Few years back we were headed home from Los Vegas towing a 8ft Uhaul single axle, loaded with stuff, with our 94 f250 and our 2000BF 2500.
Weight of the truck and camper 10,200....
We were on 58 approaching Kramer junction, doing about 50mph... I was about 20 car lengths from the car in the front. Some jerk pulled in front of him, he laid into his brakes as did I.... The ABS for the rear brakes on the 94 was pounding away. We stopped with about 10 ft to spare... I did veer to the right and was ready to drive onto the shoulder if I could not get stopped.
Another time it was raining, early morning, traveling with the T&C, in an Oregon town. Car in front of me driving about 30mph was approaching an intersection. Light turned yellow and the driver panic stopped...I was not sure that I could stop in the rain in time but was into stopping....checked my right side, went around the car and through the intersection and the still yellow light. That was the fastest lane change I have ever made with a camper/RV. I almost felt it was one of those set-up accident things... A normal driver would have hit her.
2 times in the past 40 years have I had to do any exciting driving with our RV's.
Our 2000BF has almost 200,000 miles on it and has been on 2 trucks.
Jim
