Fleetwood Storm ride
Traded in my winnebago view for a 2015 Fleetwood storm. Despite some opinions, we love the Storm 30 L floor plan and living arrangements. All systems are operating without a hitch. However, we don't l...
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frankdamp wrote:When I contacted Coachmen about the ride on my 1999 Mirada 30 footer all they said was "What do you expect, it's a Fedex delivery truck chassis".
We had a 32-footer on the F53 chassis. It rode like a truck because it IS a truck. For our utilisation (about 4500 miles a year), I decided I could live with it rather than spending megabucks trying to make it ride like a Cadillac. We got some relief by getting the tire pressures correct for the actual load they carried.
If you do many more miles a year than we did, or the poor ride quality is producing travel-sickness problems, maybe some kind of upgrade would be worth it.
I did adjust tire pressures according to corner weights.
Local truck suspension specialist was amazed the cabinets had not ripped out of the ceiling when they test drove it.
They figured they could "soften" it for $6000, but no guarantees.
I passed and sold it!
