Posts By: James

Class B Production at Winnebago – Our Factory Tour

Class B Production at Winnebago – Our Factory Tour

Winnebago offers factory tours of their facility in Forest City, Iowa during most of the year.  The facility is large and impressive, and covers all aspects of production for the Class A and Class C...
My Race Report and the Museum of Clean

My Race Report and the Museum of Clean

I think Stef may have mentioned on Facebook that I was racing this past weekend. Of course, we took Lance, so I thought I’d give everyone a recap of how the weekend went. First off, once again, I...
How to Fix the Cold Water Blast in Your RV Shower

How to Fix the Cold Water Blast in Your RV Shower

The usual way to shower in an RV involves shutting off the water a few times, so most RV shower heads these days include a shut-off.  This would be a great idea if it weren’t for two things:...
Projects Started – But Not Completed

Projects Started – But Not Completed

Hey, Gang! I didn’t want everyone to think I’d “gone dark”, so here’s a quick update on some of the tinkering I’ve been up to lately. Neither of these projects is...
8-Step Program for Choosing Your First RV

8-Step Program for Choosing Your First RV

Stef and I have a lot of interaction with our readers and YouTube viewers, and we like it that way. We enjoy sharing our knowledge of RVs and fitness. But when we find ourselves sharing the same...
Measuring the Departure Angle of our RV

Measuring the Departure Angle of our RV

This one was kind of fun, and something you could probably pull off yourself at home.  Rather than be concerned about what sort of “departure angle” we had on our Winnebago Travato, I...
Calling All Canadians!

Calling All Canadians!

(Well, Canadian readers of The Fit RV, anyway)   I don’t know if something has changed, but over the last three weeks, we’ve received a rash of emails like this:   Hope you guys are...
Winnebago Fuse 23A (Twin Bed) – Our Short Review

Winnebago Fuse 23A (Twin Bed) – Our Short Review

We continue to see more and more models of RV built on the Ford Transit chassis.  When we were at the RVIA show in Louisville, we got to take a quick peek at the second floor plan of the Winnebago...
Coachmen Orion – Now on the Ford Transit – Our Quick Review

Coachmen Orion – Now on the Ford Transit – Our Quick Review

The Coachmen Orion has been around for a while now, but when we saw this one at the Pomona RV show last fall, we had to take a closer look.  You see, if you search the internet for “Coachmen...
Watt’s Up, Doc?  Determining 12 Volt Loads in our Class B RV

Watt’s Up, Doc? Determining 12 Volt Loads in our Class B RV

Our Travato, Lance, is a pretty customized machine.  At some point this year, we’ll make a video about it, and I can promise you I’ll forget things that have been done to him because there are...