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bjoyce


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Maybe this search from the RV Bookstore will help - http://rvbookstore.com/shop/cv.aspx?c=176 .  We learned a lot from RV books when we were first starting out, including before owning an RV.



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I Just bought a Fleetwood Bounder 1998, personally very happy. Problem never owned an RV before so a virgin to this style of living. Is there any pointer or information I should know. I am slowly doing the reading of the owners manual which is very vague to say the least. I have never set an RV up at a campsite, sewage, electrical, started a generator, shower ect... I would be very thankful for the info.

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JD welcome,

I would suggest doing a search of each of those topics on this forum and reading as much as you can. Then pose questions to help fill in the blanks. Finally, I suggest signing up for a Rally or two.

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You might also want to do various searches on Youtube; there are plenty of demo videos out there as well. Good luck!

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If you are going to use YouTube then I would recommend using Firefox and the Video DownloadHelper addon, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/, to save the downloaded video so you can replay it later.  This is not what Google wants, but is what many do.   You don't have to use Firefox as your default internet browser, just have it installed.

Of course I am coming from using cellular internet, with its bandwidth limits.  If you are not mobile your internet is probably not metered, so you can download videos over and over again as you want.



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Dog Folks


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Make your first trip in your driveway and try to stay out of the house. Keep a pad and pen to write down needs for future trips.

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J.D.

Welcome to the RV Dreams forums.  As the others have mentioned, this is a good site for obtaining information and ideas.  So, feel free to ask your questions, and NEVER get the idea that a question is a "dumb" one.  The only dumb ones are those not asked and one experiences either embarrassing or expensive results from the wrong attempts.

Also, to help you some, check to see if you can find other forums, specifically for the Fleetwoods and the Bounders and you may find yourself able to find answers that are specific to your brand and model.  Keep in mind that forums have a tendency to draw folks that are looking for answers to problems, so don't get the idea that the brand or model is not any good because of all the "problems."  I'd venture that there are a lot more satisfied owners out there than those asking for solutions.

I used my "Google-Fu" skills to find you a couple of forums to start with:

Fleetwood Bounder Forums on Topix

Bounders of America

Terry



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