Small-RV Ninja

Download or read book Small-RV Ninja written by Robin North and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new RV is fabulous and intimidating at the same time - especially when you haven't owned one before. The sheer amount of information you have to absorb is overwhelming. And, just when you think you're ready to hit the road, you discover something is not working! Now what?! That's how we felt when we bought our first RV. Each day we discovered something else we didn't know or understand! It was quite discouraging and we thought we might never figure it out. We spent hours searching the web, pouring over RV books, and talking with other RV owners to find answers to our questions. Unfortunately, the information didn't always help and many times what we learned seemed to be more suited to large Class A motorhomes or towables. Our manufacturer's documentation and their service department were invaluable in helping us sort through what applied to our RV. Small-RV Ninja is a guide to RV maintenance but, its focus is on smaller motorcoach-style RVs between the 25-foot to 32-foot lengths. It follows a format that imitates a dealer "walk-through" to help acquaint you with the RV's parts and pieces - but you can take your time with this walk-through! Small-RV Ninja focuses on one system at a time, naming each component of the system, how the system operates, and tips on system information or maintenance needs. To that end, we provide two downloadable resources: An RV Information Notebook and an RV Maintenance Schedule. Each is in an editable-pdf-format that allows you to make notes, jot down important information, or maintenance dates for your RV. You can save it to your computer or upload it to a cloud service for access from anywhere on most computer devices. Of course, if you prefer, these documents can be printed and put in a hard-copy notebook. At the end of the guide, we also provide several checklists to help you prepare your RV for a trip, set-up and break camp (either with hook-ups or without), and a glossary of RV terminology. So, you might ask what's the significance of the "ninja" name? Our grandkids are big fans of American Ninja Warrior and we set up an obstacle course for them during our beach vacation. They had to learn new skills, think on their feet to solve problems and rise to the challenge of using what they have learned to complete the course. While describing the challenge to the kids, we realized that we had done all of that with our RV "training". We had to learn new skills with electricity and plumbing, become more flexible to troubleshoot our "rolling earthquake" and apply what we had learned to prevent future problems. After several years of this "experiential" training, our transformation from novice campers to fully engaged RVers made us feel like we had become "small-RV ninjas"! Our blog, "Beach Nana Travels" (beachnana.com), shares our adventures in RVing and, after many requests from our readers, we have finally documented some of our "training" as small-RV ninjas. We hope it will help you in your journey with RVing!