RVator, web site, e-mail and phone
RVator, e-mail and customer support phone is available. Van's site is not a real builder support resource I will admit, except for a few service letters. You also have the best
drawings and builder manual Van's has every produced, although it is still not perfect.
You have the second hand source such as the
25-year compilation of the RVator, this forum, yahoo and matronics. If you don't know what "matronics" is you should find out. There is a powerful search engine and you can find any current or historical info you could ever want. Granted there is a lot of opinions and non-value added info, I always go to matronics first**. Than I scan builder sites. I have a pretty complete RVator library for the last 15 years. I also go to the
Dead Sea scrolls, Tony Bingelis, the old, new and newer testaments of sportplane building. There are basics in these tomes of great use.
The most important revelation in how we build is the Internet. There are 100's of builder sites with pictures. Pictures are worth several pages of text in the builder manual. When I built my first RV in the late 80?s, you where in a vacuum. You where lucky to visit one other builder who was a head of you. Some of Van's employees, like Scott participated in forums, like matronics in the early days. Other wise you had the phone call to Van's and the RVator. Also the builder manual and drawings where weak.
I think there is so much info, I am not sure how you can want more. An omniscient all knowing database would be great but who is going to take the time to populate this database? With
pre-punched kits, good builder manual and drawings, that are better than ever, I think we have it pretty easy.
If you have a specific question there are about 3 or 4 ways to get an answer. I don't see a need for a datbase, FAQ, but I guess it could not hurt. What I would love is an index to every RVator. There was one started long ago but it is very incomplete and out of date. Anyone want to tackle that project? G
**The problem with some forums is the search engine. Matronics is the best in this regard. Yahoo is useless. This forum has a fairly good search engine, but you have to make the effort.
Almost any question you have has been asked. You just need to learn a few "tools" on how find the data. Even if you had a database people would be still asking, what is edge margin.
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