Talk:Recreational vehicle

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[edit] Freightliner

"Freightliner" is a specific make of light, medium and heavy-duty commercial trucks. "freightliner" is being used as a generic term, I believe incorrectly, for medium and heavy-duty trucks. I'm loathe to jump in and change it, because I can't think of a better, yet terse term, except "commercial truck" or "commercial truck chassis". There is the possibility to also take the opportunity to link to Truck#Types_of_trucks_by_size.

Any thoughts? --Efini 18:37, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More Photos

I think this article needs more photos of RVs (like LazyDays}, it only had a picture of a truck camper.

Sklocke 18:54, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External links

Just had someone add a link here tonight "MyRVNetwork.com RV Information, Classifieds and Discussion". Seems like it's becoming a spam area. Thoughts? Strawberry Island 03:17, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

removed link for Fleetwood, I can see on reason for having a link for one (and only one) of many RV builders Ralph 7 May 06

I'm seeing this as a pattern, any thoughts, mine is that company sites are not good, but general industrylinke (go RVing, etc) are good, under that thought the link to RV Hunter is gone (they are also so small I've never heard of them before)... Ralph 20 June 2006

Also "These high end RVs typically need to be financed by banks or specialized lenders" . Should this kind of linkage be removed? Dajhorn 16:35, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for pointing it out. -Will Beback 19:26, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RV's as 4WD vehicle

I don't know about elsewhere in the world, but in Australia, a 'Recreational Vehicle' is a 4WD vehicle designed for off road driving. It may or may not have accomodation facilities, but these are incidental to it's purpose if they exist. No-one would ever live in one.

What you refer to here as a recreational vehicle is known in Australia as a 'camper van' or a 'mobile home'.

Intriguing. A disambiguation bit at the top might be nice, then. Phil Bordelon 04:12 25 Jun 2003 (UTC)

[edit] law-evading comment

This sentence in the article sounds a little strange to me: "Some people also live in RVs because they lack funds for more conventional housing or are evading the law." It seems to me the inverse is also true. Some people also live in "more conventional housing", perhaps an apartment, because "they lack funds" to live in an RV. Do a lot of people say to themselves, 'well, I lack the funds to live in an apartment, I guess I'd better go buy an RV'?

Also, why mention that some people live in RVs because they're "evading the law"? Are there any statistics that show that a higher precentage of law evaders live in RVs than apartments, boats, park trailers or houses? I just don't understand what the point is of associating RVs with law evaders. I'm not denying it happens, just that I doubt it's a significant enough percentage of fulltimers to warrant mentioning.

What are we doing here, listing all the various reasons that some people might live in an RV? Aren't there potentially hundreds of reasons some people would want to live in an RV?

just my opinion Jim 07:08, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Got rid of law-evading comment, explained non-US use of "RV"

Since it was subject to debate and didn't really seem to add much to the article, I removed the reference to use by those evading the law. I also added the Aussie use of the term "RV" and removed the limited geographic tag, and added a few other bits. Realkyhick 06:52, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Size Matters

I am deleting the sizes for the various types of motorhomes . . . It really has nothing to do with the classification process. It is simply "too much" information.Morehugh 16:38, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Driver's License

What kind of license is required to drive an RV? Is there a special one, or does a user simply need a normal driver's license? -Litefantastic 00:25, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

That'd probably depend on what state or country it is being driven in, and its size. The smaller ones comminly do not require a special license in many American states. If we want to add this info to the article we'd need to find a source. -Will Beback 20:23, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
US States and Canadian provinces do not require special licensing for typical RV applications. There are exceptions, very large (long) rigs, multiple trailers, etc. Example: BC...Ralph 13April06

[edit] Updates

I clarified and expanded (slightly) a number of the issues presented. I might add more, but will think about it. My (aging) RV-FAQ can be seen here. Ralph (again)

[edit] LazyDays

Lazydays RV photos are ready-to-be viewed. You may add them to the RV article.

Sklocke 18:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I got no idea what you are talking about...? MadMaxDog 05:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
They aren't in the public domain. If you want better pictures on here, go out and take good photos, upload them to the commons, and link them in. Pictures off commercial websites are usually copyright of the photographer or the publisher of the website, and can't be used here

Dickpenn 22:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Globalize

Sklocke, while I won't revert your template - I don't think it was a good choice. If one put these things wherever Wikipedia is biased towards a US description of something, you'd have them cluttering up 2/3rds of Wikipedia, and pose more of a visual and textual tripwire than a help for Wikipedia as such. I find the globalize tag should be used only on articles and sections where the disagreements are more substantial (i.e., things like politics, philosophy, historical views) than here - after all, while the classifications of RVs may me different all over the world (are we to add them all?) they won't make or break anything about this article. MadMaxDog 05:09, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

I sort of agree - it's better to edit the content for a more international flavor/flavour, rather than kvetch/grumble about what's there. Of course a neutral point of view should include all English-speaking countries, but it needs a light touch. Dickpenn 22:13, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Link

I was talking about the Lazydays website here. :)

They are simply a dealer, I see no reason to even mention them N7bsn 15:17, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Luxury Photo's

This article needs more pictures of Luxury Motorhome's, my Grand-parent's own a $300,000 dollar Motor Coach, and yet, all the ones here simply look like small little contraptions that would be in a motor-park. I'm not good at finding correct pictures that may be displayed, but just thought I'd lend this up. --69.237.199.66 22:36, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent edits

I largely reverted the edits made between July 31 and today. Those edits, by seval editors, removed sourced material, added copyright violations, omitted highly-relevant internal links, added commerical external links, and changed the term used for the subject from "recreational vehicle" to "recreation vehicle", all without any explanaiton or justification. We can certainly restore any useful edits (and I've put back I few that were in the mix) but please let's not redo all of the listed problems. If there are issues with the existing article let's fix them directly. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 20:44, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


Hi Will, why are all the references with the exception of gorving.ca commercial websites, owned by the same company? I think the references should be neutral. Listing trailerlife.com & rvbookstore.com is akin to listing amazaon.com as a reference. In my opinion it would be better to replace the somewhat arcane links to affinity group and replace them with industry neutral links like gorving.com ( consumer information ) and rvbusiness.com ( industry news ). Motormadness 13:38, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

So long as the sites are reliable, it doesn't much matter who they are. But if you can find more relaible sites that reference the same information then please upgrade the material. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 16:17, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USDA Forest Service info

While expanding and cleaning up the existing cited sources (bare links should never be the sole citation, as they frequently break), I ran across a supposed source for information on RV locations at national parks from the United States Forest Service. However, it was merely the main welcome page, not a specific source for this information. Furthermore, I could not find any such information on their website. (If they have it somewhere, their search engine is lousy at finding it.) As this was the main reason I came to this article in the first place, I was a bit disappointed. Can anyone locate such a list and add the source here? ~ Jeff Q (talk) 16:31, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cited references

This glossary at trailerlife.com does not include definitions of the type cited. It mainly covers hitches and technical terms. The rv roundup at gorving.ca has better definitions with illistrations.

I could not find any evidence the follwoing sentance is true. In fact, the only references available lead back to this article.

"The term "Minnie Winnie" sometimes is used in references to Class C motorhomes, originally coined by one of the founders of Winnebago Industries, Inc. " —Preceding unsigned comment added by Motormadness (talk • contribs) 14:17, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bus Converision

Bus conversions have not been replaced by Class A motorhomes. They are custom build luxury motorhomes. I Replace the antique ram-shackle bus shown with a a picture of a recent conversion of a Prevost Bus by Marathon Coach. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Motormadness (talk • contribs) 16:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Manufacturers

There is a what is basically a list of many manufacturers under the section Manufacturers. This isn't useful. Why is it there??? We wouldn't do it about cars or motorbikes, or any other subject, so why do it here? As I cant see any point of it, I have removed it DineshAdv (talk) 20:00, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Why don't you create a new page, e.g. Recreational Vehicle Industry and move the list there? There are indeed lists of car manufacturers in those kind of articles, for example Automobile Industry. --Claygate (talk) 16:03, 26 May 2008 (UTC)