Even Warren Buffett Hasn't Fixed the RV Industry's Serial Breakdowns
Jay Nelson was driving away from a picturesque Montana state park in 2020 when he saw smoke in his rearview mirror.
It was coming from the Forest River recreational vehicle he was towing. Nelson, a longtime Montana highway patrolman, got his three daughters to safety, then he and his wife grabbed a fire extinguisher.

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