How Long a Learning Curve Driving a Class A
As I have stated in other posts we have a Dodge Dually and Fiver. We started camping when we were stationed in Alaska in 2002 with tenting, then popup, travel trailer and graduated to Fiver the year...
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Knowing where the right side is was the hardest part for me. Park with the right side on a long straight line in a parking lot and put a piece of tape on the bottom of the windshield that marks where the edge is. While it's not good to look that close in, look at it while out on the road until after a while you no longer have to use it to know where the rig is. Waiting until you are in a construction zone will not be fun if you do not practice the above.
Your mirrors are your best friends and adjust one of the right ones so you can see cars in your blind spot on that side. Learn to look at it before moving over as to begin with you will probably wait too long after passing and some people in a hurry will try and pass you on the inside.
When making a tight right turn, hug the left side of your lane and wait longer than what you are used to start the turn. Go slower and turn the steering wheel all the way as fast as possible as you are in front of the front axle. Occasionally you will have a right turn that you cannot make so three left turns will get you there.
Out on the road it's easy to oversteer as the long wheel base is slower to respond than what you are used to in a PU. Assuming a rig that handles well, you'll be surprised how little steering wheel movement it takes to keep it in your lane as this is where the longer wheel base helps. With practice just putting some extra pressure in the direction you need to go, given a little extra time is all that's needed.
I would not worry about the learning curve.
Your mirrors are your best friends and adjust one of the right ones so you can see cars in your blind spot on that side. Learn to look at it before moving over as to begin with you will probably wait too long after passing and some people in a hurry will try and pass you on the inside.
When making a tight right turn, hug the left side of your lane and wait longer than what you are used to start the turn. Go slower and turn the steering wheel all the way as fast as possible as you are in front of the front axle. Occasionally you will have a right turn that you cannot make so three left turns will get you there.
Out on the road it's easy to oversteer as the long wheel base is slower to respond than what you are used to in a PU. Assuming a rig that handles well, you'll be surprised how little steering wheel movement it takes to keep it in your lane as this is where the longer wheel base helps. With practice just putting some extra pressure in the direction you need to go, given a little extra time is all that's needed.
I would not worry about the learning curve.
