smarttech
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mikeak wrote:one of them also gets hooked on the hook at the back of the chair (down by the floor).
This must be where you pick favorites and give that kid the hook?
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mgirardo
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Removing all the cushions would be ideal. The cushions in most Motorhomes' dinettes are much softer than the firm seat in a passneger car. Removing the cushions will not only add room, but offer a lot more stability.
I know at one time there were 2 manufacturers of car seats that were designed for the sofa in a motorhome. Unfortunately I do not recall the name of the manufacturers.
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RoadAbode
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Remove the cushions is a GREAT idea! Never even occurred to me. When we were traveling with friends with toddlers, we lowered the table and were able to get the two car seats attached to the bench that way.
But remove the cushion - that's probably the way to go.
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hohenwald48
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Lower or remove the table also. In an accident the table would be a gillotine flying around at kid head height.
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ron.dittmer
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exeter_acres wrote:put them in the back and enjoy the trip...
How many of us grew up sleeping in the back of the Country Squire station wagon with the wood paneling?
Heck, they used to make backseat cribs for Pete's sake...
Your call of course,
get childs seats and strap them in in various spots... by all means
thats the law... We bought our first motor home (Toyota chassis) in 1983. It was the last year of the No-Seat-Belt law for motor homes. Knowing the law was changing, I requested the RV company add seat belts for the two dinette seats, 4 belts in all. But we never used them.
Our first child, we first rigged a setup to anchor down a baby seat in-between the two front seats and set it back some distance so we could reach behind to tend to the baby. We later mounted the baby seat into the passenger seat. Then the other adult sat in back with no seat belt. When the second child came along 5.5 years later, the first older child sat in back with the adult, nobody buckled in. After the baby seat was no longer useful, everyone in back was not strapped in. That was the practice until we sold the RV in 2007.
I am not proud of that practice, nor do I promote it. It is the reality of our very confining Toyota/Mirage motor home that would have tortured people to be buckled in those very uncomfortable straight verticle high back dinette seats without being able to look out any window for days at a time. We kept the dinette setup as a bed throughout all trips with everyone lounging.
 
Our new 2007 motor home HERE is very different, much more practical to be buckled in at the dinette, especially facing forward for safety. It is more comfortable, with the ability to look out a big window and watch the world go by. We use the seat belts in back all the time, with exception to anyone who wants to rest on the bed in back.
The law is the law, and you need to do what you feel is best.
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maillemaker
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We have a 1990 Winnebago Warrior, with a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old.
We put their car seats at the kitchen table. We leave the table up, and leave the cushions in place - the kids still have enough room for their legs to go under the table. If I had to I could remove the cushions as suggested.
I put them closest to the center isle, with one child facing forward and the other towards the rear (facing each other across the table). I do this because the outside wall of the RV juts out beyond the cab and I worry about it getting sheared off in a collision or roll-over.
I worry somewhat about the table coming loose in an accident but the kids like to draw and play on the table and even if I put the table down nothing locks it in the down position, though the bottom front lip of their child seats might keep it from flipping up very far. It is permanently affixed to the side wall of the coach on a pivot.
In our RV everyone wears a seatbelt while we are in motion. We allow runs to the potty but otherwise everyone is in their seat with a seatbelt on.
I am tempted in some of our long-haul trips we have planned to sleep in the rear bed while someone drives, though.
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mikeak
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smarttech wrote:mikeak wrote:one of them also gets hooked on the hook at the back of the chair (down by the floor).
This must be where you pick favorites and give that kid the hook?
Now that is funny
Still haven't gotten around to testing removing the cushions but will do so. Lots of work got in the way.
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