ATV rentals see booming business over holiday weekend

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Oregon Dunes - ATV rentals see booming business over holiday weekend

by Kristina Nelson, KCBY News

HAUSER, Ore. - Warm weather over the weekend meant tons of people out on
the dunes and it also meant some great business for local ATV rental shops.

And they're hoping that the busy weekend is a good indication of how the
summer will be.

Rich Burkholder, owner of Spinreel Dune Buggy and ATV Rental said business
was much better than expected.

"Just on rentals alone we had well over 100 groups in here over one day," he
said. "As far as tours, we ran at least six truckloads, which keeps us pretty
busy for a daytime run. As far as retail, we stayed steady all day."

Burkholder said they saw a good mix of out of state visitors and locals
throughout the weekend. And he said he's not worried about the economy
slowing his business.

"The economy is more based on the fear factor than anything and I think
they're starting to see we can get out and do things," he said. "Folks are
doing it with more intelligence this year. You can see they're not spending as
much money but they're doing a lot more for their dollar. We've been seeing a
lot more local people coming in too."

We also spoke with Todd Ellis at Steve's ATV, who said his business was also
booming during the holiday.

Most of their machines were rented throughout the three-day weekend and
retail sales were better than expected.

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It is mostly fear and rumers, Also this year got of to a slower start due to those rumers, but everyone has been reporting sales rising and ppl are starting to get back to there everyday lives.