RV Types and Terms

 

RECREATION VEHICLE / (AR’-VEE)
n. — A recreation vehicle, or RV, is a motorized or towable vehicle that combines transportation and temporary living quarters for travel, recreation and camping. RVs do not include mobile homes, off-road vehicles, ATVs or snowmobiles. The following are descriptions of specific types of RVs.

TOWABLES
An RV designed to be towed by a motorized vehicle (auto, van, or pickup truck) and of such size and weight as not to require a special highway movement permit. It is designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use and does not require permanent on-site hookup.

Ranges typically from 12 feet to 35 feet in length, and is towed by means of a bumper or frame hitch attached to the towing vehicle.








This unit can be equipped the same as the conventional travel trailer but is constructed with a raised forward section that allows a bi-level floor plan. This style is designed to be towed by a vehicle equipped with a device known as a fifth wheel hitch.


A recreational camping unit designed for temporary living quarters which is mounted on wheels and connected with collapsible sidewalls that fold for towing by a motorized vehicle.


A recreational camping unit designed to be loaded onto or affixed to the bed or chassis of a truck, constructed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational camping or travel use.

MOTORIZED
A recreational, camping and travel vehicle built on or as an integral part of a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis. It may provide kitchen, sleeping, and bathroom facilities and be equipped with the ability to store and carry fresh water and sewage.


The living unit has been entirely constructed on a bare, specially-designed motor vehicle chassis.


A panel type truck to which the RV manufacturer adds any of the two following conveniences: sleeping, kitchen and toilet facilities. Also 120-volt hookup, fresh water storage, city water hookup and a top extension to provide more head room.


This unit is built on an automotive manufactured van frame with an attached cab section. The RV manufacturer completes the body section containing the living area and attaches it to the cab section.


Vans, pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles manufactured by an automaker then modified for transportation and recreation use by a company specializing in conversion vehicles. These changes may include windows, carpeting, paneling, seats, sofas and accessories.

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