Blowing dust from campground road
Stayed at a campground this weekend that has gravel and dirt roads. As I pulled out of my campsite I glanced in the driver side mirror and saw another camper waving his arms. I glanced in the passen...
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Well,
We've camped/parked all over the U.S. and yes, there's plenty of graveled road campgrounds but, there's also quite a few of very nicely done paved ones too. For instance:
1. Winchester Bay RV park, Oregon coast
2. Elk Horn Ridge RV park, Spearfish SD
3. Petoskey RV park, Petoskey MI
4. Kaibab Lake Campground, Williams AZ
5. The Springs At Borrego, Borrego CA
6. Harbortown RV park, Monroe MI
7. Sparks Marina RV park, Sparks NV
8. Seven Feathers RV park, Canyonville, OR
9. Oasis RV park, Amarillo TX
10. American RV resort, Albuquerque NM
11. Lake Havasu State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ
These are just some of the nicer ones we've been in.
And there's plenty more with very nice, paved roads and nice concrete slabs, some with grass etc. Of course, not all campground owners, or the state if the state owns it, or the Feds, if the Feds own it, or a private concern, if they own it, can make all the necessary improvements to make a campground less dusty and more enjoyable for all to relax and enjoy. As has been suggested, the cost is just prohibitive in many situations.
Not many gassers (Class A or C) will raise up any dust in a graveled or dirt road campground unless the driver's an idiot and is speeding through which, happens more than any of us would like. But, many, many diesel coaches, whether side or rear radiator, will spit up dust, depending on certain characteristics of each coach. Having a full length mud flap will make ZERO difference in many cases.
In a rear radiator coach, the fans, which are almost ALL direct drive with very, very few exceptions, push a ton of air, even at slower speeds. They vacuum up that air, then spit it through, or try to spit it through tightly finned, packed CAC and radiator systems. But, much of it get's bounced off of those fins and, since it can't go up, and it can't go right or left, guess where that extra forced air is going?
STRAIGHT DOWNWARDS!!! And there friends, is where much of the dust comes from. But, Side radiators will do some too because, again, not ALL the air from a hydraulically driven or, power take-off driven fan, can make it through the fins. So, where does the excess go, yep, you got it, STRAIGHT DOWN. So, if a diesel driver has SOME COMMON SENSE, and is piloting a rear radiator coach, they might drive as slow as possible to keep the RPMs down and therefore, keep the dust blowing to as much of a minimum as possible, yet still keep their coach moving along. On a side radiator, almost no matter how slow the pilot is moving it along, the engine speed is not related to the hydraulic powered version fans. So, those are gonna blow.
Scott
We've camped/parked all over the U.S. and yes, there's plenty of graveled road campgrounds but, there's also quite a few of very nicely done paved ones too. For instance:
1. Winchester Bay RV park, Oregon coast
2. Elk Horn Ridge RV park, Spearfish SD
3. Petoskey RV park, Petoskey MI
4. Kaibab Lake Campground, Williams AZ
5. The Springs At Borrego, Borrego CA
6. Harbortown RV park, Monroe MI
7. Sparks Marina RV park, Sparks NV
8. Seven Feathers RV park, Canyonville, OR
9. Oasis RV park, Amarillo TX
10. American RV resort, Albuquerque NM
11. Lake Havasu State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ
These are just some of the nicer ones we've been in.
And there's plenty more with very nice, paved roads and nice concrete slabs, some with grass etc. Of course, not all campground owners, or the state if the state owns it, or the Feds, if the Feds own it, or a private concern, if they own it, can make all the necessary improvements to make a campground less dusty and more enjoyable for all to relax and enjoy. As has been suggested, the cost is just prohibitive in many situations.
Not many gassers (Class A or C) will raise up any dust in a graveled or dirt road campground unless the driver's an idiot and is speeding through which, happens more than any of us would like. But, many, many diesel coaches, whether side or rear radiator, will spit up dust, depending on certain characteristics of each coach. Having a full length mud flap will make ZERO difference in many cases.
In a rear radiator coach, the fans, which are almost ALL direct drive with very, very few exceptions, push a ton of air, even at slower speeds. They vacuum up that air, then spit it through, or try to spit it through tightly finned, packed CAC and radiator systems. But, much of it get's bounced off of those fins and, since it can't go up, and it can't go right or left, guess where that extra forced air is going?
STRAIGHT DOWNWARDS!!! And there friends, is where much of the dust comes from. But, Side radiators will do some too because, again, not ALL the air from a hydraulically driven or, power take-off driven fan, can make it through the fins. So, where does the excess go, yep, you got it, STRAIGHT DOWN. So, if a diesel driver has SOME COMMON SENSE, and is piloting a rear radiator coach, they might drive as slow as possible to keep the RPMs down and therefore, keep the dust blowing to as much of a minimum as possible, yet still keep their coach moving along. On a side radiator, almost no matter how slow the pilot is moving it along, the engine speed is not related to the hydraulic powered version fans. So, those are gonna blow.
Scott
