ProPride and lifted 3500
Hi all, We just applied for financing on a 2021 Fuel F-287. Assuming the loan gets approved, we should be picking the unit up on the 18th. I have a 2020 Denali 3500 SRW that I put a 4" suspensio...
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Take Cat ticket with solo vehicle family and gear aboard for extended trip. REPLICATE THIS for all regular driving (sand bags, etc) 13-week minimum. No tire or brake wear. Mpg just about as good as when empty.
Drive like an adult (you’ll be the only one). Back off. Cruise 2-3/mph UNDER flow. Never stop. And never idle. GLIDE!!
Be dead smooth in all you do. Drive always as if you’re hitched. (Safety & fuel economy track almost exactly as it’s about BRAKING).
Bar the 17-year old in you from ever again having the keys.
WHAT IS YOUR TOTAL COMBINED-RIG STOPPING DISTANCE FROM 60-MPH? You’ve tested that, right?
Maintain that space. Manage others around you fastest. See farthest ahead & adapt earliest. Etc.
I’ll make it simple: Be the only American on the road that day.
Cooperation was how we won wars, and it showed itself on the big road (danger) until a generation ago. Paperwork doesn’t make for a citizen.
I run 5-600/miles per day all across the USA, and — by simply maintaining space — end nearly every other trouble. Takes time (years) to understand a big truck. Do your part with that heavy solo vehicle running around town. Body-memory, is closest analogy. Tires & brakes should both last over 100k. If they don’t = remedial training necessary.
That you don’t know anyone who drives normally like this means little. I know many who do. The ones who never drove commercially aren’t left out. A very few car-only drivers have been the best I’ve seen.
No surprises. As there are no “accidents”. Just your failure. (“Fault” irrelevant, as you could have done something differently. But chose not to learn & practice).
Lose the lift and the kiddie tires. Or put your face diaper back on and go get the next booster death-jab. Serious accidents (fatalities) are up by 12% in 2021 since 2018 (last normal year) EVEN WITH fewer miles run.
The numbers tell a story for those listening.
A good day on the road has a plan well-executed. Within those plans are details that have to be practiced. KNOWN parameters. BEST condition of gear (vehicles plus THE HITCH RIGGING as it’s equally-weighted in value to the vehicles). Alert, aware, and relaxed. All stops chosen before leaving. Adequate maps & radio. Avoidance of packs, maintains maximum space.
I’ve seen more RV accidents than I could count. Most didn’t involve other vehicles. I’ve predicted plenty based on their passing me. I know what RV insulation looks like floating in the air. The smell when on fire. Been the only one there for far too long with dead parents and a surviving child.
Our hands are already full with the rig, alone.
Same as with a big truck.
Our abilities are tested. Excuses won’t cut it.
Don’t reach for more than you can ably grasp.
Around you are those with lesser ability and growing frenzy.
Be in the world, but not of it.
.
Take Cat ticket with solo vehicle family and gear aboard for extended trip. REPLICATE THIS for all regular driving (sand bags, etc) 13-week minimum. No tire or brake wear. Mpg just about as good as when empty.
Drive like an adult (you’ll be the only one). Back off. Cruise 2-3/mph UNDER flow. Never stop. And never idle. GLIDE!!
Be dead smooth in all you do. Drive always as if you’re hitched. (Safety & fuel economy track almost exactly as it’s about BRAKING).
Bar the 17-year old in you from ever again having the keys.
WHAT IS YOUR TOTAL COMBINED-RIG STOPPING DISTANCE FROM 60-MPH? You’ve tested that, right?
Maintain that space. Manage others around you fastest. See farthest ahead & adapt earliest. Etc.
I’ll make it simple: Be the only American on the road that day.
Cooperation was how we won wars, and it showed itself on the big road (danger) until a generation ago. Paperwork doesn’t make for a citizen.
I run 5-600/miles per day all across the USA, and — by simply maintaining space — end nearly every other trouble. Takes time (years) to understand a big truck. Do your part with that heavy solo vehicle running around town. Body-memory, is closest analogy. Tires & brakes should both last over 100k. If they don’t = remedial training necessary.
That you don’t know anyone who drives normally like this means little. I know many who do. The ones who never drove commercially aren’t left out. A very few car-only drivers have been the best I’ve seen.
No surprises. As there are no “accidents”. Just your failure. (“Fault” irrelevant, as you could have done something differently. But chose not to learn & practice).
Lose the lift and the kiddie tires. Or put your face diaper back on and go get the next booster death-jab. Serious accidents (fatalities) are up by 12% in 2021 since 2018 (last normal year) EVEN WITH fewer miles run.
The numbers tell a story for those listening.
A good day on the road has a plan well-executed. Within those plans are details that have to be practiced. KNOWN parameters. BEST condition of gear (vehicles plus THE HITCH RIGGING as it’s equally-weighted in value to the vehicles). Alert, aware, and relaxed. All stops chosen before leaving. Adequate maps & radio. Avoidance of packs, maintains maximum space.
I’ve seen more RV accidents than I could count. Most didn’t involve other vehicles. I’ve predicted plenty based on their passing me. I know what RV insulation looks like floating in the air. The smell when on fire. Been the only one there for far too long with dead parents and a surviving child.
Our hands are already full with the rig, alone.
Same as with a big truck.
Our abilities are tested. Excuses won’t cut it.
Don’t reach for more than you can ably grasp.
Around you are those with lesser ability and growing frenzy.
Be in the world, but not of it.
.
