{"id":16501,"date":"2026-05-15T05:07:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/ray-citte-rv-celebrates-80-years-in-business-with-ribbon-cutting-standard-examiner\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:07:43","slug":"ray-citte-rv-celebrates-80-years-in-business-with-ribbon-cutting-standard-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/ray-citte-rv-celebrates-80-years-in-business-with-ribbon-cutting-standard-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Citte RV celebrates 80 years in business with ribbon cutting – Standard-Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo supplied, Chad Citte<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ray Citte at one of his original car dealerships in Ogden. Citte opened his first dealership in 1946.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ray Citte at one of his original car dealerships in Ogden. Citte opened his first dealership in 1946.
ROY \u2014 Ray Citte\u2019s name has been on at least one vehicle dealer\u2019s sign in the Ogden area since 1946.
On Wednesday, employees of Ray Citte RV, members of the Ogden-Weber Chamber of Commerce and local officials took time to celebrate 80 years of a business that has survived evolution, dealership moves, oil crises and recessions while remaining firmly in the hands of the Citte family with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Addressing a large crowd, the late Ray Citte\u2019s son Neil Citte said that selling RVs was a natural for his father.
\u201cMy dad was an outdoorsman \u2014 he liked to take the trailer and go up into the mountains and he liked to hunt,\u201d Neil Citte said. \u201cSo when he had an opportunity to sell motorhomes and possibly get in the trailer business, he jumped into it feet-first.\u201d
He told the Standard-Examiner that his father arrived in the Ogden area in 1942. Having originally worked at Defense Depot Ogden, Ray Citte eventually started a used car lot in Ogden, at one point expanding to up to three locations.
Photo supplied, Chad Citte<\/span><\/p>\n

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An undated photo of Ray Citte RV at its current location in Roy along Interstate 15. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

An undated photo of Ray Citte RV at its current location in Roy along Interstate 15.
During the ribbon cutting, Trent Citte, grandson of Ray and current general manager of Ray Citte RV, said the business is about much more than just selling recreation vehicles.
\u201cThis dealership has been part of many families\u2019 vacations, retirements, hunting trips, camping traditions and memories people keep for a lifetime,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m grateful for my grandfather and my father building something worth continuing.\u201d
Following the ceremony, Trent Citte told the Standard-Examiner that RVs actually factored into the business well before transitioning to selling them full-time.
\u201cWhen my grandpa started the business, right off the get-go, his dad was in the back of the dealership and he would build motorhomes,\u201d Trent Citte said. \u201cHe built them out of old semitrucks, would put a box on the back of them and turn them into RVs. Then in the late-\u201960s, we started taking on trailers.\u201d
Neil Citte, who took over the dealership for his father and retired five years ago, said one of the biggest differences transitioning from a car dealership that sold some RVs to full-time RV sales is the competition.
Rob Nielsen, Standard-Examiner<\/span><\/p>\n

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Trent Citte and his father Neil Citte cut a ribbon celebrating the 80th anniversary of Ray Citte RV in the dealership’s showroom on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Trent Citte and his father Neil Citte cut a ribbon celebrating the 80th anniversary of Ray Citte RV in the dealership’s showroom on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
\u201cWe\u2019re not competing with six or seven or 10 car dealers; we\u2019re competing with one or two dealers in the area,\u201d he said. \u201cWe all get along. There\u2019s enough market for all of us. It\u2019s been successful for all of that time. Even our competitors are the best and we have a good relationship with everybody.\u201d
Ray Citte RV officially moved into its current location just off of I-15 in Roy in 2000. Ray Citte passed away in 2008.
Trent Citte noted that, like many businesses that have been around for years, they\u2019ve had their share of ups and downs.
\u201cWe got in the RV business 2004-2005 and got out of the car business,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s 2008 everybody talks about \u2014 2008 was our best year \u2014 but in the \u201970s (Neil) went through the energy crunch and in 2009, I don\u2019t know all the reasons, those were rough times. \u2026 There\u2019s good times. There\u2019s bad times, too, but it\u2019s been a blessing in disguise overall.\u201d
Neil Citte said with the dealership celebrating its 80th year of operation, the next couple of generations are aiming to keep it in business for another 80 years.
\u201cI\u2019m going to support these boys as long as they want to do it,\u201d he said. \u201c(Trent\u2019s) got boys that might want to venture out into the RV business as well. Time will tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2026 Ogden Newspapers of Utah, LLC | www.standard.net | 332 Standard Way, Ogden, UT 84404 <\/p>\n

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