Wheelbase and length
In Researching motorhomes in general, I ran into something I dont understand. We have started looking at units both Class A and C with roughly a 30' box, and 32 or so foot total length. Why are th...
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wolfe10 wrote:kerrlakeRoo wrote:
Is the idea on the smaller A's that having a longer tail shifts weight off the front axle?
Certainly weight distribution is one factor.
So is affect of wind on that long overhang-- think of it as the "tail" on a wind vane.
Cross winds are really dangerous on many of the older gas chassis MHs. I've seen many of them going down the road crossed up so bad that they are overhanging the adjacent lane. In our DP in the same wind it's unusual to fight the wind and many times the only way to tell if there is a cross wind is the steering wheel position or stuff blowing across the road.
