Wandering Nightmare
I just bought a Four Winds Citation 2006 with 12,000 miles on it. My first venture was a nightmare because it was virtually impossible to keep the RV on the road. I have added the Safe-T-Plus and ...
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pauldub wrote:
gotsmart, does your motor home pull to the right? In other words, do you always have to steer left when driving down a straight road?
Only when I drive west on I-84 in Oregon. Last Wednesday I drove from RnR RV (highly recommend them) in Liberty Lake, WA to Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde, Oregon (their RV parking lot has a dump station and potable water station - both free. *sweet*). Only 459 miles , 9 hours and 57.712 gallons of gas. I averaged 7.95 MPG across 2 fill-ups. I boondocked at Spirit Mountain for 2 days (I slept all day Thursday) then came to Neskowin Creek RV Resort yesterday.
Route 395 in WA is a wonderful road - very easy to drive. Cruise Control likes it. I-82 in Kennewick, WA to I-84 W exit 104 (Biggs Junction, OR) had the most wind I have yet to see. The south-to-north crosswind on I-84 was constant. I was steering left 95% of the time - just to go straight. I was in the right lane going 60 MPH. Every time I saw tractor-trailer approach, I'd put my right-rear tires on the rumble strip, the semi driver would cheat to the left - then the wind would push the trailer into me and we'd do the sway-dance together. The tandem trailers were even worse. There were times when there was only a few inches of daylight between us. It was a nightmare drive. I-5 was an easy drive. OR-18 from McMinnville, OR was windy.
So yes, last Wednesday I was steering WAAAY to the left.
