Born Free Owners!!! Help!
I have been trying to get help with a bottoming out problem but, I think, unless a person has a Born Free, they are not understanding my question. Anyway, I have a 2013, 24' Born Free (bath in back)o...
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Marsha posted on Tech Issues and it wasn't clear to many that a Born Free wasn't a trailer. Better to discuss this issue here.
I got to wondering if she couldn't make something up to ease the driveway that was put in place only to come and go, tucked away nearby the rest of the time.
Now that she and other Born Free owners are saying bottoming is a common issue, and Marsha's saying it's a problem away from the driveway, sounds like a mod to the coach itself is appropriate.
On Tech, I'd mentioned that the coach we added helper leaves to didn't bottom anymore but we always had to raise the front about one 2*8 thickness to be level on a level site. Our current coach hasn't had anything added to the rear springs, but it still sits nose-low. About one plank's worth again. Having to "level on level" isn't the end of the world. If raising the rear a little solves a bunch of problems, then so be it. In the case of the coach we added leaves to, we relieved both bottoming and sway. This made the extra leveling inconvenience a price we were glad to pay. On the current coach, the extra leveling isn't anything worth the expense and effort (like front airbags or new springs) to correct.
I got to wondering if she couldn't make something up to ease the driveway that was put in place only to come and go, tucked away nearby the rest of the time.
Now that she and other Born Free owners are saying bottoming is a common issue, and Marsha's saying it's a problem away from the driveway, sounds like a mod to the coach itself is appropriate.
On Tech, I'd mentioned that the coach we added helper leaves to didn't bottom anymore but we always had to raise the front about one 2*8 thickness to be level on a level site. Our current coach hasn't had anything added to the rear springs, but it still sits nose-low. About one plank's worth again. Having to "level on level" isn't the end of the world. If raising the rear a little solves a bunch of problems, then so be it. In the case of the coach we added leaves to, we relieved both bottoming and sway. This made the extra leveling inconvenience a price we were glad to pay. On the current coach, the extra leveling isn't anything worth the expense and effort (like front airbags or new springs) to correct.
