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kb7our · 11-18-2011, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred and Bonnie

Denny, I installed both front and rear bars, I wanted the best handling possible. Heavy cross winds and passing trucks are no more than a slight budge.

fred

Same deal here. Front and rear bars, front safe-t-steer, Konis, and considering Sumos to top it all off. Huge difference all around so highly pleased in the investments for the W22.

RV 4 2 · 11-18-2011, 10:56 PM

As others have said, have the coach weighed to make sure you are not front or rear heavy. And adjust your tire pressures. The Safe-t-plus or other steering stabilizers help with a light steering feel and also will help control of the coach IF you have a front tire go.
In my case, my coach is real a** heavy and the front axle alignment was not within spec when I bought it. I have added a Safe-t-Plus which helped with the light steering and general light front end feel. I also needed a front end alignment and the caster was way off. Once that was fixed I wasn't "white knuckling it" to keep it in the lane. Also since my coach is a** heavy, I added a rear track bar. This really helped minimize the "tail wagging the dog" problem, especially when towing. Also, if you do this, most of the time the rear track bar will have more of a effect than a front one based on the weight distribution of the coach.
ALso, unless you have a TON of stuff that you can put in your front compartments, you will not really notice any handling changes by shifting stuff forward. I spoke with WH on this for my coach and they were saying I would need something in the order of about 500lbs to make a difference. Granted that was based on my coach weights but I do think that is fairly true. If you move say 100lbs forward, you are only changing the weight distribution by a few percentage points at most. So I would say, save your effort there.
Since my coach still feels a little light and wanders a bit I am planning on adding the front track bar. I figure it should take the last of the edge off.
Most of all, remember you are driving a BIG BOX down the road that has the aerodynamics of a brick.
Good luck and enjoy your Dolphin.

Dunner · 11-19-2011, 08:08 AM

Very good post Mike. I'm also a Mike and my girlfriend claims to be a Linda. I have the F53 chassis and did the http://www.irv2.com/forums/f23/cheap...fix-72335.html with only having driven my MH ~6 miles home from the Stealer. On my first trip, I didn't notice any sway, but with a strong cross-wind on the way to Yuma, the tail wagging was not fun at all. I have since added an anti-sway bar between my my 20' enclosed trailer and MH to reduce the tail wagging. No track bars of yet, but will keep them in mind.

On the way home, with no wind at all, I kicked it up to the un-goddly and un-safe speed of 65 and even hit 75 when I got on I-10. It was like driving on glass.

I don't know if the Workhorse chassis comes with anti-sway bars now, but I would highly recommend it if they don't.

Thanks for saving me the trouble of moving basement stuff forward.