with a GVWR of 13,000 pounds. MSRP is to be determined.
Other Open House highlights from Alliance include an all-new floor plan in the Paradigm luxury fifth wheel lineup, the 382RK. This rear-kitchen, bath-and-a-half, four-slide model is 41 feet, 6 inches long with a GVWR of 16,800 pounds with an MSRP of $130,839.
In the Avenue series, the all-new 26RD floor plan offers a queen bed up front, a mid bath and a rear entry into a large kitchen/living area with a swing-mount, 40-inch HDTV.
The Avenue 26RD is 28 feet 10 inches long and weighs 9,995 pounds. MSRP is $68,170.
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