Reducing push/pull from tractor trailers passing

If the RV has the air tabs, what is the effect on a towed vehicle in the generated votex, does the toad swerve constantly or does it track true?

Or does the toad venicle need to have the yabs also to mitigate the vortex generated by the RV?

navegator

Caster is important on new units. This is older info but still stands.

Alignment info class C. Check caster numbers.

Mike134 wrote:
If I see him coming in my mirrors (don't always check them) I move a bit right in my lane and that helps a lot. Lowest cost option out there.

I try that too. Works better sometimes than others. A lot has to do with how close the trucker comes to you and how much faster is he going than you.

Thanks to all for the suggestion.
Had not heard of Airtabs before.
Will look into it.

Speed up? How slow are you driving that semis, most of which are governed at something under 70 mph are blowing your doors off?
Other than that, of the 3, the track bar would do the most to help that scenario. (Never knew they made a trac bar for a leaf spring suspension…)
No experience with air tabs but those sound like the best thing if you can’t move over, speed up or don’t need suspension help.

If I see him coming in my mirrors (don't always check them) I move a bit right in my lane and that helps a lot. Lowest cost option out there.

When an 18-wheeler overtakes your RV, it's bow-wave of air hits the left rear of the coach first, and that pushes the rear toward the shoulder. When the body rear moves right slightly before the rear axle does, it amplifies the push to the left that you feel in the front causing you to correct by steering to the right.

As the 18-wheeler bow wave moves toward the front of the coach, it pushes the front of the coach to the right, and when the body moves right slightly before the front axle does, it amplifies the steering correction you have already done causing you to have to correct to the left.

This whole thing, if you are not used to the feelings, can be quite scary. One way to overcome that is to install Vortex Generators like Air Tabs They cut down on the dead air and drag on the rear of RV and greatly reduce the bow wave of passing trucks.

I have AIRTABS on my Class C.

They really help on a cross wind situation,no more sudden buffeting. It has stopped the sideways push when being passed or passing a large truck.

They are a vortex generator that produce a counter rotating air trail several feet behind the vehicle, This airflow alteration improves vehicle stability. As far a mileage it may helped some but the stability they provided is amazing.

Hi,

I used air tabs.