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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • April 5, 2017 3a
Forest River expands to Sheridan
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — From the van-
tage point of Jim Sieber’s of-
fice window, you see no
room to spare on the pro-
duction floor of Forest
River’s R-Pod and Surveyor
plant in Dallas.
“We’ve picked up more
business, and it got to the
point that we have outgrown
this building,” said Sieber,
the plant manager. “We are
at max capacity. We actually
need to be building more
product, but we are in a
space constraint.”
The plant has about
49,000-square feet of capaci-
ty. There, it can build 26 R-
Pod towable recreational ve-
hicles or 11 of the larger Sur-
veyors in a day.
Sieber said the company
was on the hunt for a facility
with more space — and it
found it in Sheridan.
“We purchased the build-
ings out in Sheridan about a
month ago,” Sieber said.
The formerly vacant man-
ufacturing complex has two
buildings, each with approx-
imately 107,000-square feet
of space.
The R-Pod and Surveyor
lines will move out to the
new property in July, a quick
JOLENE GUzMAN/ Itemizer-Observer
Forest River Surveyors recreational vehicles will now be produced in a facility in Sheri-
dan. The building in Dallas formerly used for the RVs will now produce other models.
timeline considering the re-
modeling that needs to be
done at the new facility.
“They’ve been sitting va-
cant for six years,” Sieber
said.
With the move, Sieber
said there will be plenty of
room to hire more workers
“Obviously, we’re optimistic
that all of them will stay and
follow us out there, but how
realistic that is, I don’t
know.”
Sieber said Forest River’s
other Dallas plant may have
plans to move into the space
once Sheridan is open. That
and increase production.
Now the plant employs 160
people.
He isn’t sure how many
more need to be hired at this
point.
“Some of that hinges on
who will be following from
here out there,” Sieber said.
facility builds Wildcat and
Salem Wildwood travel trail-
er models across Uglow Av-
enue from the R-Pod and
Surveyor plant.
“When we vacate this
building, the folks in that
building have plans for this
one, but what they are I do
not know,” Sieber said. “I
know they were interested in
making sure we left the mez-
zanines and scaffolding and
things like that.”
Paul Eskritt, the manager
of the other plant, said his
facility will be taking on an-
other assignment soon,
building Vibe travel trailers.
That model is now pro-
duced in the Harrisburg
plant, which he manages as
well.
Harrisburg will focus sole-
ly on producing Cherokee
models once the Vibe line is
moved to Dallas.
R-Pod and Surveyor mov-
ing to Sheridan will allow
more space for that expand-
ed operation.
Eskritt said all the moving
and shifting is market driv-
en.
“We continue to grow,” he
said. “With the market being
as good as it is, our plants
have gotten pretty tight. This
will enable us to be a little
more efficient with how we
Dallas Fire reminds public of burn rules
Monmouth man convicted of drug charges
Itemizer-Observer staff report
Itemizer-Observer staff report
POLK COUNTY — As the weather continues to get better, Dallas
Fire & EMS along with SW Polk Fire District, wants to take this op-
portunity to go over a few rules if you plan to do any backyard
burning. According to the 2014 Oregon Fire Code, those wishing
to burn must follow these rules:
• The location of the open burning shall not be less then 50 feet
from any structure and provisions shall be made to make sure the
fire does not spread within the 50 feet.
• The minimum required distance from a structure shall be no
less than the 25 feet providing that the pile size does not exceed
three feet in diameter and two feet in overall height.
• All fires shall be constantly attended until the fire is extin-
guished. A fire extinguisher (2.5 pound minimum) or a water source
is also required to be on site while the burning is taking place.
Check the burn information phone line prior to any burning:
503-588-6420.
DALLAS — Colin
Matthew Lynch was sen-
tenced in Polk County Cir-
cuit Court on March 29 to
serve 40 months in prison
after being convicted of de-
livering methamphetamine
in three separate cases.
Lynch, 27, of Monmouth,
was the subject of an inves-
tigation led by the Polk
Inter-Agency Narcotics
Team.
The case was prosecuted
by the Polk County District
Attorney’s Office.
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