Wheelbase to length ratio. What does it mean?
When you divide the wheelbase by the length of the motor home, you should have a wheelbase-to-length ratio of 53%. This ratio gives us a good idea of the handling characteristics you can expect from t...
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Gjac wrote:
I have not heard of this posted before but would think if the MH had equal weight on all 6 tires this would be a well balanced MH and should ride well. I would be interested to hear from folks that were knowledgeable about chassis design to see if this were to affect the ride quality more than the wheel base ratio.
Your logic sounds good and is my experience with ours. If a MH that weights 21K with 7K on the front two tires and 14K on the rears has to be to be in a balanced ratio. Sure if you had this balance some way in two MH's and one had a 8' over hang and the other one had a 16' rear overhang wind and trucks are going to impace the one with 16' over hang more than the one with 8' over hang because the 16' one would have a sail for a tail. :)
