JAYCO: A Family legacy with Amish hearts and hands.

   In the endearing rural lands of Middlebury Indiana, a family started what was to become a legacy. In 1968 Lloyd and Bertha Bontrager created their first camper inside the small confounds of their two chicken houses. Soon that one camper became an innovative line that would become the nation’s largest family owned RV manufacturer. From the beginning, Lloyd longed to create a family company; one that would build products to bring families closer together. Their passion was to treat everyone like family from dealers, to buyers to suppliers. Today three generations of Bontragers tell their story.

   Given the Mennonite heritage of the Bontragers, many Amish families have added to the success of JAYCO. Generations of Amish craftsmanship has given JAYCO the edge in creating what is now the best-selling RV in the nation. Lloyd Bontrager lived by the simple rule “Do unto other as you would have them do unto you”. This rule still guides the JAYCO family business. Lloyd believed in running an upright and honest business with hard working employees who practiced the same ideals. Bertha Bontrager said “We’re the same company with the same values that started in a Farmhouse”.

To this day, living up to JAYCO's great name is foremost at JAYCO.

Author: R.C. Norman