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Kayteg1
Mar 12, 2019Explorer II
Gjac wrote:Kayteg1 wrote:So if I understand your post the Class A if it rolls over is a death trap because it will collapse whereas a truck is rated to withstand a roll over without collapsing. But a TC is more app to roll over on sharp turns because of it higher COG. Is that right?
Main advantage of moving from average ClassA to TC is that you are leaving "death trap" with 0 roll-over ratings to DOT certified truck cabin.
Moving the engine from passenger space into front is good part too.
Ride and handling depends on the truck.
I drove Fords of last 20+ years and new truck sure is big improvements over it older brothers. Still TC put on top of the truck will have COG higher than CLassA, so it will loose in comparison on sharp turns.
That would be short conclusion if you assume roll-over happens only due to driver error.
Long one is that most of Class A has no resistance to anything. People are getting killed in them, when driving under the tree with sticking branches. Any fire leaves only metal parts standing.
Generally RV are driven slower, so we don't hear about such accidents often, but I've been to RV junk yards and that is very sad picture.
Add mechanical designs, where most motorhomes have high gearing and it happen to me in Class C that I just could not make it to steep campground site.
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