Robert & Carla M.

Good afternoon George. My wife Carla and I completed your two day course this week. We learned of your school via NIRVC. Mike Lynch was our instructor.

We recently purchased our first coach 2019 Newmar DutchStar. We wanted to improve our driving skills before beginning our first trip in our new motor coach. We were able to schedule our training very quickly. While I have about 10,000 miles of RV driving experience my wife had never driven a rig before this class. While I will be the primary driver we wanted Carla to be able to handle driving in a emergency. She was definitely anxious prior to starting the training but Mike put her at ease very quickly. His experience level, professional demeanor and obvious desire to make us better drivers are the main reasons we would highly recommend anyone from beginner to experienced to take this course if they want to be better and safer drivers. For my wife she now has the confidence to operate on the road. For me, Mike helped shrink our 44 foot coach to where it does not seem so long!

I will send you a video of my wife parallel parking our motor coach. I think was on her first try. Outstanding instruction.

Thanks,

Robert

Tom M.

I was an experienced 5th wheel guy.  I was only lookin for nuggets to get better for new motor home and Mike exceeded anything I could have expected.

The back up practice in multiple configurations was very helpful.  It will help me with RV sites and alignment.  Practical and real which is what I really needed.

Guidance on speed limits and yellow road cautions was a good center of gravity point I needed to hear.  I even shared with my wife (dangerous of course). It safe for both and she was surprised I told her and I shared the primary goal of safety which is a credit to Mike.

The safety walk around checklist will stay in my head for ever and make me safer

The road wise thoughts for swerving and impact hit home for me and shred with my wife to help us stay safe

I gained the confidence and am ready for my Class B license which was my primary goal for this course.

Well done and worth the money to me!!!!

Tom

Elliot & Isabelle R.

We just purchased a new Tiffin Allegro 33 ft RV after trying a much smaller rental. Given the large size of our new rig, we considered it imperative to take lessons in how to drive it. I forget exactly how we found your company but it was online. Within a few hours of registering our interest, Joe reached out by email. He was polite and professional, and we soon agreed on a date and time for our training.

I was dubious at first that it would take two full days of training but subsequent events proved me wrong. We arrived on time at our rendezvous to find Joe already set up and waiting. We were very happy to see that he took coronavirus precautions as seriously as we did, and he conducted almost all training in a mask. The only times he was not wearing a mask he performed social distancing.

I will not review each step of the training but would like to highlight the following aspects:

• Joe jumped right in to practical learning without wasting time with a lot of theoretical knowledge. We were continually practicing what we were learning.
• Joe’s standards were set to the highest reasonable level: in other words, we had to achieve more than almost any other RV or truck drivers would do in daily circumstances. This meant that our turns needed to be sharper, our braking better, etc. etc. If we didn’t achieve it the first time, we did it again and again till we got it right.
• Joe always maintained great enthusiasm, vigor and good humor. Most of the time he was out on the hot tarmac directing and coaching us, but never showed any sign of flagging (or irritation).
• Joe identified from the beginning the various traps and pitfalls that other drivers can create for an RV driver and taught us how to avoid or worst case, manage those situations.
• Although Joe clearly has a vast experience of RVs, trucks and driving, he did not bring in his own war stories except once or twice for a very clear lesson. In other words, he focused the training on us and our needs, rather than his personal history. In my experience, this is extraordinarily rare for experienced professionals when they teach.

  After our training day was done, Joe spent up to another hour each day helping us learn about features of our RV and answering questions about the RV life. I was particularly struck by this since he must have been exhausted and it went well beyond the call of duty.

  A week later we set off on the long trip to Vermont which continues today. I am convinced that without Joe’s training, we already would have had at least one accident if not several.

Ann and Ken G.

This is in response for your request for feedback from the driving lesson my husband Ken and I took with Dwight Cunningham on June 25 and 26.

This is our first RV, a class A 36-foot Tiffin Open Road, so Ken had very little driving experience, and I had none. I felt both surprised and much more confident after the lessons. Although Ken will be doing most of the driving, it’s important that I am also able to drive our rig at times. Dwight stressed patience and taking our time to be safe. He taught us basics on making safe turns and anticipating stopping distances. He taught us good habits on how to hold the wheel for the safest operation of the RV. We also got lots of driving experience in the two days of lessons.

For a suggestion for improvement on Dwight’s part, he explained a lot of the landmarks and restaurants in the area, and although his knowledge of the area was helpful for where he was taking us driving the RV, we both felt overwhelmed and sometimes distracted listening to Dwight give lots of local information while we were driving.

Ken’s comment is that he and Dwight had talked a few weeks before the lesson, and Ken had gotten the impression that Dwight could also assist with answering some RV questions (since we are so new). Dwight reviewed a very thorough safety plan with us before the lesson, and he offered some excellent safety suggestions, but he didn’t know anything about how RVs connect to cable TV at a campground (I don’t know if this was an unrealistic expectation?)

This sums up our experience as best as possible. Thanks for helping us to become better drivers! Take care and be safe.

Jill I.

The weekend class with a Jordy was fantastic! He was very professional and encouraged questions, feedback as well as specific areas we wanted to cover. He explained clearly what we were trying to accomplish and why. He was very patient and also made sure we were clear on what we were doing And why. Highly recommended. I think my husband has pictures / videos which I will send later we took these pics when we got home. We got ourselves backed into our carport, which is parallel to our home so right getting into, on our first shot!! So pleased.

Jill