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RV Dry Camping

Also known as "boondocking" or "primitive camping", camping without hooking up to modern utilities as such provided at most campgrounds.

RV Dry Weight

Weight of RV without adding fluids in storage holding tanks or by loading personal effects. see also term for "WET WEIGHT".

RV Dump Station

Place where holding tanks can emptied either by paying a small fee or free.

RV Filon (registered Trademark Of Kemlite Company)

Fiberglass sheeting used in RVs with fiberglass sidewall construction. For additional information about fiberglass sidewalls visit http.

RV Fiver

Other name for fifth wheel.

RV FMCA

Abbreviation for Family Motor Coach Association.

RV Fresh Tank

Holding tank on RV for storing fresh water.

RV Full Hookup

Term for campground accommodations offering water, sewer/septic and electricity; also refers to a RV with the abilities to use 'full-hookups'.

RV Fulltime/Full-timer

Someone who travels/lives in a recreational vehicle most of the year.

RV Gas Pusher

Slang for rear gasoline engine mounted chassis on motor home.

RV Gear Vendor

Brand name for an auxiliary transmission designed to give the driver control of the vehicle's gear ratio and being able to split gears for peak performance and at the same time have an overdrive.

RV Genset

Abbreviation for generator set.

RV Grey Tank

Holding tank of RV for storing used dishwater/bathing water.

RV House Battery

Battery or batteries in motor home for operating the 12 volt system within the motor home, separate from the chassis.

RV HP

Abbreviation for "horse power".

RV HR

Abbreviation for Holiday Ramble, a well-known RV manufacturer.

RV Hula Skirt

Term used for a type of dirt shirt accessory some RVers use on the back of their motor home to aid in the protection from debris thrown from their rear wheels to the vehicles directly behind them or being towed behind them. This dirt skirt is usually the length of the rear bumper and resembles a 'short' version of a Hawaiian 'hula-skirt', hence the term.

RV Jackknife

90 % angle obtained from turning/backing fifth wheel or travel trailer with tow vehicle. Jackknifing a short bed truck towing a fifth wheel without the use of a slider hitch or extended fifth wheel pin box can result in damage to the truck cab or breaking out the back window of the truck cab from the truck and fifth wheel "colliding".

RV LP

Propane; abbreviation for liquefied petroleum gas, which is a gas liquefied by compression, consisting of flammable hydrocarbons and obtained as a by-product from the refining of petroleum or natural gas. Also called bottled gas, LPG (liquid petroleum gas) and CPG (compressed petroleum gas).

RV Luan

The 1/8" backing board for filon (the fiberglass sheeting used in RVs with fiberglass construction). Luan is the 'base' the filon (fiberglass) is glued on to.