Drive Your Motorhome Like A Pro
Learn how to drive a motorhome from RVer and former Gray Line Bus driver and trainer Lorrin Walsh. This should be essential reading for new or novice motorhome drivers and their co-pilots as well. Learn more.
It doesn't take more than a few minutes for this motorhome to be totally gutted by fire. About the same time the fire department arrives, it appears another RV begins behind the one in flames begins to burn. This video runs about 14 minutes, but after about five minutes you've seen all you need to see.
A bystander with a video camera records a motorhome burning along the highway. From perhaps 40 yards behind it, the owner of the RV explains how the fire started and how he tried to fight it with his lone fire extinguisher. He explains how he smelled smoke as he drove, but then it seemed to go away. And just before he stopped, realizing something was wrong, he felt a drag while driving. We have never seen a fire this hot on all the videos we have posted here so far. You'll see and hear each tire pop, each time producing a big burst of flame.
This motorhome has had it. It's done. Cooked. The firemen stand nearby, apparently convinced there's nothing left to save. There's no word on the origin of this blaze. To help ensure this does not happen to you keep your RV in good mechanical shape and make sure you have at least one good RV fire extinguisher -- and not just the puny one that the cheap maker of your rig installed to save a few bucks.
Here is yet another RV fire. This motorhome is a totally loss and the fire department is nowhere in sight. It amazes us at the number of postings these days at YouTube of motorhomes on fire. The RV industry never even mentions the word "fire," but the fact is, these babies burn. We suggest you check out Mac the Fire Guy's website -- http://www.macthefireguy.com -- to learn how you can help ensure your RV doesn't end up as a giant piece of charcoal.
