Scary Handling Problem
First the equipment: 2009 Winnebago 29T class C on 2008 Ford E450 with V10 Triton 2007 Jeep Liberty with 4 wheel drive Blue Ox Tow Bar and Tow Plate Brake Buddy Now the problem: When driving t...
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DunnInn wrote:I realize it is extremely hard to conclude on a forum like this that a suggested $3900 investment is the answer to your handling troubles. Just keep my story in-mind.
Ron, don't think we have any EXPERTS in our area of the country. Sure wish we did.
If you search and find on this forum, reading over and over again how difffernet class-C owners have done these same handling improvements a step at a time. Some people just replace their rear stabilizer bar. Others replace both front and rear. Others do more. Many try one enhancement at a time and evaluate whether that is good enough.
My previous 1983 motor home we owned for 24 years and it too had similar troubles until this specialty shop resolved it. With that history, I was not going to improve matters a step at a time. I was glad I went all-out because the results are truely grand. I drive in full confidence and completely relaxed. I drive with a gentle hold of the steering wheel with one hand while enjoying a cup of coffee in the other hand. Even done when a semi-trailer truck is passing me under significant cross-wind conditions.
No more fighting to keep the rig between the lines. No more drunken sailor. My wife can walk around in back without hanging on for her life. To take a break from the front, she likes to sit at the dinette facing forward with the big window to look out, she has her laptop plugged in and either plays games or manages the pictures taken thus far on the trip. All this while her cup of coffee sits steady on the dinette table.
Then there is the benefit when driving on mountain and canyon switch-backs. Our rig handles them just like a Sport Utility Vehicle.
Then there are the benefits with safety and stopping power. The brakes do a much better job when the rig is steady on it's tires.
With both front and rear heavy duty stabilizer bars, we noticed the rig is very steady at camp sites too. No need for stabilzer jacks.
That was the best investment made with our rig, and it cost much less than a slide-out.
