Bouncing on Concrete Roads
We just finished our fourth trip with our new trailer. Been camping for years with a smaller trailer, but just moved to a 31'. I have a situation that I need to figure out when we are on roads th...
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I encountered this on one section of highway in my Sprinter chassis motor home. On a fairly newly poured section of Nebraska highway 2, near Nebraska City. Basically the last 10 miles before you left the state. It is four lane, divided, and looks GREAT. Eastbound on the outside lane, up hill sections, the motor home would start crow hopping badly. There was no traffic so I would switch to the inside lane where it was barely noticeable.
My thinking is that the concrete on the upslopes slumped enough during its pour to create an invisible washboard that coincided with the 158 inch wheelbase of the motor home. Probably all that was needed to fix it is grinding that lane with a pavement/concrete grinder. Grinding is rather common practice now on newly poured sections of interstate here in Georgia, as this eliminates the small ripples, raised edges between slabs, etc that occur during the pour.
Charles
My thinking is that the concrete on the upslopes slumped enough during its pour to create an invisible washboard that coincided with the 158 inch wheelbase of the motor home. Probably all that was needed to fix it is grinding that lane with a pavement/concrete grinder. Grinding is rather common practice now on newly poured sections of interstate here in Georgia, as this eliminates the small ripples, raised edges between slabs, etc that occur during the pour.
Charles
