B+ motorhomes
I just bought a Trail Lite B+ 211s with 8.1 Chevy engine. This is my fifth motorhome (others range from an old 20' Vagabond, and three Winnegagos, from 19 to 32'. This vehicle is fantastic. I am...
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Heads Up Department:
We left for a two day trip to Point Judith in R.I. to check out a campground and have some lobster and little necks.
Whenever I pull out or back into our driveway I scrape the back end of the Plus and specifically the spare tire. I've tried to give it as much of an angle as possible, but more times than not, it hits the dip in our driveway/sidewalk.
When we returned from R.I. today, our neighbor told us he had to roll our spare tire up into our backyard because it was lying in the street after we pulled out!
After investigating the spare's cabling system, it wasn't difficult to figure out what happened. The cable winch is made of plastic and covered with a metal plate. It now has a hairline crack in it and one of the two square tubular bars (welded to the frame that protects the holding tanks from the spare) is now somewhat bent by the spare tire's collision with the ground.
The multiple jarring must have finally loosened the spare enough to let it just drop. This is the second design flaw (IMHO) I've found--the first being no where near as serious -- poor access to the house battery.
WARNING: There isn't a whole lot of clearance below the spare tire and its cabling system is too simply too small for the size of the spare.
Moreover, there's no locking mechanism to safeguard the tire from loosening up and falling out.
Also inadequate, are the tubular safety bars that are meant to protect the holding tanks from coming in contact with road hazards. They should either be larger or there should more attached
We left for a two day trip to Point Judith in R.I. to check out a campground and have some lobster and little necks.
Whenever I pull out or back into our driveway I scrape the back end of the Plus and specifically the spare tire. I've tried to give it as much of an angle as possible, but more times than not, it hits the dip in our driveway/sidewalk.
When we returned from R.I. today, our neighbor told us he had to roll our spare tire up into our backyard because it was lying in the street after we pulled out!
After investigating the spare's cabling system, it wasn't difficult to figure out what happened. The cable winch is made of plastic and covered with a metal plate. It now has a hairline crack in it and one of the two square tubular bars (welded to the frame that protects the holding tanks from the spare) is now somewhat bent by the spare tire's collision with the ground.
The multiple jarring must have finally loosened the spare enough to let it just drop. This is the second design flaw (IMHO) I've found--the first being no where near as serious -- poor access to the house battery.
WARNING: There isn't a whole lot of clearance below the spare tire and its cabling system is too simply too small for the size of the spare.
Moreover, there's no locking mechanism to safeguard the tire from loosening up and falling out.
Also inadequate, are the tubular safety bars that are meant to protect the holding tanks from coming in contact with road hazards. They should either be larger or there should more attached
