It’s called low gear. Amazing how many people have no idea what it is or how/when to use it.
I witness a motorhome coming down the smokie mountains with their brakes on fire.
My brother once saw a motor home completely gutted by fire. Destroyed. They managed to pull into the gas station at bottom of mountain just as it burst into flames. Saw it happen. After they got out Brother asked did you use low gear? Huh was the reply!
One, or maybe two I would never expect the selling party to assume training on their products. They may do a quick once over to familiarize the buyer with certain features. But training takes on a whole bunch of issues. From a company perspective, they employ salespeople to sell products. How many people would entertain an additional charge for the time to “train” a new buyer? Secondly, this opens the door to major liability when the buffoon buying it hasn’t a clue and never cracks open the Operator’s manual because the selling dealership already “trained them”.
If I’m selling something like this, I may offer some help with various features etc but I point them to the Operator’s manual for in depth information, especially safe operation instructions.
I expect the seller to have good knowledge of the various models, their features, competitive advantages and pricing info. Beyond that, they are selling a product not much different than if I bought a motorcycle or some other conveyance. Do they train you how to ride a motorcycle when you buy one? No. (in case you were wondering)
I was following a huge motorhome on an interstate in New England some 50 years ago. It was slow (so was I). I saw something glowing red hot in the under carriage. When it pulled over I stopped to help. I noticed their emergency brake was on.
Size. Every Class A I know of is built on a Bus platform. Thor calls it a Class A without the size of a Class A - whatever that means. So technically if you want to call it a Class A. I sure don’t.
