Caribou Camper

James

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Oct 15, 2010, 11:11:48 AM10/15/10

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Hi Group, We just purchased a 1996 Caribou pickup camper Model 11K.
Does anyone by chance have an owners manual. We own an older camper and
this one is a lot fancier. I can probably can figure out all the bells
and whistles but a manual would make a lot easier. Thanks, Jim
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Advocate

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Oct 15, 2010, 11:25:52 AM10/15/10

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"James" <bal...@remove.earthlink.net> wrote in message
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It was manufactured by Fleetwood, you should probably start with them. What
"bells and whistles" have you confused?

Technobarbarian

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Oct 15, 2010, 11:49:08 AM10/15/10

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"James" <bal...@remove.earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Most likely there never was an "owner's manual", as such, to start
with. What most manufacturers do is throw the various owner's manuals that
came with the components, such as your propane appliances, in a drawer and
that's what the first buyer usually gets. Sometimes they will include some
mostly generic information on a few sheets of paper. Most manufacturers do
not provide wiring and plumbing diagrams. Sometimes you can find the manuals
for the components online. The websites for the companies who made the
components is a good starting point. Searching for the model number can
sometimes turn up useful information. Chris Bryant has some mostly older
manuals on his website. http://bryantrv.com/ If you have more specific
questions you can get a lot of useful (and sometimes not so useful)
information here.

TB

Ralph

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Oct 15, 2010, 12:30:18 PM10/15/10

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The single best "manual" to get is the "RV Repair & Maintenance
Manual" by Bob Livingston
(available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Camping World, etc)

It will explain how to work on just about anything in most RVs

Kevin

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Oct 15, 2010, 12:32:43 PM10/15/10

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I think he was looking for an "owner's" manual so he could figure out
how to operate his camper - not work on it...

I searched Google and can't find anywhere that he might get an owner's
manual.

Janet Wilder

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Oct 15, 2010, 2:36:20 PM10/15/10

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What is there to "operate" on a truck camper? You jack it up and drive
the truck out from under it. When you want to load it, you back up the
truck and lower the jacks.

The OP states he has had a previous truck camper, so he knows how to do
that and, hopefully, how to hook the chains and plug in the plug. The
in-ports should be obvious and he most probably got a walk-through as to
the locations of the battery, dump handles, in ports for water and
electric, etc.

The rest of the camper is components, like fridge, fans, microwave, etc.
Those operating manuals should be available on line from the
manufacturer of the components.

Maybe he is looking for tank capacity? That would be in the brochure,
not the manual.

Anyway, if he goes to the Fleetwood web site, they will either email him
a pdf or snail mail a hard copy for a price.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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Tom J

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Oct 15, 2010, 6:50:33 PM10/15/10

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That part of Fleetwood is long gone in bankruptsy! Only motorhomes are a
part of the current Fleetwood Corp.

Tom J

James

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Oct 15, 2010, 9:37:40 PM10/15/10

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Janet Wilder wrote:

Actually the dealer we bought it from didn't sell truck campers. They
had taken it in on trade. I have since found all the manuals. they
where in the only cubbard that we didn't open when we were looking at
it. Thanks for the help anyway. Jim

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