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sleepy
Jun 29, 2014Explorer
I think the thread has been hyjacked!
I took a course in physics a long time ago.
Center of gravity was explained in great detail.
When I see these vehicles with tall campers I think about physics.
Starting with a unicycle... as long as the cernter of gravity is directly over the wheel it is stable... no matter how tall.
A fork truck is stable as long as its wheels are on a near level surface and the center of gravity is aligned properly between the wheels... and a huge amount of weight is built in to keep the COG centered and low.
I would be very uncomfortable if one side of the fork truck was much higher than the other.
Each 100 ponds of weight reduces the mpg by about 1%... something else to consider.
This narrow, short little vehicle may be suited for street sweepers (WalMart parking lot zambonis) and things like that
Tractor trailers are flipped over on their sides by the wind or the terrain... and they have a much wider foot print. There seems to be a tractor trailer over on their sides every few weeks on I-40, Rockwood Mountain here in Tennessee... not from the wind but from 70 MPH and the bank of the road in the curves.
Just because a few people might challenge physics by raising the COG with a very tall camper on a short, narrow vehicle doesn't make it a good way to do it.
I won't be putting my camper on the back of a vacuum cleaner hauler... I don't like the thrill of that tipping feeling.
Now, what was that question that the OP originally asked?
"Question for the guy's with duallies and big campers"
This is purely subjective but eventually I want to upgrade from an F250 with a pop up camper to a hard sided camper. Something similar to an Arctic Fox 1150.
For you guy's with campers that size and duallies, how much body sway do you feel when driving down the road?
Do any of you haul that size camper with a gas engine?
Do any of you tow?
I took a course in physics a long time ago.
Center of gravity was explained in great detail.
When I see these vehicles with tall campers I think about physics.
Starting with a unicycle... as long as the cernter of gravity is directly over the wheel it is stable... no matter how tall.
A fork truck is stable as long as its wheels are on a near level surface and the center of gravity is aligned properly between the wheels... and a huge amount of weight is built in to keep the COG centered and low.
I would be very uncomfortable if one side of the fork truck was much higher than the other.
Each 100 ponds of weight reduces the mpg by about 1%... something else to consider.
This narrow, short little vehicle may be suited for street sweepers (WalMart parking lot zambonis) and things like that
Tractor trailers are flipped over on their sides by the wind or the terrain... and they have a much wider foot print. There seems to be a tractor trailer over on their sides every few weeks on I-40, Rockwood Mountain here in Tennessee... not from the wind but from 70 MPH and the bank of the road in the curves.
Just because a few people might challenge physics by raising the COG with a very tall camper on a short, narrow vehicle doesn't make it a good way to do it.
I won't be putting my camper on the back of a vacuum cleaner hauler... I don't like the thrill of that tipping feeling.
Now, what was that question that the OP originally asked?
"Question for the guy's with duallies and big campers"
This is purely subjective but eventually I want to upgrade from an F250 with a pop up camper to a hard sided camper. Something similar to an Arctic Fox 1150.
For you guy's with campers that size and duallies, how much body sway do you feel when driving down the road?
Do any of you haul that size camper with a gas engine?
Do any of you tow?
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