Trailers & Fifth Wheels Made Easy - With Bill's Hints Review

Trailers and Fifth Wheels Made Easy - With Bill's Hints

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(More customer reviews)List Price New: $7.88
I recently bought a used travel trailer (my first). I assumed the original owner's manual would answer my questions and show me how to use the trailer. Wrong! I was shocked to find the original owner's manual to be so generic & general. I later learned that the walk-through, by the dealer at the time of original purchase, is the key to learning how to use your travel trailer. But I bought this trailer through an out of state private sale. I had no one to turn to for help. As such, I began looking online at various guidebooks to help me. This is one of the two guidebooks that I purchased.
The book - or more appropriately a "booklet" - is 59-pages, not including the pull-out checklists inside of the back cover. The booklet covers: Safety, Weight Ratings, Towing, Hitches, Braking, Wiring, Mirrors, Transmission Coolers, Tow Vehicle Hook-Up, Driving, Setting-Up, Entrance Door, Entrance Step, Master Control Panel, Managing Consumables, Fresh Water, Battery Power, Fuses & Bulbs, Propane, Refrigeration, RV Toilets, Waste Water Tanks, Waste Water Treatment & Odors, Sewer Hook-Up & Dumping, Awning, Leveling, Slideouts, Backing Your RV, AC Electric Power, Aux Generators, Water Heater, Furnace, Roof A/C, Tires, Tow Insurance, Spring Cleaning, Cold Weather Operation & Storage, Tent Trailers, and a series of Data Sheets, Specs & Checklists (Towing, Hook-Up/Un-Hook & Packing).
As you can imagine, that's a lot of material covered in only 59-pages! Some topics receive 1-2 paragraphs while others have 2-3 pages devoted to them (Note: there are no pictures or diagrams). After each topic, Bill gives a list of "tips" in bullet-format (most tips are 1-2 sentences).
While this "booklet" alone will not teach you how to use your travel trailer, I surprisingly found it to be better (more helpful) than the original owner's manual. I have easily recovered my $10.98 investment ($7.88 + $3.10 shipping) through several of Bill's helpful tips.
In summary, for Newbies this booklet will increase your knowledge and fill-in some gaps where intuition stops - and I suspect that seasoned RV'ers may even glean a helpful hint or two. If new, reasonably priced copies are not available on Amazon use a Search Engine - and don't pay a base price over $10.

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