4x4van
Mar 12, 2019Explorer III
2004 Workhorse chassis; no sway bars?
Have had this RV (2004 Itasca M30) on the Workhorse W-20 chassis for about 2 1/2 years now, and love it. But, realized something surprising the other day.
To be honest, I am not unhappy with the handling. Although it was a bit squirrely when I first purchased it, adjusting the tire pressures to match the actual load helped a great deal. However, I was still contemplating adding a rear trac-bar to improve things even more.
Imagine my surprise when I was rolling around on a creeper underneath doing some recon for a trans temp gauge install, and realized that there are NO sway bars on this chassis! None! So now I'm thinking that sway bars may be the best "Bang-for-buck" on my rig rather than a trac-bar. Heck, even my last 2 RVs (class C) had sway bars; I would've expected a bigger, heavier, taller class A to have them.
Thoughts? Is the lack of sway bars normal for the Workhorse?
To be honest, I am not unhappy with the handling. Although it was a bit squirrely when I first purchased it, adjusting the tire pressures to match the actual load helped a great deal. However, I was still contemplating adding a rear trac-bar to improve things even more.
Imagine my surprise when I was rolling around on a creeper underneath doing some recon for a trans temp gauge install, and realized that there are NO sway bars on this chassis! None! So now I'm thinking that sway bars may be the best "Bang-for-buck" on my rig rather than a trac-bar. Heck, even my last 2 RVs (class C) had sway bars; I would've expected a bigger, heavier, taller class A to have them.
Thoughts? Is the lack of sway bars normal for the Workhorse?