Born Free Leap'n Lions RV Club Info & Discussion Forum

Great video to make us aware of a serious issue. Hopefully everyone in the vehicles were wearing their seatbelts and so probably avoided any serious injuries. A few weeks ago a double decker tour bus got lost and hit an overpass at the Miami International Airport. Killed 2 people who were in the fro...

Nancy, I was sorry to hear about Katie's passing. I do, however, want to comment on your observations about Dog Food, Vaccinations and especially heartworms. Yes there are some seriously bad dog foods out there. You can almost guarantee getting one of them if you shop in a big box store and buy the ...

I recently took our 8 yo granddaughter on a trip with us. We used a Grayco Nautilus car seat that can be used as a booster or as a 5 point harness. It can use the latch system in a car that is so equipped . We attached the car seat to the swivel chair with the seat belt and strapped our granddaughte...

A few years ago we drove from Cleveland to Humboldt through Chicago via I90/I80 and US20. Yes, the traffic and construction through Chicago was a nuisance but with my wife's excellent navigating and Garmin we got through it without a problem. Seems to me that the 120 mile difference will mean at lea...

From everything I have read and heard a rotary polisher like the Harbor Freight 7" Variable Speed can easily damage a paint finish or burn through a gel coat very quickly. You need to know how to use it and be careful. It is much safer to use a random orbital polisher such as the Porter Cable 7...

14,000 + feet and Northern California, it has to be Mt. Shasta. It looks to me like you're parked in one of the rest stops on I-5. The stone fence looks familiar. Am I right?

I've used the ReRack coating on the refrigerator racks in my coach and on the racks in my home dishwasher. It has worked well. Color was a pretty close match. Did have to recoat the dishwasher rack after a few years. I purchased it at Home Depot. I call it a coating as it is very thick, unlike a pai...

Mel I did not see sparks as described in the FMCA article. The yellow plastic around one of the female hot legs of the cordset was actually burned away approximately a pennies thickness. The corresponding male component on the coach inlet was brown but not charred black. I never (well maybe once or ...

West Marine's price for the combination kit (inlet and cord plug) is $199.95 plus free shipping and no tax. The same components for the old Marinco product would have cost me $130.00 at a WestMarine store. It was a small store and they did not stock the Smartplug. They do make a cord set with a stan...

Your post prompted me to check out my shore power connection. On close inspection I realized I had a problem with it and it needed replacement. I checked out the smart plug as you suggested and ordered it even though it is considerably more than the OE Marinco connection. My wife reminded me that Me...

I am planning on keeping the coach for many more years. The cost at the factory to have this done is $1200 and takes 2 days. Have to check in to motel while it is being done. My local RV shop estimated a substantially higher cost. They would be building a wood structure to replace the window and app...

I too have a persistent leak in the Cabover window in my 2002 RB. The water comes out from the lower right hand corner of the window. I have had the window removed by a professional RV service center and recaulked to better than original specifications. After the second try the window stopped leakin...

That's a good question. I have E-mailed Hellwig with your question and will post their response when I get it. You specifically mentioned RSB models. Is there a significant difference in rear axle weight between a RSB and a RB and why?

Had Hellwig rear swaybars and Bilstein Heavy duty shocks installed on my 2002 26 ft RB at the FMCA SEA rally earlier this year. Going up to the rally and returning home we had 15 -20 mile an hour crosswinds. There was a noticeable difference in the coach's handling after the installation. It was wel...

We also use the Nuvi 1390 which we bought at Costco. Comes with lifetime free map updates and also has traffic updates. We move it from the coach to our car easily. When we take long trips of several weeks duration we also utilize Microsoft Streets and Trips on a netbook. We hook up a GPS device (ph...