By Bob Difley
The RV Safety and Education Foundation (RVSEF) has recently taken up the baton of RV education, replacing the popular and successful Life On Wheels RV Conferences that were canceled upon the death of Gaylord Maxwell, its driving force and guiding spirit. RVSEF is conducting its first school for RVers this year during the Pennsylvania RV and Camping Show in Harrisburg September 13 – 16, 2009.
Walter Cannon, Executive director of RVSEF, is familiar with Life On Wheels, having taught RV safety classes there before its demise. The new class roster will include technical classes on understanding and troubleshooting RV appliances, safety issues like brakes, towing, weighing your RV, driving instruction. as well as lifestyle classes. and all conducted by experts and long time RVers.
This is a difficult economy to start a venture such as this, as valuable a resource as it is, and RVSEF will need all the help it can get. So talk it up to your friends who are just purchasing their first RV, those that have already started the RV lifestyle yet want to learn more, and those that have been on the road for several years and want to become more independent and self sufficient, as well as learning about what new equipment is coming on the market.
You can see a description of the safety clinic and the courses offered on the RVSEF Web site.
Norman Licht
bOY ,,,,I AM SORRY,TO SAY MY Peace,, I do not agree with showing so much of Appliance repairs to public as some could into trouble real quick ,,, I know it can and will happen as I own and operate a mobile Service company and have seen it,,,the customer calls with troubles and we find the unit all apart or put together wrong,,,, THERE SAID MY PEACE,,,, THANK YOU ,,,Norman
Lew Pinsker
Unfortunately, RVSEF has cancelled this course. The following is pasted from their site.
“RVSEF Lifestyle, Education & Safety Clinic in Harrisburg PA,
9/13 – 9/16 2009, has been postponed due to low registrations
and is being rescheduled for 2010 dates TBA”
Kathy
As a new owner of a Class A diesel pusher, I have been looking for a class to take so that I can drive our motor home. My husband does all the driving, but I need to know how to drive in case of emergency and later, as I become more knowledgeable, be able to drive on trips also.
I haven’t found any classes or seminars on the West Coast that are fairly reasonable and/or within a day’s drive. I am looking forward to attending when you provide these seminars/classes in the west. Any plan to do so in the near future?
Ron Butler
Glad to see that someone has picked up the baton and carrying on with a great program. My niece attended several years ago and still talks about it. We will just have to fit it into our schedule sometime! Thanks for the update Bob.
Ron
GMAs
Wow.. should be part of the sales package (new or used) for the new owners to attend free…
Bob… this is your calling… you should fill the shoes and take the lead in promoting new RV people…
By the way did you see the show on RV’n … NBC airs tonight July 7, ??? what a hoot… I viewed the transfer video… and well what can I say… you should enjoy the race to the finish… because they gave it the old survivor flavor… and no I won’t tell you who won… (how come you didn’t get in on it???)
I don’t think it was done very well … thrown togeather kinda thing… and some of the users in the race across the country … well lets just say like in top gun… the’re dangerous… (other mental implications are in the minds of the viewers who own RV’s) …grin