The Caravan and Motorhome Book was first published in 2002.
\nIt was updated seven times and totally rewritten in 2012.
\nThe book covers every conceivable aspect of campervan and motorhome usage. It was initially conceived during the author’s epic trans-Africa trip that included two Sahara crossings.
\nIt takes in experience gained during author (Collyn Rivers) plus twelve return trips across the centre of Australia from Broome to the east coast and back (24 journeys – each of 7000 km plus) in his converted OKA ex-mining truck.
\nHe and his wife (Maarit) did three more (return) in their 4.2 litre Nissan Patrol and Tvan.
The author’s caravanning experience includes towing a 40 year old caravan from Helsinki (Finland) to the 700 km north of the Arctic Circle.
The Campervan and Motorhome Book is also aided by the author being an ex motor industry research engineer. He later switched careers to become a technical author and publisher.
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Collyn Rivers has put his encyclopaedic knowledge into print . . . there is virtually no issue he hasn't covered. Certainly his engineering background is a superb credential but best of all Collyn has done it all himself. Caravan World
\nTable of Contents:
\nChapter 1 - The early years
\nChapter 2 - What can go where?
\nChapter 3 - Campervan, motorhome or trailer?
\nChapter 4 - Common requirements
\nChapter 5 - Camper-trailers
\nChapter 6 - Slide-ons
\nChapter 7 - Caravans
\nChapter 8 - Fifth-wheel caravans
\nChapter 9 - Campervans and motorhomes
\nChapter 10 - Off-road campervans and motorhomes
\nChapter 11 - Building your own
\nChapter 12 - Tyres
\nChapter 13 - Lighting
\nChapter 14 - LP gas
\nChapter 15 - Water
\nChapter 16 - Toilets and showers
\nChapter 17 - Space and water heating
\nChapter 18 - Refrigerators (fridges)
\nChapter 19 - Television
\nChapter 20 - Communications
\nChapter 21 - Away from mains power
\nChapter 22 - Batteries and charging
\nChapter 23 - Solar energy basics
\nChapter 24 - Solar specifics
\nChapter 25 - Mains power
\nChapter 26 - Inverters
\nChapter 27 - Preparing for the trip
\nChapter 28 - Common problems
\nChapter 29 - Outback travelling
\nChapter 30 - Keeping safe
\nChapter 31 - Cyclones
\nChapter 32 - Keeping well
\nChapter 33 - Where to stay
\nChapter 34 - What it costs etc.
\nChapter 35 - Legal issues
\nChapter 36 - Approximate weights (kg)
\nChapter 37 - About us and our vehicles
\nChapter 38 - Contacts and links
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Like all of Collyn Rivers' books it is technically sound yet written in plain English.It was initially conceived over 50 years ago during the author's epic trans-Africa trip that included two Sahara crossings. It takes in experience gained during Collyn's subsequent twelve return trips across the centre of Australia from Broome to the east coast and back (24 journeys - each of 7000 km plus) in his converted OKA ex-mining truck. He and his wife (Maarit) did three more (return) trips in their 4.2 litre Nissan Patrol and Tvan. The author's caravanning experience includes towing a 40 year-old caravan from Helsinki (Finland) to 750 km north of the Arctic Circle.
\nOriginally trained as an RAF ground radar engineer, Collyn Rivers spent a brief time with de Havilland designing power systems for guided missiles, before becoming a test engineer at the Vauxhall/Bedford Motors Research Test Centre. He migrated to Australia in 1963, where he designed and built scientific measuring equipment. In 1971, Collyn Rivers founded what, by 1976, became the world's largest-circulation electronics publication, Electronics Today International. From 1982 to 1990 he was technology editor of The Bulletin and also Australian Business magazines and in 1999 started two companies: Caravan and Motorhome Books, and Successful Solar Books (now rvbooks.com.au and solarbooks.com.au). Anyone who has been an electronics enthusiast over the past 30 years or so will be well aware of Collyn Rivers. He was the founding editor of Electronics Today International (ETI) magazine which went on to have a number of very successful editions in the UK and elsewhere, as well as being very successful in Australia. Silicon Chip Magazine
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