Porpoising

Mr.Mark wrote:

tiffinboy wrote:

Mr.Mark wrote:
Today I had an experience like no other. We decided to take a quick RV trip from Palm Springs to Borrego Springs for a couple of nights. The motorhome is going into winter storage for a couple of months over the holidays so I wanted to go for one last road trip.

For those of you that know the area going east on the 86 by the Salton Sea, you make a right on S22 to go Borrego Springs. BE VERY CAREFUL on that road. I knew from the past that it was like a ribbon but boy has it gotten worse.

I was going a little faster than I should for the roughness of the road. We came up to a dip that I didn't catch in time and let me tell you, I never porpoised so much in the 65,000 miles I've driven the coach. When we hit that dip, I swear to you that I think the front wheels came off of the ground. I can only imagine how it would have been if we didn't have a tag axle.

I was following another class A coach although he was a good bit ahead of me and we ended up at the same park. As we were exiting our vehicles, I asked the guy how did you like those dips a while back. He said he was looking in the mirror for extra parts that might have fallen off. He must have hit it hard too.

I will certainly be more aware of the dips on the way out on Tuesday! LOL!

MM.

I have drove that road a few times in my 40ft DP.Rough for the first 4-5 miles. Ok after that. Not anywhere near what you people are saying and or making it sound like.Its not like you can go 60MPH but I go 35-40 in the rough area and then normal 55+ after that

Tiffinboy, you need to check that road out again. It is the worst I've seen it in years. I was probably on that road 3 yrs. ago and drove fairly slow then. Now, you cannot go over 25 mph over those dips. It is awful! After a couple of miles, you can go 55 mph easy.

If fact, we are leaving tomorrow on a different hwy. We're taking hwy 78 out to the 86 and just skipping the S22. It's probably a couple of miles further but I just don't want to experience those dips again. It could be hwy 78 is not much better, so we'll find out tomorrow.

Mark

Like I said take it easy for 4-5 miles.Its certainly no big deal.I never experienced the front wheels trying to come off the ground like you said but you definitely need to take it easy in this area
The other way when I map quested it is 22 miles longer