Winter trip planning
Just beginning to think about our 3 or 4 months on the road this coming winter. And..Yellowstone comes to mind. Anyone have some good insights? I have a very capable 24 C, if that helps in your though...
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garyhaupt wrote:
Dan...with the lifted body I can deal with a foot? of snow. But I always have to be wary of hitting the front transfer case...known as the pumpkin. I never go in very far from a well traveled road. If the snow mmachines are in, then I can get in and out. Plus, if there was a serious dump overnight, many shovel/short work. Asking questions of people that are in the area is also key.
We don't do the hiking that you folks so, although I will toss in our shnowshoes and we'll see what that brings. I take photos and we hang out lots. It is all about the adventure and the adventure starts when we leave home and ends when we get back.
It's kindof too bad about that (necessary?) lifted body from the 4X4 conversion. If it wasn't for that, you could easily fix the front pumpkin clearance issue with larger than stock diameter tires ... which also nicely lifts all suspension components -> but does make worse the high center of gravity problem from the lifted body. As you know, and E450 chassis underneath would also have widened the rear stance a bit so as to help with at least "the uneasy feeling" of a high CG on side-tipped road surfaces.
I have larger diameter tires on our E450 24 foot Class C for better ground clearance everywhere, but they are not wider tires - so as to not lessen the inter-tire clearance between the dully tire sidewalls in the rear.
