SIDEWALL CONSTRUCTION
THE LEAST EXPENSIVE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY USED IN ENTRY LEVEL UNITS AND ONE OF THE ONLY CONSTRUCTION TYPES TO USE BATTEN INSULATION.
WHAT IS STICK AND TIN?
USED TO KEEP THE RV FROM ROCKING, THERE CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 DEPENDING ON THE STYLE OF RV.
WHAT ARE STABILIZER JACKS?
THIS CAN COME BANDED OR ON THE VALVE STEM
WHAT IS TPMS? (TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM)
ENCLOSED IN ONE AREA HOUSING; TANK DRAINS, WATER HEATER BY-PASS VALVES, HOLDING TANK GATE VALVES, AND THE SEWER FLUSH.
WHAT IS A WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM?
KNOWN AS AUTO CAMPERS OR CAMPING TRAILERS IN THIS YEAR THE FIRST MASS PRODUCTION OF RV'S WAS ESTABLISHED.
WHAT IS 1910? LOS ANGELES TRAILER WORKS AND AUTO-KAMP TRAILERS FIRST ROLLED OFF THE PRODUCTION LINE IN 1910. AND THE PIERCE-ARROW "TOURING LANDUA" (B VAN) WAS UNVEILED AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN THAT SAME YEAR, COMPLETE WITH AN ON-BOARD BATHROOM.
THIS WALL IS CONSTRUCTED WITH GLUE ON THE FRAMING THAT ADHEARS TO THE FIBERGLASS EXTERIOR
WHAT IS A HUNG WALL?
FIRST FOUND ONLY ON MOTORHOMES THIS AIDS IN THE SET UP TIME AND COMES IN VARIOUS STYLES.
WHAT IS A LEVELING SYSTEM?
WHAT ARE THE EXTERIOR WINDOWS?
TYPICALLY RATED FOR 300 POUNDS THESE COME AS OPTIONAL OR STANDARD ON MANY OF OUR BRANDS.
WHAT ARE ROOF LADDERS?
IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE SLIDE OUT PATENTED?
WHAT IS 1921?
PATENTED IN 1921, FREDRICK FOLLETT INVENTED A EXPANSIBLE BODY FOR AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES. A STATE OF THE ART TOURING CAR HYBRID THAT EMPLOYED TWO LATERAL SLIDES AND A VERTICLE SLIDE THUS ALLOWING THE VEHICLES INTERIOR TO BE CONVERTED INTO SLEEPING QUARTERS WHEN CAMPING. IT HOUSED EVERYTHING WE CONSIDER AN RV EVEN A HINGED BATHTUB THAT COULD BE LOWERED WHEN NEEDED. MODERN POWER SLIDES WERE PATENTED BY NEWMAR IN 1990 AND PUT IN THEIR MH'S AND FW'S.
THIS WALL CONSTRUCTION USES A VERY LARGE VACUUM BAG TO ADHEAR THE FIBERGLASS EXTERIOR TO THE FRAMING AND INSULATION.
WHAT IS A VACUUM BONDED WALL?
LOCATED ON THE REAR OF SOME RV'S THIS CAN BE RATED TO TOW OR RATED FOR THE MOUNTING OF ACCESORIES.
WHAT IS THE REAR HITCH?
THIS MAKES HITCHING AND LEVELING MUCH EASIER FOR TRAVEL TRAILERS.
WHAT IS A POWER FRONT JACK?
ALTHOUGH ON MANY TOY HAULERS, SELECT 5TH WHEELS CAN BE OPTIONED WITH THIS FEATURE.
WHAT ARE GENERATORS?
THE ONLY RECREATIONAL VEHICLE EVER PRODUCED BY A MAJOR AUTO/TRUCK MANUFACTURER WAS BUILD DURING THESE MODEL YEARS
THIS WALL IS CONSTRUCTED USING GLUE AND A ROLLER SYSTEM TO APPLY EVEN PRESSURE TO ADHEAR THE WALL TO THE FRAMING.
WHAT IS PINCH ROLLED SIDEWALL CONSTRUCTION?
THESE THREE TANKS ARE FOUND ON MOST RV'S
WHAT ARE THE BLACK, THE GRAY, AND FRESH HOLDING TANKS?
WHAT ARE WATER HEATERS.
WITH THIS FEATURE ADDED THE TANKS ARE PROTECTED AND INSULATED FROM OUTSIDE EXPOSURE.
WHAT IS AN ENCLOSED UNDERBELLY? MANY VARIATIONS; ENCLOSED, ENCLOSED WITH INSULATION, ENCLOSED WITH TANK HEATERS AND INSULATION. NO RV IS 4 SEASONS.
In this year the first all fiberglass bodied rv was manufactured.
What is 1955. The 1955 Ranger fiberglass pop-up had a unique slide out rear bed, upper bunks and wooden support sides.
THE 2 MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS WHEN CONSTRUCTING A LAMINATED OR VACUUM BONDED SIDEWALL.
WHAT IS TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY?
FOUND ON SOME RV'S THIS HELPS CLEAN OUT YOUR BLANK TANK AFTER USE.
WHAT IS THE SEWER FLUSH?
LCI ONE CONTROL WE RV, COMPASS CONNECT, SMART RV ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF.
EPDM, TPO, FIBERGLASS, ACRYLIC ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF.
WHAT ARE ROOF MEMBRANE TYPES?
ACRYLIC-LEAST EXPENSIVE BUT TENDS TO PEEL WHEN PONDING ACCOURS, AND NOT LAST AS LONG AS EPDM. THIS WAS USED YEARS AGO, IF YOU SEE PEELING THIS IS PROBABLY WHATS ON THERE.
EPDM-(ethylene propylene diene monomer) SUPER STRONG, AND DURABLE, ONLY DOWNFALLS ARE; SHRINKAGE, PUNCTURES, AND SEAM FAILURE. GENERAL LIFE 25 YEARS.
TPO- (thermoplastic polyolefins) IN THE RUBBER ROOF FAMILY, THIS ROOF TYPE IS THE GO TO THESE DAYS. LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO PUNCTURES, LIGHTER, LESS LIKELY TO GET BLACK STREAKING ON THE RV. SAME MAINTENANCE AS EPDM RUBBER. DOWNFALLS-MORE SUSEPTIBLE TO DENTING, ALSO BREAKS DOWN QUICKER- 15-20 YEAR LIFE.
FIBERGLASS ROOF- ONE OF THE BEST ROOF CHOICES, BUT ALSO THE HEAVIEST AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR (BASICALLY BODY WORK), GENERAL CONSENSUS FROM MOST MANUFACTURERS IS THAT TPO IS THE BEST SOLUTION.