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Mr_D · 10-28-2013, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jfran304

Teach the wife how to drive and how everything works on the coach in case something happens to you.

Jon

Wish it was that easy. Wife REFUSES to lean anything outside. I've asked her what she's going to do if something happens to me, she says "sell the MH"! It would be nice to ride and see the scenery when we do get to travel, which isn't very often!

Alan JS · 10-29-2013, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr_D

Wish it was that easy. Wife REFUSES to lean anything outside. I've asked her what she's going to do if something happens to me, she says "sell the MH"! It would be nice to ride and see the scenery when we do get to travel, which isn't very often!

Our wife's must have read the same book.
Exactly the same answer. I get sick or die and selling the MH is day one.
Oh she enjoys the trips, packs and plans the meals and shopping trips where ever we go but getting her behind the wheel and stepping on the pedals.....that's another story.
I die and my body won't be cold before the transfer papers are signed.

loisjop · 10-29-2013, 07:54 AM

Instead of selling the mh mine would find another driver. She's not done traveling yet!!! Noel

**NLOVNIT** · 10-29-2013, 12:01 PM

Even though I do occasionally drive ours, it isn't comfortable. Even with the seat all the way forward, I still have to put a couch pillow behind my back & that's just to get my toes on the pedals. I've sat in many other coaches at RV shows & they're all the same for me.

Why can't these mfr's realize some of us are "height challenged" & make the seats more adjustable, both forward/back as well as up/down? I brought this up at the last FMA nat'l rally I attended & fully intend to follow up at next year's nat'l seeing as FW hasn't accommodated my request yet.

L-

Flora · 10-29-2013, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by NLOVNIT

Even though I do occasionally drive ours, it isn't comfortable. Even with the seat all the way forward, I still have to put a couch pillow behind my back & that's just to get my toes on the pedals. I've sat in many other coacheshandled at RV shows & they're all the same for me.

Why can't these mfr's realize some of us are "height challenged" & make the seats more adjustable, both forward/back as well as up/down? I brought this up at the last FMA nat'l rally I attended & fully intend to follow up at next year's nat'l seeing as FW hasn't accommodated my request yet.

L-

We are "newbies" this year, and while John does have his Class B NCDL, I only have my learner's permit. I have test driven it, and Robin of Orlando RVOne also took us for a practise drive when we picked it up. I was really surprised at how well it handled, how easy it was. It is winterized and in storage for now, but I hope to be putting in some miles when we take off for Florida end of Jan. I think that the pedals adjust forward for we "height challenged" people!

Cooperhawk · 10-29-2013, 02:12 PM

Carol drove the last coach but hasn't mustered the courage to drive this one yet. I want her to so that if I need the help she can.

Problem is I can't stand the screaming! Seriously! On two lane roads each time she meets a truck she screams! Same thing is she has to pass one or one passes us, even on the Interstate!

The other thing is she's always crowding the shoulder! I keep telling her that the center line is her friend, but she doesn't hear me over her screaming. I worry that she'll hit a soft shoulder and disaster will strike.

I love her to pieces but she scares me behind the wheel.

DoggieDaddy · 10-29-2013, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Cooperhawk

Carol drove the last coach but hasn't mustered the courage to drive this one yet. I want her to so that if I need the help she can.

Problem is I can't stand the screaming! Seriously! On two lane roads each time she meets a truck she screams! Same thing is she has to pass one or one passes us, even on the Interstate!

The other thing is she's always crowding the shoulder! I keep telling her that the center line is her friend, but she doesn't hear me over her screaming. I worry that she'll hit a soft shoulder and disaster will strike.

I love her to pieces but she scares me behind the wheel.

I've been told the "dot" system works for staying in the lane properly. Anyone out there got any info on that?

frankdamp · 10-29-2013, 03:32 PM

Lori:

I did a couple of years driving transit after I retired from Boeing. Our fleet was almost all Gillig, and the adjustability of the driver's position on those coaches was amazing. If there are RVs with that kind of set-up, it would be a lot easier for "altitude-challenged" folks. My wife is a tad under 5', mainly short in the legs.

The Gilligs had a Recaro driver's seat. It was on an air-suspension base which was adjustable for height and fore-aft position. The seat itself had seat-back recline and seat base angle adjustment. This was complemented by a double-jointed steering column (one joint close to the floor and another one about 30" below the steering wheel). That top section of the column was adjustable for steering wheel height above the floor and for angle (from almost flat to about 50-degrees).

Just about anyone could get things adjusted to fit. Our group of drivers ranged from 6'8" and 275 pounds down to 5'2" and 120 pounds. Those at the extremes of the range couldn't drive our smaller E450-based mini-buses, but the Gillig 40-footers were no problem.

I could do an 8-hour shift in one of those with no discomfort. Two hours in our Georgetown and I get hamstring cramps. I can exercise them away in about 15 minutes, but they're back again an hour later and don't exercise away for a couple of hours. It limits our daily mileage to around 220. Even when headed home, it's still the same problem.

jillie · 10-29-2013, 03:33 PM

I'm the only one who drives our RV. I took the time last year to get my Class B license to cover us in case of an accident. Hubby doesn't have his license to drive this. This arrangement suits him just fine. He reads, naps, brings me drinks, finds campgrounds and make reservations while on the road. I drive and do the inside stuff. He rides and does the outside stuff. Works for us.

tilliejacque · 10-30-2013, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Cooperhawk

Carol drove the last coach but hasn't mustered the courage to drive this one yet. I want her to so that if I need the help she can.

Problem is I can't stand the screaming! Seriously! On two lane roads each time she meets a truck she screams! Same thing is she has to pass one or one passes us, even on the Interstate!

The other thing is she's always crowding the shoulder! I keep telling her that the center line is her friend, but she doesn't hear me over her screaming. I worry that she'll hit a soft shoulder and disaster will strike.

I love her to pieces but she scares me behind the wheel.

I dunno about the screaming

but side-view cameras help a LOT with "coloring between the lines". Pricey, and ours are OEM rather than aftermarket so I don't know the quality of the aftermarket ones, but perhaps better than driving onto a soft shoulder!

cheers