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11-12-2018, 04:23 PM
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Choose an RV for safety more than the interior layout
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11-12-2018, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by marjoa
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good info
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11-12-2018, 07:14 PM
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Sure it’s not the operator?
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11-12-2018, 07:20 PM
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The author appears to be drawing conclusions based on photographs alone without examining the accident reports. I would highly discount his analysis.
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11-12-2018, 07:52 PM
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Ridiculous blog post. Blogs are one of the problems with this internet age. Anyone with an internet connection appear to be an authority of some type while providing zero basis for their opinion. The author offers no statistics and no basis for his research other than what he's seen.
So many potential confounds to his "study". Mainly, his limited exposure and viewing of accidents is hardly enough of a sample to conclude anything with an statistical certainty. Next, new RV drivers tend to drive shorter RVs and, of course, newer RV drivers are less experienced and get into more accidents.
I'm not saying his hypothesis isn't true but he hardly offers any proof that it is.
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11-12-2018, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by V3600
The author appears to be drawing conclusions based on photographs alone without examining the accident reports. I would highly discount his analysis.
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Exactly. There may be some truth to the wheelbase issue but his article is completely based on his opinion with absolutely no data to back it up. Meaningless!
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11-13-2018, 04:18 AM
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Not all that difficult to pull images from the internet and make determinations of what occurred to support a hypothesis. I could just as easily post half a dozen images of rigs burned to the frame rails and claim each and every one was a absorption fridge fire to support my determination that you should only buy an RV with a residential fridge.
I seem to recall the very first image was a rig that a tornado picked it and tried to use as a lawn dart. Wish I could remember where I saw it.
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11-13-2018, 08:27 AM
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Really??
Pasted from the link article from the OP
"To get the wheelbase-to-length ratio of a motor home, simply divide the wheelbase by the length of the vehicle. According to RVCG, under 51% is extremely dangerous; 51% to 54% is dangerous under many road condition and not adequate for general safety; 55% to 56% is marginal; 57% and over is usually steady on the road under most conditions."
I doubt many if any motorhomes are over the 57%.
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11-13-2018, 09:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bruce91
Pasted from the link article from the OP
"To get the wheelbase-to-length ratio of a motor home, simply divide the wheelbase by the length of the vehicle. According to RVCG, under 51% is extremely dangerous; 51% to 54% is dangerous under many road condition and not adequate for general safety; 55% to 56% is marginal; 57% and over is usually steady on the road under most conditions."
I doubt many if any motorhomes are over the 57%.
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My previous 40' Phaetons were at 57% and seemed fairly stable on the road in windy conditions. But our current 43' coach with a tag has a 60% ratio, is very stable in every condition I have been in since buying it five years ago. I had always felt it was the tag axle that added the stability, but quite possibly, the wheelbase ratio has as much to do with it.
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11-13-2018, 11:52 PM
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More wheelbase equals more weight and thus more stability.
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11-14-2018, 08:12 AM
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Wheel base ratio is surely part of it but just as important is design plus condition of suspension parts, weight distribution from front to back and proper tire inflation.
My length ratio is supposed to be marginal at 55% but the coach handles like a dream.
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11-14-2018, 12:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePowells
More wheelbase equals more weight and thus more stability.
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Where does more wheelbase = more weight? That assumes that the overall length is also longer ie: more weight?
Gasser - longer driveshaft? Negligible.
Or are you saying generally speaking the longer the wheelbase, the more weight the unit?
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11-14-2018, 12:19 PM
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Its not just wheelbase.
On rear engine coaches (gas and diesel) the front wheels are behind the driver and in front they are on front of rhe driver. Back wheels are thus closed to the back of the coach.
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11-15-2018, 02:06 PM
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Good info[emoji106]
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