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

Almost every public library now have computers with Internet access. I think this is true of Canada as well. Often you can access your e-mail as well, usually if you have a paid account and not free e-mail. Reason, libraries have been troubled by viruses downloaded as attachments.

In 2004 we made a trip of 7 weeks to Alaska. Months before we left we made arrangements to have every possible monthly bill automatically deducted from our checking account, or charged to a credit card and that credit card bill was then deducted from our checking account. Our mail was held for the m...

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you will see a screen door opener fashioned from a piece of coat hanger wire. I haven't constructed one as I removed my screen door, but you could always try this first.

Thanks for the tips KTnLen. I'll print them out and read until I can visualize each one. Because we've taken several trips to Canada, I found it handy to convert clearances to metric. I once was on a toll road in Canada and appproaching the toll booth when I noticed a sign reading "Clearance 3....

I've been searching the web for information to improve my driving skills. I've not found much so far. Do any of you out there have any favorite sites on this subject? I did find one good defensive driving source at: http://www.roadtripamerica.com/DefensiveDriving/Drive-Safe-With-Uncle-Bob.htm Thanks!

I finally gave up on my screen door and removed it. I never used it because we travel with dogs, and if the only obstacle between them and a passing cat, raccoon or possum is the screen door, then the door will be in shreds. Suprisingly, the solid door works a lot better without the screen door atta...

I just moved a couple of locks / latches around. Took the lock off of the compartment in the rear bumper and traded it with the gas compartment door latch. I also traded the lock from the access door to the shower piping with the latch on the battery door. I have a 2001 RSB. You may not be able to m...

Somewhere on the web pages for this forum is a subject dealing with things owners would like to see in a new Born Free. There were several postings and many good thoughts. I looked for the thread, but could not find it. Perhaps someone else can find it and give a bit of direction to which page it is...

I seen to have an excessive amount of vibration in the two large outside rearview mirrors. I've recently had the front end aligned and just last week had the two front tires rotated and balanced. This seems to have helped somewhat. Is there anything else I can do, or is vibration normal? Before the ...

If you hear someone outside your BF, loudly say "Myrtle, hand me the AK-47." Seriously, there isn't anything you can do to really be secure. All you can do is follow the precautions you use daily. Be observant, and alert, don't venture into areas that your gut tells you not to, have a cell...

We have a 26 RSB and I too wondered why this vent was there. I did take it off to see, and since I found only an open area behind it, I added Velcro strips to mount it and use is as a "safe" for things I don't like to leave lying around when away from the motor home. Examples, passports, l...

This sounds a bit dumb, but when we say full body paint do we mean that the white exterior is white paint over the white fiberglass finish? And is a motor home with full body paint easier to maintain than a plain fiberglass exterior, like the "old" Born Frees? If full body paint takes more...

I can see the advantage of towing a vehicle if you stay in one spot for an extended period. Otherwise I don't see the pros outweighing the cons. We have had small motor homes that could not tow a vehicle, until we purchased the BF 26 RSB. It also depends on what you enjoy seeing or visiting when you...

My wife is 5'7" and weights 130 lbs. I am 5' 11" and weight 165. We cannot sleep comfortably together on the rear side bed in our 2001 RSB. We tried a couple of times and found it too cramped. We have the sofa that makes into a bed and we switch off sleeping on it, or I sleep on it most of...

I just purchased a Brake Buddy to use in my towed CR-V. The Brake Buddy web page indicates towing laws for each state. However, I read in a past issue of MOTORHOME MAGAZINE a column by one of their experts that stated that no state had a specific law that applied to towed automobiles. He indicated t...