The owners of RnR RV Center, of Liberty Lake, have bought Blue Crick RV and its 7 acres of property in Airway Heights for an undisclosed sum.


Ray Bunney, who owns RnR with his wife, Jo, says RnR will operate Blue Crick RV as it is and with the same name. Blue Crick RV, located at 13918 W. Sunset Highway, employs about 20 people, including Mark Tareski, the former general manager and part owner of Blue Crick RV. Tareski now is Blue Cricks sales manager, Bunney says.


Bunney says the owners of Blue Crick RV were seeking to sell the business. He says he expects to increase his business reach with the purchase.


By combining the two, weve gained market share, he says.


Bunney says that 2007 was RnR RVs best year to date, with revenue of about $35 million in sales, parts, and service. He says Blue Crick RV sold about $9 million in sales, parts and service last year. Thus, the combined revenue of the two recreational dealers in 2007 was about $44 million.


Blue Crick RV is known as a fifth-wheel specialty company, though it also sells some other styles of RVs, Bunney says. A fifth-wheel trailer is an RV designed to be towed by a mount in the bed of a truck, rather than by a conventional hitch setup.


RnR RV is located on about 15 1/2 acres of land near Liberty Lake, at 23203 E. Knox, along the south side of Interstate 90. Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, currently is building an 1,800-square-foot clubhouse and restaurant there that will sell hamburgers, soups, and salads and will be connected to RnRs 24,000-square-foot sales and service building. It will have seating for about 35, Bunney says.


He says hes adding the clubhouse to provide a convenient place for both customers and employees to sit and eat, since RnR RV isnt near other Liberty Lake eating establishments.


About 85 people work at RnR RV, and Bunney says he expects to hire one or two additional employees to staff the clubhouse.


RnR started in 1991 after Bunney and partners acquired the former McCollum RV operation. RnR built its sales and service building in 2005 at a cost of about $2.9 million.


Contact Jeanne Gustafson at (509) 344-1264 or via e-mail at [email protected].