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10-06-2020, 08:36 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Lansing MI
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How many people have read their owner's manual
It's interesting how many of the same questions pop up here time, after time, after time. That got me to thinking about how many people actually read that 6 inch tome they give you with all of the operation and service manuals etc. Anybody care to fess up?
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10-06-2020, 08:40 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 422
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I am a manual reader. I have probably read my six inch 6 or 7 times cover to cover in the 5 years I have owned it. I also consult it often for short periods.
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10-06-2020, 08:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Bryan Tx
Posts: 1,023
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Read thru mine more then once and continually have to go back to them. That’s with 30+ years in the maintenance industry
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10-06-2020, 08:43 PM
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Senior Member
Holiday Rambler Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 9,732
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Read it all, and sections several times.
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Ben & Sharon
2008 43' Holiday Rambler Scepter PDQ
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10-06-2020, 08:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: North America somewhere
Posts: 30,655
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I read owners manuals about once a year. Instead of reading the paper manual I look it up online, the search feature makes it much more convenient.
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10-06-2020, 08:51 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 194
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I would if I could find one online
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2006 Keystone Raptor 3712
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10-06-2020, 08:54 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Posts: 5
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When I bought my 1996 Winnebago Itasca Sunrise, it had the manual in a blue binder. I have read it front to back several times!
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10-06-2020, 09:46 PM
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Community Administrator
Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 40,591
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I've read most of them, although I don't understand a lot of what I'm reading. That's when I ask here.
Lori-
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10-06-2020, 10:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Posts: 5,085
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Useless TT manual
I am a manual reader, but I have not read my car manual cover to cover. I have read my Kodiak Cub TT manual. It was hopelessly vague. Vital information was buried in useless drivel.
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Kodiak Cub 176RD
Nissan Pathfinder 2015
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10-06-2020, 10:14 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,478
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I loaded as many applicable manuals, drawing and documents I could find onto my iPad. The big black bag is tucked away in the motorhome, but I rarely need it.
The stuff on the iPad is my first go-to source.
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2018 Winnebago View 24D
2014 Tiffin Breeze 32BR, 2012 Winnebago Navion 24G, 2006 Winnebago View 23H
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10-06-2020, 10:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 26,689
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I wing it.........
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US NAVY---USS Decatur DDG-31
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10-06-2020, 10:28 PM
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Senior Member
Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 637
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I can honestly say I at least skimmed through all of the information and manuals that came with our Minnie Winnie. The more important stuff related to safety was read thoroughly. Its utterly ridiculous to think one can simply jump into a complex system like an RV and expect to know how to operate it without reading the "instructions"
This makes me think of something I learned early in my Air Force air traffic control career. I read an aviation safety publication written by a safety expert who said passengers in airliners are generally cavalier about their own safety. To illustrate, he said to look around at your fellow passengers and take note of how many are either listening intently to the flight attendant's safety spiel and/or reading the emergency information cards in the seatback in front of them.
I've done that many times and found it stunning that virtually no one pays attention to the safety briefing or reads the cards.
Considering that we RVers are piloting huge vehicles weighing many tons, we have the obligation to ourselves, our families, and everyone else on the roads to operate it safely. That cannot happen if we don't take the time to read the owner's manuals.
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10-06-2020, 10:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 26,689
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Quote:
Originally Posted by waterjosh
I would if I could find one online
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Manual for TT/FW/TH are SOOOOOO Generic that they are basically USELESS
Pen/Paper in hand go thru your RV and wite down EACH appliance/component Brand-Model then spend some time Goggle Searching
'Brand Model Service Manual'
Then download print out ....put in 3 ring binder and you will now have a Specific Manual for your stuff
Takes some time/effort but in the end WORTH IT
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Dodge 3500 w/Tractor Motor
US NAVY---USS Decatur DDG-31
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10-06-2020, 10:39 PM
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Senior Member
Gulf Streamers Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 4,308
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Every page, multiple times; reading manuals and blueprints and researching is what got me promoted and into Management in my career; I was amazed at how many working under me would do things wrong, some multiple times, and still not read the book that was in front of them. Reading Skills, education and comprehension learning disabilities? Reflection of our schools?
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