Tow Your Travel Trailer Like a Pro Online Video Training Program
Everything you need to know about safely and properly towing a travel trailer, for new & experienced RV owners.
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RV 101® Tow Your Travel Trailer Like a Pro Video Training Program
Our RV 101 online video training programs can be viewed from computers, tablets, and smartphones. This program includes written text, full-feature video segments, related articles written by your instructor, helpful tips & tricks, fun play & learn RV University crossword puzzles and quizzes to help you retain the information.
Now you don't have to pay extravagant fees or tow your trailer across the country in search of a school to learn professional driving & towing skills. And, you don’t need to join any annoying clubs that inundate your email inbox with never ending offers.
Whether you already purchased a travel trailer, or you are thinking about it, this RV training program will teach you everything you need to know before you tow the trailer. Your instructor for the course, Mark Polk, has dealt with trailer towing issues and concerns for over 20 years as the owner of RV Education 101. He felt that an RV video training program was the best way to address RV consumer’s issues and concerns. With this type of thorough visual online RV training you can relax and watch the training videos as many times as it takes to address all of your questions and concerns. Through charts and easy to understand hands-on instruction the training program begins with one of the most important aspects of towing a trailer, how to properly match the tow vehicle and trailer. With that completed it addresses another important topic involving all of the weight ratings and weight concerns for the travel trailer and the tow vehicle.
Did you know that any weight you add to the tow vehicle reduces that same amount of weight from the tow vehicle’s tow rating, to include the weight of passengers? Do you know what the Gross Combined Weight Rating (GCWR) is for your tow vehicle? Tip: Don't forget to download the Weight Terms & Definitions PDF document.
After you have a thorough understanding of all the weight issues the next step is to learn what hitch components are required to safely and properly tow your travel trailer. Your instructor starts this section with the hitch receiver, then covers the hitch ball, ball mount, weight distribution hitches, sway controls, safety chains and brake controls. After a thorough explanation of each component he demonstrates how to properly hitch and unhitch the trailer to the tow vehicle.
In the trailer towing section your instructor starts with pre-trip safety checks before you hit the road. Tip: Don't forget to download the Pre-Trip Checklist PDF document to use prior to leaving on a trip. Next, he demonstrates towing, making turns, towing speeds, stopping, passing vehicles, upgrades, downgrades and much more. Perhaps one of the biggest concerns addressed is what causes a trailer to sway and what you can do to help control it. After the towing segment you learn two easy methods to back the trailer.
Note: If you own a 5th wheel trailer be sure to check out our Tow your 5th Wheel Like a Pro online training course.
Janine Pettit - creator of Girl Camper and an Ambassador for Girl Campers everywhere has this to say about RV Education 101: “Mark and his wife Dawn run the RV Education 101 website, have produced over 350 YouTube videos, and Mark Polk has a widely read blog on Go RVing. He is an industry leader in safety and education and always provides his expertise and experience to seasoned RVers and newcomers alike.”
This Travel Trailer Towing online training program consists of 5 RV training chapters:
Chapter 1 - Tow Vehicle Capacity
Chapter 2 - Matching the Tow Vehicle and Travel Trailer
Chapter 3 -Proper Hitch Work
Chapter 4 - Towing the Travel Trailer
Chapter 5 - Backing the Travel Trailer
Additional PDF downloads:
Weight Terminology & Definitions PDF Download
Pre-Trip Checklist PDF Download
Your Instructor
RV expert Mark Polk, producer & host of America's most highly regarded series of RV training videos, books, and e-books is a retired Army Chief Warrant Officer Three who specialized in wheeled and track vehicle fleet maintenance operations throughout his military career.
In addition to owning and operating RV Education 101 since 1999, Mark has a very extensive background in the RV industry. He began at age 15, washing RVs at a dealership in North Central Pennsylvania. It wasn't long before he was working as an apprentice RV technician under the guidance of the RV service manager. Upon retiring from the U.S. Army Mark worked in RV service, RV sales and RV management.
As the owner of RV Education 101 he has spent the last 20 plus years educating millions of RV consumers on how to properly and safely use and maintain their RV, through RV Education 101's vast offerings of RV training material. His latest endeavor is updating their older RV online training program into what you see here; the most comprehensive and complete online RV training program available anywhere, at an extremely affordable cost to the consumer.
Mark also has a degree in Industrial Management Technology and his 30 plus years of experience in maintenance includes working as an RV technician, a wheeled vehicle and power generation mechanic, an automotive maintenance technician, Battalion and Brigade level Maintenance Officer, an RV sales manager and RV Finance & Insurance manager.
Course Curriculum
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StartTow Vehicle Capacity - Full Feature Video (7:05)
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StartMatching a Tow Vehicle & Travel Trailer - Full Feature Video (7:24)
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StartProper Hitch-Work - Full Feature Video (16:19)
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StartTowing the Travel Trailer - Full Feature Video (13:39)
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StartBacking the Travel Trailer - Full Feature Video (6:22)
Frequently Asked Questions
Thank you for enrolling in the Travel Trailer Towing online training course. Our goal with this course was to teach you everything you need to know to safely and properly tow a travel trailer, and to eliminate some of the intimidation through education. I hope we accomplished our goal. If you would like to continue your RV education we offer several more RV online training courses. Happy Camping!