10/02/2026
Some family businesses pass down the keys. The Hitch House passed down the experience. ๐๐
For nearly 60 years, The Hitch House has seen three generations of the McKee and Stoate family learn the business from the ground up.
David Stoate, the newest generation, spent his high school years and university summers working there before joining the Service Department permanently. His family members have done the same, building their careers one role at a time.
Because sometimes the best way to learn the family business is to actually work in it.
Welcome to the next generation, David! ๐
Nearly 60 years. Three generations. One family legacy.
Dave McKee started The Hitch House almost 60 years ago, after serving as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces.
In 2001, Dave's daughter Hiedi and her husband Tom Stoate came on as his partners. Dave's son Chris worked here all through high school and Georgian College, and today Chris is our General Sales Manager. And Dave's other daughter Ashley is the one greeting customers and making them feel right at home.
This year, the third generation clocked in.
Dave's grandson, David Stoate, has joined our Service Department as Service and Body Shop Coordinator.
If he looks familiar to some of our regular customers, that's because he spent his high school years and university summers here. But this time he has decided to work at The Hitch House permanently.
The RV world has changed a lot since Dave McKee first opened the doors. But his legacy is very much intact. Three generations in, we're still a family looking after everyone who comes through here like one.
Here's to the next 60 years. Welcome home, David!