Good luck with your new MH. I would check the ride height in the front and post the results here, that can tell you if there is a problem. Weight the MH at least front and back to see what the weight distribution is. Replace you bushings with polyurethane bushings. Have the front end checked and aligned. Look at your tires for unusual wear and check pressure. If you remove the doghouse you can listen with a tube along the exhaust manifold to see if the ticking you are hearing is a manifold leak, if so I would be a good excuse to replace the leaking manifolds with Thorley headers. Your MH will have about 300 HP and at 28 ft will pass most DP's on hills. You will have to fix things so don't get discuraged when you have to spent more money than you planned because with $15,000 invested or less you will have a nice MH that won't depreciate like a newer one. Good luck.
