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Store built in 1965...name changed from Apache Camping Center to......
Stone's Camping World
Stone's Camping World's Beginnings In 1959, Harry and Dot Stone and their three children had been tent camping for several years and were looking for a camping trailer that would enable them to camp up off the ground. Apache and Nimrod tent trailers were the only ones on the market at that time; they came packaged in crates and had to be assembled. The units retailed for $395 to $695, quite a lot of money for 1959.
Harry was a supervisor for AT&T in Philadelphia and he decided to contact the manufacturer the Vesely Company to inquire about becoming a distributor. The Stone's were chosen as the Philadelphia area distributor and ordered an initial load of 10 trailers, a whopping $4,000 plus freight.
Harry rented a 1,000 sq. ft. building in Collingswood NJ, marking the beginning of Apache Camping Center. It was quite a struggle for Harry working midnight to 8:00 a.m. at AT&T and operating a new camping business with little sleep. Working on a very limited budget and unable to afford a lift truck, Harry came up with the solution to unload the delivery truck by tying the crate to a tree, pulling the delivery truck forward and hoping the un-assembled trailer was not damaged inside the crate. Brilliant idea!
In 1962, a larger facility was needed and the business was moved to Gibbsboro, NJ and the first indoor trailer showroom on the East Coast was born. Another move was to take place, so in 1965 Apache Camping Center moved to Berlin, NJ and changed the name to Stone's Camping World. A new 4200 sq. ft. building was erected on Route 73, at which time Harry decided that this "camping thing" was taking off and resigned from AT&T to run the business full time. Stone's Camping World took on Coleman trailers in 1969 making Stone's Camping World one of the oldest Coleman dealers in the country.
With the growth of the tent trailer business, a large inventory of camping equipment and a line of motorcycles a new 8000 sq. ft. building was built across the highway in 1972. The building was featured in the September 1977 issue of RV Dealer magazine on the front cover. Harry ran back and forth across Route 73 to sell motorcycles on one side of the highway and tent trailers on the other side. (Try that these days with traffic traveling 60mph!) After many successful years in the motorcycle and pop-up business, Stone's Camping World now focuses on pop-ups by Fleetwood, Toy Haulers, and Travel Trailers,by the best manufacturers in the industry.
Stone's Camping World is still family owned and operated by their son Kevin and his wife Yvonne, utilizing their many years of experience in camping, wholesale, manufacturing and retail RV experience.
In 2006, Stone’s Camping World purchased a 23-acre property in Winslow Twp and relocated the business in November into a new modern, state-of-the-art building. The new location offers customers full service RV services, from sales, accessories, financing, to custom work and RV storage in the off season. Our service department has factory-trained technicians ready to service your RV properly. Stone's maintains high standards of quality, honesty and customer satisfaction. We are New Jersey's oldest and most trusted family owned and operated recreational dealership representing Fleetwood, KZ, Shadow Cruiser by Cruiser RV, and some of the best names in the RV industry.
Customers are our "specialty"; we are proud to have been previously awarded the Coleman Presidential Award given to the #1 dealer in the nation, as well as, the Fleetwood Customer Service Award for many years. Customer satisfaction is our #1 priority; our future depends on it.
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