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Learning RV's the Easy Way by Video Volume 40 - June 2007 To ensure future delivery of the RV Education 101 monthly newsletter to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders) please add our "From" address RVEducation101@RVEducation101.com to your address book or e-mail whitelist.
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Hi Everybody, May of 2007 marked a major milestone for RV Education 101 products. Between our own product offering of videos, e-books, instant video downloads and the RV Book, over 80,000 RV Education 101 products have assisted RVer's in learning how to use and maintain their RV's. This is a long way from producing our first title on VHS over seven years ago. We currently have eleven DVD titles, nine e-books, and The RV Book in our RV training library. I would like to personally thank each and every one of you, our loyal customers, for making RV Education 101 a success, and we will strive to continue meeting all of your RV education needs in the future. Our goal has always been a simple one; to make all of your RV experiences safe, fun and stress free. To celebrate this goal of educating the RV consumer we will give our number one selling e-book, Checklists for RVers, to every customer who orders an RV Education 101 product through midnight of 15 June 2007. The checklist e-book is a $12.95 value and it includes 35 checklists on all aspects of RVing. In this fortieth issue of our monthly newsletter we want the theme to be educating RVers. In addition to our regular monthly features we are including the six most viewed video tips and six of my most read articles for the month of May. Our two latest DVD titles are back from the replication company (FINALLY) and ready to go: RV Care & Maintenance and Deep Cycle Battery Care & Maintenance (which also applies to boats!) were the two most requested titles for the month of May. For those of you who pre-ordered the DVD's they are in the mail and should be arriving at your doorstep within a couple of days, if you haven't already received them. As many of you already know I am an advocate for educating RV consumers on the topic of weights and towing safety issues. I have been watching some of the television advertisements about half-ton trucks with 11,000 pound tow ratings, and to be honest with you I was a bit concerned. My 3/4 ton truck is only rated to tow 8,800 pounds! Anyway I found a glitch with the truck manufacturers tow rating claim and questioned them about it. It took quite a while to get a response back from them, but I finally did. To find out more about the half-ton truck with an 11,000 pound tow rating and to get the manufacturers response check out my full article
Thanks again to all of you and enjoy the newsletter. Until next month, happy camping,
Rving With Mark Polk ~ Feature Article A Heated Debate: Gas versus Diesel
Other than the cost factor between gas and diesel motorhomes, what are we really talking about when it comes down to gas versus diesel? . .......Read More..
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Show me an RVer or boater who hasn't had problems with deep cycle batteries and I'll show you someone who hasn't been RVing or boating for very long. In most cases, problems related to deep cycle batteries are usually a result of not understanding what is involved to properly maintain and care for lead acid batteries.
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RV EDUCATED? Take the Test and see... Before you take your next RV trip set some time aside to perform some preventive maintenance. It could be the difference between a safe and enjoyable trip and a costly disastrous one. How does the old saying go, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! Preventive Maintenance is maintenance you perform on your RV… A. Based on intervals such as time or mileage. (Answer towards the bottom of the newsletter) Q & A by Mark Polk
Q:I just subscribed to your newsletter, hoping for some helpful info as I get re-involved with motor homing. I sold my 24' class C and am shopping for something newer and more efficient, also larger. I'm tending toward the Class B+ Phoenix Cruiser, 27' with 2 slides. It comes as either gasoline or diesel. I've been told the additional cost for a diesel engine outweighs any gas mileage benefit unless you keep the rig for many years. But I also wonder if other things have been factored in, such as, cost of engine maintenance, cost differential for the fuel type (as gasoline prices rise, will diesel rise at the same rate, slower, faster? What about bio diesel? Is there a re-sale advantage to either one?
I haven't found a discussion of these issues anywhere yet. The dealer I've been working with just gave me the answer above... not cost-effective unless kept for many years.
I'm an older, single woman, wanting to do some touring with my dog for the next 2 years or so. I'm expecting various friends to link up for certain legs of the trip. I will appreciate good guidance. A:Gas versus diesel is an age old discussion and one that often times gets heated. If asked this question several years ago I would have responded similar to the salesperson, because the cost difference was quite significant. Tody's RV's offer many gasoline models in the same price range as many diesel products. Mainly due to advances in the chassis itself driving the prices upward.
What I can tell you is a diesel will last longer that a gasoline engine so if you plan to keep the RV for a good amount of time it would be worth the investment. I have no idea what is going to happen with the types of fuel or the cost comparison between gas and diesel.
Maintenance wise it used to be that a diesel required less, keeping in mind there are more filters etc. on a diesel, but nowadays gas engines can go upwards of 100,000 before a tune up, with nothing more than routine oil changes, air filters etc.
This probably doesn't help much. If you want some other peoples opinions I recommend you go to the open roads forum and post this same question in the appropriate forum. You are sure to get many responses. *NOTE: At Mark's discretion, material might be edited to suit a wide audience. Due to the large volume of material and correspondence we receive, individual replies might not be possible, nor can we acknowledge receipt of submitted material. Selected questions will be answered in future issues of this RV Education 101 newsletter. Thank-you for your understanding. Consumer feedback about RV Education 101 products
We are doing research on a future new Travel Trailer for ourselves and we are leaning towards the Hybrid Travel Trailers. We have your Pop 101 video and it was one of the best things we bought when we bought our PU camper, very informative:) So we are hoping to get the next one.
Have a good day.....
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Our goal with this monthly newsletter is to provide you with helpful information to make all of your RV experiences more enjoyable. I left my position as an RV Sales and F&I manager in 2000 to start my own company, RV Education 101. We produce educational videos, DVDs and e-books on how to use and maintain your RV. The reason I left my job was due to my concern about the lack of educational and safety awareness material available to the RV consumer, in other words, you. We are a small company. My wife Dawn left her position in RV sales to help start the company and is our Sales and Marketing Director. We currently have a 35-foot Class A motor home. We have two boys, Tyler 10 and Josh 16, both avid RVers and two dogs, Gracie and Buck. Gracie is the good one. If you would like to learn more about us and RV Education 101 feel free to visit our website> www.rveducation101.com RV Education 101 Newsletter © Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Mark J. Polk, except where indicated otherwise. All rights reserved worldwide. Reprint only with permission from copyright holder(s). All trademarks are property of their respective owners. All contents provided as is. Advertisers are solely responsible for ad content. To contact us with feedback or questions, email to: info@rveducation101.com To subscribe, please email http://rveducation101.com/email/ To unsubscribe, please email http://rveducation101.com/email/unsubscribe.asp RV Education 101 Newsletter is an opt-in ezine available by subscription only. We neither use nor endorse the use of spam. Your email address will ONLY be used to distribute this newsletter and will NEVER be sold or given to any other entity!! Happy Camping, Mark & Dawn RV Education 101
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