Axles that barely pass specs
We have a bent axle that has caused the shock absorbers to rub the inside of the tires. We are in Alaska in a Cedar Creek by Forest River, we were told that the axles just barely met the specs for the...
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Whenever I'm on the AK Hwy in my car, it never ceases to amaze me the speed some RVs are moving. In my car I'm usually moving along at 70 mph but I know the road and I slow for the bad heaves.
One trip I was in the car northbound on the Alaska Hwy at Muncho Lake and four fifth wheels passed me. I was driving 60 mph!
When we're pulling the fifth wheel, we're usually driving about 40 mph. On the section of the Alaska Highway between Destruction Bay and Beaver Creek, we take it at 25 mph because it is just plain bad. Not every bump is marked.
We don't understand what the hurry is. You're on vacation. Slow down. Enjoy the scenery. Drive for the road conditions. In spring and early summer the conditions are worse as the frost leaves the ground and the road sinks in spots.
The people who drive too fast for the conditions here are likely the same ones that tell others horror stories about how the roads tore their RV apart. Nope ... the speed you were driving is what tore your RV apart.
We've driven thousands and thousands of miles in Yukon & Alaska with a motorhome, then the fifth wheel and now a truck camper.
One trip I was in the car northbound on the Alaska Hwy at Muncho Lake and four fifth wheels passed me. I was driving 60 mph!
When we're pulling the fifth wheel, we're usually driving about 40 mph. On the section of the Alaska Highway between Destruction Bay and Beaver Creek, we take it at 25 mph because it is just plain bad. Not every bump is marked.
We don't understand what the hurry is. You're on vacation. Slow down. Enjoy the scenery. Drive for the road conditions. In spring and early summer the conditions are worse as the frost leaves the ground and the road sinks in spots.
The people who drive too fast for the conditions here are likely the same ones that tell others horror stories about how the roads tore their RV apart. Nope ... the speed you were driving is what tore your RV apart.
We've driven thousands and thousands of miles in Yukon & Alaska with a motorhome, then the fifth wheel and now a truck camper.
