What can be in the RV Stuff Blog? Anything I want. And you never know what I'll be talking about next.
February 2008 Posts »
Archives »
You like sports... ever been to the NBA website... well, The NBA RV Tour began in Orlando, FL, at the first ABC game this month and continues through April stopping at 20 ABC and ESPN game sites.
At each event, fans walk through the RV, participate in interactive games, have photos taken, attend possible talent appearances, and see ESPN Radio remote broadcasts.
To see the video and pictures and where the tour stops, go to the The NBA RV Tour site.
Source: Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released its final rule on Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: Cargo Carrying Capacity. This rule addresses RV dealer disclosure obligations when they add “significant” weight to an RV, as explained below.
This revised final rule helps clarify RV dealer compliance obligations, which were vague at best, from its September 2005 rules. Dealers have until June 4, 2008 to comply with the revised rules. Overall, this final rule is beneficial for RV dealers. NHTSA responded to many of RVDA’s suggestions. NHTSA’s final rule now makes one label apply to all towable RVs and a slightly different label applies to all motorized RVs. The previous rule separated RVs into different NHTSA Safety Standards based on a 10,000 lbs Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) threshold.
The rule provides a more reasonable weight threshold before RV dealers need to comply. Any party that adds weight to a Light RV (under 10,000 pounds) exceeding the lesser of 1.5 percent of the vehicle’s GVWR or 100 pounds, or any party adding greater than 100 pounds for a Heavy RV (over 10,000 pounds) before first retail sale to the customer, is required to disclose this extra weight on labels affixed to the vehicles. In addition, the new rule allows dealers to use several different options to comply with the regulation. Dealers adding weight below these thresholds have no disclosure obligations.
We're going to be bringing you RV Experts to the site in a variety of formats to include interviews with ebooks, video and audio presentations. Of course, you know what an expert is don"t you?
Dr. Laurence J. Peter defined it as: “Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.” Reminded me of the movie I watched last night on TNT called "Two for the Money" with Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey. Matthew played Brandon Lang as a gifted football handicapper. On one weekend of professional football, he got 14 out of 14 games correct which is prediction. But the last pick wasn't really based on any knowledge or skill. He was so confident, that he let one of his co-workers pick the outcome and it was right. He couldn't fail. And people flocked to pay for his betting information.
What does that have with the subject of experts? Well, only that experts provide valuable information and some of it is free and some of it costs something, like getting the right answers on football games. We won't be interviewing handicappers, but over the next few months, we'll have tons of interviews of experts that will be available to answer your questions through our web and audio chat programs for those who are full members.
We've started a list and if you have a topic or person in mind that you'd like for us to invite or talk about in one of our sessions, let me know. Our experts section is here and when we get the audio/web chat programs set up on a schedule, you'll be notified through the blog posts.
What kind of guest expert would you like for us to include on our invitation list?
Found any interested photos on the web, or have any photos that funny, interesting or evokes some humor? Add them in our photo gallery.
I've posted a few old RV's in the Photo Gallery. It's on the left panel of almost any page. Add more or create your own album. Let's have some fun here.
Direct access the photo gallery.
Got a question, need an answer about an RV issue, challenge or want to make some suggestions to help other RV'ers? Then you'll find our new feature of Discussion Boards perfect for you.
Depending on the type of RV you have, you can join a Discussion Board for motor homes, fifth wheels, travel trailers,tent trailers... And if you want more, let us know, we'll had more specific boards to help you find the answers.
You can find the Discussion Boards on the left panel of almost any page under COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. Or can go directly to the RV Discussion Boards and Forum here.
