Even with poor gas mileage on most RV units, these vagabonds can travel for about one-fifth what others pay who fly, buy meals in restaurants, and stay in motels.
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Thor has never had an unprofitable year--a rarity for an RV company--not even during the downturn in the late 1980s (though Thompson took no salary for two years to stay in the black).
Berkshire saw revenues rise down the list of the companies it holds in businesses ranging between railroads, auto insurance, electronics components and RV-makers.