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wny_pat1
Mar 21, 2014Explorer
OhhWell wrote:
There's one. Any others that would fare well in a rollover?
The older Foretravel Unihomes built up till 1995. I don't know if the newer Foretravels handle a rollover as well as the older ones but believe that they do. Actually any coach built using a monocoque chassis construction technique which supports a structural load by using an object's exterior, as opposed to using the internal frame or truss which is then covered with a non-load-bearing skin or coachwork, is going to be stronger in a roll over. This technique is also known as stressed skin or unitary construction. There use to be a couple different companies that used this construction technique. But I don't know what happens when you throw a slide out section into the mix. Is semi-monocoque construction stronger than ladder frame or truss? I would think so, but am not a automotive engineer. There have been documented reports of a number of older Foretravel Uni-homes being rolled over, uprighted, and driven back to the factory for repairs. One rolled four times and was uprighted and driven back to the factory and used for parts. I believe that Country Coach also used the Monocouque construction method. The reason most manufacturers do not use this type of constuction is cost.
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