Posted by: Mark Polk | 2012

RV 101 – 2012 RV Summer Safety Awareness Program

Another fun-filled RV camping season is upon us. There is nothing quite like loading the RV and hitting the open road to discover the next great RV adventure that awaits you. Each year when the peak travel season arrives we like to remind RV owners and travelers to take a minute and refresh their memory on all the safety stuff concerning RVs and RV travel.

RV safety is extremely important and understanding how to react during an emergency situation can be the difference between life and death. As part of our JUST RV IT Campaign we designed our 2012 RV Education 101  RV Summer Safety Awareness Program. Our goal with the 2012 RV Summer Safety Awareness Program is to provide RV owners with pertinent RV safety related articles, information and a FREE online RV safety e-course to help keep you safe while you are out enjoying your RV travel adventures.

It only takes a few minutes to read and review the RV Summer Safety Awareness Program links provided below, or to take our free online RV safety e-course.

Please take a minute to read the posts, take the free RV safety e-course, refresh you memory on RV safety topics and keep RV safety foremost on your mind this summer. Once you do that:

Plan an RV trip, load it up, hook it up, fuel it up & JUST RV IT

Click on the links below to read articles from our 2012 RV Summer Safety Awareness Program. Note: If you register for the free online RV Safety E-Course your name, e-mail and any other information provided will not be used for anything other than accessing the RV Safety training e-course.

RV 101 – Tips to Keep your RV Cool this Summer

RV 101 – Safe RV Driving & Towing Tips

RV 101 – RV Tire Tips for Safer RV Trips

RV 101 – Top 7 Safe RV Travel Tips

RV 101 – Do you have an RV Emergency Escape Plan?

RV 101 – Carbon Monoxide Safety & Awareness

RV 101 – What’s your RV Emergency Weather Plan?

FREE RV Safety E-Course

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Have a safe & fun 2012 RV camping season,

Mark Polk

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Posted by: Mark Polk | 2012

RV 101 – Tips to Keep your RV Cool this Summer

Summer will soon be here and for RVers that means prime camping season is upon us, but so are the dog days of summer. If you ever walked inside an RV that is sitting in the direct sunlight on a hot summer day you know what I’m talking about. Having fun in the sun is great, but when it gets too hot you want your RV to be ready to deal with the heat. Fortunately there are a few things we can do to make our summer RV camping trips more pleasurable.

1) Strategically park your RV to take advantage of any shade that is available, especially on the side where the refrigerator vent is located. Don’t be afraid to ask for a shady site when you check-in at the campground. This will not only help cool the RV down, but your refrigerator and roof A/C will work much more efficiently.

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Posted by: Mark Polk | 2012

RV 101 – Safe RV Driving & Towing Tips

After numerous requests we decided to produce a motorhome driving DVD and a 5th wheel towing DVD. I enlisted the help from professional driver and book author Lorrin Walsh. I always thought I was a good driver, but even old dogs can learn new tricks. Here are my top 7 tips to help improve your RV driving and towing skills.

1). Know where your pivot point is and what it means. This applies to motorhomes and trailers. The pivot point is defined as the fixed point on a vehicle at which the vehicle rotates around in a turn. On a two axle vehicle it is the center of the rear axle. This means that if an object, for example a tree, is located at the center of the rear axle or behind, you can turn toward the object and not hit it. If the object is ahead of the pivot point and you turn toward it, you will hit it. For a tandem axle trailer the pivot point is in the center between the two axles.

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Posted by: Mark Polk | 2012

RV 101 – Top 7 RV Tire Tips for Safer RV Trips

It seems as though I talk about tire safety all of the time. The reason I do is because tires are an important safety topic concerning RVs, and are often times overlooked. Just recently I read a newspaper article that summed up just how overlooked tires are in general. The article stated, “The Rubber Manufacturers Association found that 29 million drivers believe that tires require no regular maintenance.” Oh boy!

Let’s take a look at my top 7 RV tire tips for safer RV trips.

1). Two of the biggest problems with RVs today are overloading the RV and under inflated tires. With multiple slide-out rooms, large holding tank capacities and the ample amount of storage space available on today’s RVs it’s easy to see why so many are overloaded. We have a natural tendency to fill every nook and cranny of available storage space on our RV.

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Posted by: Mark Polk | 2012

RV 101 – Top 7 Safe RV Travel Tips

About this time of year lots of folks start organizing their summer RV travel plans. Fulltime RVers are planning thier travel routes, families are planning their RV summer vacations and RVers everywhere are planning their weekend RV excursions.

Traffic on our highways increases dramatically during peak vacation season and before, during and after major holidays like the 4th of July. I thought this would be a good time to discuss some safe RV travel tips so you arrive at your summer RV travel destination safely. Getting there can be half the fun, as the saying goes, if you take a few precautions to make your RV trip safe.

Here are my top 7 safe RV travel  tips:

1). The first step is to plan the trip you are taking. Travel guides, magazines, state tourism boards and Internet sites offer valuable information to help you plan your RV trip. Route your trip on a map or from an Internet trip planning site. Always keep an atlas or maps in the RV as well.  Driving or towing an RV can be stressful, especially if you don’t know the route you will be traveling.  Using a Global Positioning System (GPS) can make traveling much less stressful.

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RV 101 – Do you have an RV Emergency Escape Plan?

When we plan a trip in our RV we tend to think about all of the good aspects of the upcoming adventure. Where we are going, what we’ll do when we get there, and all of the things we will see and experience along the way. What we don’t really think about is what if something happens during the trip and everybody needs to exit the RV in a hurry. What if there is a fire? What if the entry door is blocked and you can’t get out. What’s the plan? Is there a plan?

I don’t want to scare or worry anybody. My intent is to bring awareness to the possibility that something like this could happen, so you can discuss it and be prepared in the event of an emergency. It’s just one of those things lots of folks don’t think about, an RV emergency escape plan.

For starters, the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) requires that RV’s have emergency escape windows. Make sure that everybody traveling with you in the RV knows where the emergency escape window is located and how to use it. It’s a good idea to practice using it so you are familiar with how to get out of the RV in case of an emergency. Consider elderly persons and small children. Can they exit the emergency window without assistance, and if not what is the plan?

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RV 101 – Carbon Monoxide Safety & Awareness

 Each year, when prime camping season is upon us I like to remind folks about the dangers of carbon monoxide gas. Carbon monoxide (CO) gas is invisible, odorless, and deadly! It is produced by the partial combustion of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. This includes gasoline, propane, natural gas, oil, wood, & coal.

It is extremely serious when combustion by-products are not vented outside, or when you are exposed to any source of CO gas. Carbon Monoxide is the number one cause of poisoning deaths each year. Carbon monoxide poisoning is toxic and can be deadly to both humans and animals. CO poisoning occurs after enough carbon monoxide gas is inhaled. The severity of the CO poisoning depends on the level of CO gas you are exposed to and the duration of the exposure. The good news is the threat of CO poisoning can be lessened through awareness and education. Let’s take a look at what we can do to prevent the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.

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RV 101 – What’s your RV Emergency Weather Plan?

I love the freedom of the open road. There is nothing like exploring the back roads in your RV. You can go where you want and when you want in your house on wheels, and because of this often times you find yourself at a new destination everyday. Something many RVers do not take into consideration with this freedom to roam is the weather conditions where you are traveling, or spending the night. RV’s are great, but they are not safe in severe weather, like lightning and thunderstorms with high winds, tornadoes and hurricanes.

When you’re at home you usually know what the weather forecast is by reading the newspaper, listening to the radio or watching television. When you travel hundreds of miles a day in your RV weather conditions can change several times. Many times when you stop for the night all you want to do is get some rest. The weather is the last thing on your mind. The problem with this is severe weather can occur without much warning, and if you are caught in it, it can be disastrous.

So, what do we do, what’s the plan? Plan is the key word here. RVers need to have an emergency weather plan in case of a severe storm. For starters, have you ever heard of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio or NWR? The NOAA Weather Radio is a nationwide network of radio stations that broadcast continuous weather information directly from a nearby National Weather Service Office.

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