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Traveling
Safely – Tips To Keep You, Your Family And Your Possessions
Safe While On The Road
Doing a tour of the country in an RV is certainly
a thrilling way to see a variety of destinations. However,
RV’s are large vehicles, and most are trailers, which you
may not be used to towing. One of the many concerns that
crop up with a towing trailer is its weight. RV weight can
vary greatly, and the towing vehicle needs to be able to
accommodate the RV.
You already have the ability to drive an
RV if you’re a skilled car driver. However, like all drivers,
an RV operator can be placed in an emergency situation at
any point. Good defensive driving techniques will keep you
from being involved in accidents. Always keep a three-second
or more following distance from the vehicle ahead of you.
Also, you should always use your vehicle’s mechanical signals
when you move in and out of traffic.
Here are some
free RV safety trips: Look over all your RV’s
gear and systems at least a week before you take to the
open road. Always examine tires, brakes, jacks, lights,
oil, radiator, belts, horn, shocks, steering, windshield
wipers and washers, lubrication and other critical equipment.
Tires are one of the most important factors to safe RVing.
Well-adjusted brakes are also crucial.
Tools to keep handy:
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Screwdrivers
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Camp Axe
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Pliers
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Duct tape
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Road flares
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Flashlight
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Jumper cables
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Adjustable wrench
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Swiss Army Knives
It’s easy to let your guard down at times
and overlook the fact that not everybody you come across
will be as law abiding as you might be. RVer's are a prime
target for the criminal mind. To reduce the probability
that you will be a victim, take these precautions:
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Rest stops attract criminals, so never stay
overnight
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Get in the habit of locking the doors when
no one is in the RV
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Schedule stops at gas stations, convenience
stores and ATM’s during daylight hours, and be aware of
your surroundings whenever you stop
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Always park in a well-lit area with the entry
door of the RV facing where most of the action is
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Keep any valuables inside the RV secured
and out of sight
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Do not store valuable equipment in outside
storage compartments – many of these compartments can be
accessed with keys belonging to any other RV
Plan your trip carefully before you set out.
Driving too fast or for long periods of time can cause fatigue
and falling asleep at the wheel. Limit your driving time
to 5 or 6 hours per day. Stay alert and monitor what is
going on around you at all times. Avoid driving or pulling
your RV during bad weather and high winds. Finally, stay
safe and smart, and enjoy your RV experience.
Adam O’Connor
www.InsideYourRV.com
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A Greener
Path
By Erin Simpson
Earth-friendly recreational vehicles and accessories
on the rise as consumers demand more green options
Living lightly on the planet is entering mainstream American
culture as consumers demand eco-friendly products ranging
from organic clothing to hybrid cars. Even recreational
vehicle owners, a group of consumers not immediately associated
with environmental responsibility, are jumping on the green
bandwagon.
Eighteen percent of RV owners are already using solar panels,
according to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association
(RVIA), and new regulations are being instated to ensure
wood products in all new RVs for sale in California have
low formaldehyde levels. While green RVs aren’t mainstream
yet, experts agree the industry is moving in that direction.
“It’s basic supply and demand,” said Michael Nohr, manager
of the Pleasanton-based 21st Annual Manufacturers’ RV Show,
which runs May 15-25 at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.
“Consumers want more green features, so manufacturers are
beginning to respond.”
When he hosted his first RV show two decades ago, Nohr joked
that the only green option was for the paint job. In fact,
even five years ago, the average RVer would have “looked
at me sideways” if he tried to steer them toward a vendor
hawking green wares, he said.
“Now I’d get a sideways look if I didn’t have vendors offering
those amenities – like rigs already fitted with solar panels,”
Nohr said. “And it’s really not that big of a leap when
you look at the numbers. RV vacations are actually greener
than other ones.”
A recent study for the RVIA found that RV vacations have
a significantly smaller carbon footprint than their plane/car/hotel
counterparts. In many cases, the more traditional vacation
emitted nearly twice the amount of CO2 than the same RV
vacation, the study showed.
Vacaville-based Vineyard RV Park owner Meaghan Bertram,
whose park is a certified green business, said despite the
bad rap they get, RVs are inherently efficient – especially
where water and electricity are concerned. The downfall
is gas consumption; however she echoed Nohr’s sentiments
that consumer demands for a lighter, more fuel efficient
model will force the industry to pay attention.
“Overall, I think the industry is really at the crossroads
of a huge change,” Bertram said. “Five years ago, nobody
in this industry even talked about green. Now it is the
new buzzword.”
Sales manager Jim Eberhardt of McMahons RV Santa Cruz –
a city known for its green inclinations – said he gets consumers
asking about green RVs “all the time.” He estimated that
20 to 40 percent of his customers want to know about eco-friendly
options – specifically hybrid engines.
“Fuel economy is what it is,” said Eberhardt, who believes
a true hybrid RV will be a huge success when it hits the
marketplace. “(Consumers) never ask about price. A lot of
them don’t understand why (manufacturers) aren’t doing it
now.”
Until they do, consumers will have to green their rigs in
other ways, such as installing wind turbines and converting
their engines to use bio-diesel.
Brian Brawdy, an ex-New York police officer turned green
RVer, did just that when he decided to hit the road just
over a year ago in a quest to live off the grid and get
in touch with nature and himself.
“I did it not only to be environmentally friendly. The environment
I’m most interested to be friendly to is the mental environment
of me being out in the middle of nowhere,” Brawdy said.
“For me, it’s the combination of green RVing, but also self-reliance
and independence.”
Brawdy estimated he invested upwards of $10,000 in greening
his RV – a 2008 Ford pickup truck with a Lance camper –
and hit the road. His journey has taken him to 48 states
so far. Thanks to his green modifications, much of the voyage
has been augmented by nature.
He installed solar panels and a wind turbine on the RV to
help generate electricity. He uses a rain filtration system.
And he uses electricity-sipping LED lights and fills up
with bio-diesel when possible – last year he was able to
use it about a third of the time.
The modifications mean he can pull over wherever and whenever
– even in the middle of nowhere – because he doesn’t have
the need for power hookups holding him back. That, Brawdy
said, is exactly what more people need to do to send green
RVing into the mainstream.
“More people need to get out. You’re more inclined to want
to save something if you’ve savored it first,” he said.
“Unless we start encouraging people to explore off the beaten
path, nobody’s gonna want to protect it. RVing is not going
away. You can’t legislate the nomadic human spirit out of
people.”
How you can be a green RVer:
· Purchase an RV with green accoutrements already installed:
Models available at the 21st Annual Manufacturers’ RV Show
at the Alameda County Fairgrounds from May 15-25.
· Keep the speedometer between 55 and 60 mph to conserve
fuel.
· Keep the tire pressure at about 100 pounds to reduce rolling
resistance.
· Don’t idle – idling for 10 seconds generates more carbon
dioxide than restarting.
· Turn off the lights when you don’t need them and use LED
lights in lieu of traditional bulbs.
· Keep engines well-tuned to conserve energy and reduce
emissions.
· Live light -- literally. Carrying less in your vehicle
increases fuel efficiency.
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By: Erin
Simpson
Worldly Road Warriors
RVers are becoming an ever sophisticated group, with many
taking ‘grown-up vacations’ through California’s world-renowned
wine country.
Despite a deep recession that has consumers pinching their
pennies and business owners worrying about how to make payroll,
Vineyard RV Park manager Meaghan Bertram wasn’t surprised
when a caravan of custom-built, million-dollar recreational
vehicles recently rolled into her Vacaville facility.
With many vacationers staying closer to home in order to
save a few bucks, RVing has become an increasingly alluring
option for people with sophisticated tastes to indulge in
their pastimes, Bertram said. In her neck of the woods,
many of those rolling bon vivants are focused on one thing:
Wine.
“About 25 percent of people we see are specifically coming
to see the Napa and Sonoma valleys,” Bertram said, “(With
the economy), more people are traveling from closer destinations
– people from L.A. or parts of the Bay Area are doing a
local trip. A lot of people have lived here their whole
life and have not spent time in the wine country.”
Bill Mundee, along with his brother Ken, opened the Wine
Country RV Park in Paso Robles six years ago. They figured
that between Hearst Castle, the Central Coast and the area’s
wine country, there was a lot of business to be had. Catering
to RVers who want to taste at the region’s increasingly
popular wineries has become a large part of their business.
“That’s been our main customer since we opened,” Bill Mundee
said.
The Mundees offer wine tasting at the park, point oenophiles
to good wineries and are even thinking of starting a shuttle
service to take RVers on wine tours.
Business is good, Mundee said. On the weekends when wine
festivals pepper area parks and downtowns, his facility
will be sold out months in advance.
Though he hasn’t been in the business for that long, Mundee
thinks it’s fair to say RV culture has grown more sophisticated.
“They want a place to sleep. They want wi-fi,” he said.
“They want to drink wine.”
Mike Nohr, manager of the 21st Annual Manufacturers’ RV
and Boat Show, said he’s noticed the growing sophistication
of RVers as well, and sees it as a market he can tap. At
his Pleasanton RV show, for instance, consumers will be
able to purchase hot tubs and customized kitchens – luxuries
that would never have popped up at his shows a decade ago.
“The old RV stereotype has definitely changed. These are
cultured people with distinctive tastes,” said Nohr, whose
show is slated to open at the Alameda County fairgrounds
on May 15 and run through May 24. “I’ve noticed more and
more RVers focusing their trips on exploring our region’s
wine country – which is a great thing.”
Case in point: Suzanne and Bill Wilkinson, who love to travel
to the Paso Robles RV park and taste what the region has
to offer. After buying their first tent trailer years ago
to camp with the kids, they upgraded in 2005 to a Holiday
Rambler Savoy travel trailer and now say they go wine tasting
four or five days a month.
The couple from Wood Park in Southern California find taking
their RV for weekends in Paso Robles is the perfect way
to find new wineries and taste new wines – a pastime they’ve
enjoyed for a decade.
“The RV allows us to go where the functions are and enjoy
the functions to the fullest without worrying about being
on the road and the distance,” said Suzanne Wilkinson, 51.
“And we get to meet other people that enjoy the same passion.”
They do run into many like-minded RVers on the wine trail
“It used to be what I would see was dirt bikes and beer,”
said Bob Wilkinson, 58. “This isn't that at all. It’s very
much more sophisticated than the camping I used to do years
ago.”
The Wilkinsons enjoy the convenience, freedom and romance
that traveling with their RV gives them.
“It’s a grown-up getaway,” Suzanne Wilkinson said.
Many people, like the Wilkinsons, choose to RV because of
the convenience of having a “home on wheels,” said Vineyard
RV Park employee Elena Brown. There is never the disappointment
of finding out the room is much smaller than it looked on
the hotel Web site, no hassles with disinterested clerks
and no need to pack and repack at different stops along
the way.
What’s more, there is a definite cost-savings to RVing.
A recent study for the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association
showed that typical family RV camping vacations on average
are 27 to 61 percent less expensive on a per-day basis than
other types of vacations.
“Traveling is more economical that way,” Brown said, “and
there is a greater population of people who own these (RVs)
now.”
21st Annual Manufacturers’
RV and Boat Show:
May 15-24
Alameda County Fairgrounds
4501 Pleasanton Avenue
Pleasanton, California
What to do in the area:
San Francisco
Bay Area
Wente Vineyards:
5050 Arroyo Road - Livermore, CA
Phone 925.456.2400
Vacaville RV Park:
4985 Midway Road
Vacaville, CA 95688
Phone: (707) 693-8797
What to do in the area:
V. Sattui Winery
1111 White Lane, St. Helena, CA
Pet friendly; great place for a picnic. Deli and gift store.
Robert Mondavi
Hwy 29, Oakville, CA
Castello di
Amorosa
A 12th Century Tuscan Castle-Winery
4045 St. Helena Hwy (Hwy 29), Calistoga, CA
Kendall-Jackson 31st
Annual Barrel Tasting
March 7-8; 14-15
11am-4pm
Paso Robles
RV Park:
2500 Airport Road, Paso Robles, CA
805-238-4560 or Toll Free 866-927-8669
What to do in the area:
Penman Springs
– Coziest and friendliest tasting room
Clautiere Vineyards
– Most outlandish tasting room, a must see
17th Annual Zinfandel Festival Weekend
March 20-22
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By: Erin Simpson
As might be expected, sales of recreational vehicles have
plummeted in the last year as the recession deepens, credit
dries up and consumers concentrate on saving money.
But over the past couple months, RV dealers have begun to
experience something unexpected – an uptick in the number
of savvy buyers drawn to their sales lots by steep discounts.
Like businesses looking to lure customers, dealers are cutting
prices to move their products. Industry experts say that
makes this the best time in 30 years to buy an RV.
"We're having people coming in saying 'make me a deal I
can't refuse,'" said Michael Jacque, president of Morgan
Hill-based Alpine RV, who said buyers can expect price cuts
of 15 to 20 percent across the board. "If you have the means,
without a doubt this is the best time to buy an RV."
Sales of RVs, from economical towables to luxurious land-yachts,
dropped almost 41 percent in California between November
2008 and the previous year, according to Statistical Surveys,
which tracks RV retail sales. Nationally, sales were down
28 percent during that same time period.
Slashed prices and fiscal incentives, including the recently
signed $789 billion federal economic stimulus package that
includes tax breaks for people buying RVs, are combining
to create one of the best buyers' markets in decades, RV
dealers say.
Jacque, who’s been in the business for 30 years, said this
recession is the worst hit he’s seen the industry take.
However, with sales and traffic on the rise, hope and optimism
are starting to creep back in. He expects business to get
better in the following months and possibly peak in May
– something Mike Nohr, director of the 21st Annual Manufacturers’
RV and Boat Show, is banking on.
Nohr originally had his Pleasanton-based show planned for
early January but changed the dates to the last two weeks
in May in the hopes of catching an upsurge in business.
“It's an oxymoron in a way,” Nohr said. “The industry is
hurting, yet we're hearing more and more of our vendors
saying people are interested in getting into an RV because
they realize this is the time to get a deal.”
When he made the decision to change the dates of his show,
which has been a staple at the Alameda County Fairgrounds
for two decades, Nohr knew it was a gamble. But with nearly
30 dealers planning to attend, he believes he'll be holding
the right cards come May.
"Obviously it's best to shop around when you're looking
to save money," he said. “And with this many dealers in
one place willing to negotiate, people could save a boatload.”
One of those dealers is Henry Flores, general manager of
Los Banos-based Toscano RV. Flores believes the industry
has already hit rock bottom and things are beginning to
look up. While his sales haven’t surged yet, he’s seen more
traffic on his lot than in previous months. The buyers perusing
his wares are hip to the situation the industry is in and
willing to capitalize on it, too, he said.
“They know it is the time to buy. They know they can buy
something reasonable and get a deal,” Flores said. “Two
to three years ago, no way. The market was hot. But now,
people know they’re gonna be able to steal it. They know.”
Recession RVing by the Numbers (info box):
· Best time in 30 years to buy an RV
· RV sales in California are down nearly 41 percent and
28 percent nationwide
· Dealers are experiencing more buyer interest now than
they were six months ago
· The Pleasanton Manufacturers' RV and Boat Show, held from
May 15-24, will host nearly 30 dealerships in one place
offering reduced prices
· Buyers can experience 15-20 percent discounts across the
board
· Economic stimulus package allows a portion of the sales
tax on motorhomes to be deducted; applies to the first $49,500
of the purchase price for people with an income of up to
$125,000 |
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