DRIVING in the wind

snowdance wrote:
We also live in an area where 40-60mph winds are common. Many of the roads we travel are made so the road bed ends at the edge of the pavement with no shoulder and may have a 10 to 60 foot drop there with no guard rails. And we do have to drive our small MH in them or set 40-50 miles from home for days. What did help us was running the rear tires up to max side wall listed pressure. We added a rear sway bar (our MH came with a nice heavy front sway bar) and it made a big difference. Also get a loaded weight on the rig by axle or wheel if you can. You can find charts showing how much air pressure you need to run for the weight on the front. Play with that some. We run less than listed for my rig but it steers and handles very well. We also seek back roads when we are forced to travel in the high winds as then we can move at our speed. It becomes a must to be able to change the air pressure in the rear tires so you will need to stop some place you can do that or carry a small compressor. Running them up that high when not in the winds might be a problem making it harder to drive and ride harsh unless you need that much..