Wolf Creek Maiden Voyage
We finally made it home with our new Wolf Creek 840 today, after a month's worth of travails. Our initial effort was thwarted by a truck breakdown. A month ago I started the truck to pull it under our...
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So how did the upper and lower stableloads affect the load and ride? Did they work as advertised?
When the camper was loaded the truck settled 1-3/4 inches. It was barely noticeable! Carl made the comment that he wished everyone would come as prepared as us. I was still wondering how she would drive and was anxious to get going. So with a full tank of fresh water we left for the nearest state park where we could find water and electric. I wanted to test everything before we got too far away.
We got about two blocks when it dawned on me -- I need to insure this thing! I immediately pulled over and called USAA. Ten minutes later we were headed out to Bruneau Dunes State Park with a short stop at Walmart for food supplies. Carl had already chilled the fridge for us and we needed dinner and breakfast. When we were parking at Walmart we witnessed RVer's committing a heinous act, loading up groceries, then piling their expired milk, creamer and other trash into a cart and taking off. People like that just make me want to throttle 'em. Can't they see that they ruin it for everyone else with that behavior?
Driving down the interstate posed little problem but I kept it around 60 mph until I get more confidence. Besides, 62.5 is my best speed for MPG. We arrived at the campground about an hour later and found this spot:
When the camper was loaded the truck settled 1-3/4 inches. It was barely noticeable! Carl made the comment that he wished everyone would come as prepared as us. I was still wondering how she would drive and was anxious to get going. So with a full tank of fresh water we left for the nearest state park where we could find water and electric. I wanted to test everything before we got too far away.
We got about two blocks when it dawned on me -- I need to insure this thing! I immediately pulled over and called USAA. Ten minutes later we were headed out to Bruneau Dunes State Park with a short stop at Walmart for food supplies. Carl had already chilled the fridge for us and we needed dinner and breakfast. When we were parking at Walmart we witnessed RVer's committing a heinous act, loading up groceries, then piling their expired milk, creamer and other trash into a cart and taking off. People like that just make me want to throttle 'em. Can't they see that they ruin it for everyone else with that behavior?
Driving down the interstate posed little problem but I kept it around 60 mph until I get more confidence. Besides, 62.5 is my best speed for MPG. We arrived at the campground about an hour later and found this spot:
