The RV Handbook: Essential How-to Guide for the RV Owner | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Estes
Creator: Miyaki Illustration
Publisher: Trailer Life Books
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 157329
Media: Paperback
Edition: Third edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0934798664
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780934798662
ASIN: 0934798664
Publication Date: March 16, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Clean, solid copy with no writing, highlighting, marks, or creased page corners. Glossy cover has light edge and handling wear; looks very good overall. No creases to spine or cover. 3rd edition, exactly as shown. Items selling for $7 or more ship bubble wrapped and boxed; under $7 in a bubble mailer. All items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
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Product Description
This new edition of The RV Handbook is for all types of RV enthusiasts - from a first-time buyer or renter to the most seasoned RV traveler. Packed with valuable information, checklists, photos, and charts, the guide tells you how to: buy an RV; avoid the single most common mistake novice RVers make; select a towing vehicle; avoid RV repair scams; benefit from technical trends in RV manufacturing; correct the bad towing habit that plagues even experienced RVers; and prevent explosive propane situations. With hundreds of proven RV tips, tricks, and techniques, this expanded handbook tells how to buy, maintain, and optimize RVs, saving both money and time.
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 Great companion for our first RV experience October 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Had taken a local community college course in RV'ing and this book was one of the recommended readings/references. Our first RV experience was a rental on a trip to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Read much of this book before we went and carried it with us on the trip. Had several occasions to reference it and re-read many portions. Was a great companion and was a much better reference than the materials that the rental facility provided. Recommend it to anyone renting an RV for the first time. Can't speak to how good it is to those who are seasoned RV'ers.
 Its mostly about motors. February 7, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is only about 1/3 about RVing. The other 2/3 is about RV motors, how to troubleshoot them, how to maintain them, etc. If you want to know how your RV (other than the motor) works, look elsewhere.
Helpful Guide for RVers April 10, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Experienced or a beginner, RVers must learn a lot to care for their investment in a motorhome, fifth-wheel or trailer. This book has some advice I haven't seen elsewhere.
It tells how to weigh the different RVs on a scale, tire care (aging and ozone cracking), selecting a tow vehicle, understanding propane, and troubleshooting electrical systems.
It includes some checklists which come in handy:
*Dinghy Towing Inspection checklist
*Ignition-System Checklist for Gasoline Engines
*Diesel Engine Prestart Checklist
*Short-Term Storage Checklist
*Return Trip Checklist
*Steps for Dumping a Holding Tank
The graphics are well-drawn, clearly labeled and helpful. A troubleshooting diesel engines flowchart and one for gasoline engines really lays out the options clearly.
Not what I wanted! September 2, 2005
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Probably a good book for a non mechanic. I was looking for some detail on the equipment on a towable camper.
 Not for Beginner Travel Trailer RVers November 15, 2001
79 out of 86 found this review helpful
I received my copy of The Rv Handbook recently from a used book dealer. It arrived quickly and was in very good condition. It is too bad that the book itself was such a disappointment. Mr. Estes spends more than half of the book talking about engines, Motor Homes only stuff and vehicles that pull the RV's. He barely touched on the things I was interested in, namely things like the RV systems, troubleshooting, RV setup in a dry camp. Mr. Estes also went into great detail about the battery and how it works. I am not interested in the details of how it works, only how to hook it up without a manual. From the reviews I read on your site, I was led to believe that the book would provide more basic info for all RVers. I guess that what I am looking for is a book such as "I BOUGHT A USED RV- NOW WHAT?"
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