EarthRoamer revived but departing Lafayette

LAFAYETTE – Bill Swails and a few employees of EarthRoamer.com LLC have purchased the assets of the beleaguered manufacturer of luxury off-road vehicles and will be moving operations from Lafayette to Dacono.

EarthRoamer.com LLC, established by Swails and Michele Connelly, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2009 due to a lack of sales.

But Swails joined forces with former production manager Eric Rexroth and former service managers Tyler Tatro and Mike Funari to buy some assets of the company and form Xpedition Vehicle Service LLC, which will operate under the trade name EarthRoamer.

Swails is the designer of EarthRoamer’s XV-LT and XV-JP Xpedition…