A few days ago I think I caught site of someone- I think it was Arch-
having trouble with skidding and thinking of adding more weight on the
front end. I say "think" as I often scan the posts pretty fast, and
don't read the whole post if it is of no interest to me at that
moment.In the meantiome I got to thinking what would be his best
solution.
Some people add batteries and other parifenalia to add weight to the
front. Bad, bad idea! Many of our vehicles are already almost up to
their GVW already. Besides these sort of items are DEAD WEIGHT.That's
not what you want.
What Arch really needs is DYNAMIC weight in the front.I think the
perfect solution is for Arch to carefully look around and find the right
weighted women. They are often now referred to as "my live in".Be sure
not to ask her her weight, as that is against the rules, so he will have
to make a judgment call on it. Actually with the pictures now on the
Net, all of us could help in the estimating and selection process, as
Arch is always very interested in the wisdom of the Net. In fact there
could even be a survey done on the GMC Mart. Once he had got her he
could keep her on a diet to keep the weight down and would have to
explain that this was necessary if she was to ride up front in the front
seat, because with gain in weight, it would put the whole thing over the
GVAW and be illegal. If she did get over weight she would be relegated
to the rear of the vehicle, or at least to the dining area. The ability
to shift the weight around is what would make this dynamic. In fact in
very serious skidding situations like if he was stuck on mud or snow in
a grassy campground, it would really be dynamic to have her get out and
push from the back.
Now Arch please don't be offended by my suggestion or take it lightly as
it is a very good solution to what is sometimes a real problem of
keeping these coaches properly balanced, especially if the torsion bars
and rear is all out of whack in adjustment. This is dynamic balancing
and "fine tunes" the up and down motions of the vehicle as well as
reducing stress on the tires thus leading to less blowouts. In fact,
maybe Gene would see the wisdom of adding this to his many other erudite
suggestions for vehicle upgrading and weight balancing on his web site.
Now I'm out of here before I'm skinned, but just couldn't resist.
Claude
having trouble with skidding and thinking of adding more weight on the
front end. I say "think" as I often scan the posts pretty fast, and
don't read the whole post if it is of no interest to me at that
moment.In the meantiome I got to thinking what would be his best
solution.
Some people add batteries and other parifenalia to add weight to the
front. Bad, bad idea! Many of our vehicles are already almost up to
their GVW already. Besides these sort of items are DEAD WEIGHT.That's
not what you want.
What Arch really needs is DYNAMIC weight in the front.I think the
perfect solution is for Arch to carefully look around and find the right
weighted women. They are often now referred to as "my live in".Be sure
not to ask her her weight, as that is against the rules, so he will have
to make a judgment call on it. Actually with the pictures now on the
Net, all of us could help in the estimating and selection process, as
Arch is always very interested in the wisdom of the Net. In fact there
could even be a survey done on the GMC Mart. Once he had got her he
could keep her on a diet to keep the weight down and would have to
explain that this was necessary if she was to ride up front in the front
seat, because with gain in weight, it would put the whole thing over the
GVAW and be illegal. If she did get over weight she would be relegated
to the rear of the vehicle, or at least to the dining area. The ability
to shift the weight around is what would make this dynamic. In fact in
very serious skidding situations like if he was stuck on mud or snow in
a grassy campground, it would really be dynamic to have her get out and
push from the back.
Now Arch please don't be offended by my suggestion or take it lightly as
it is a very good solution to what is sometimes a real problem of
keeping these coaches properly balanced, especially if the torsion bars
and rear is all out of whack in adjustment. This is dynamic balancing
and "fine tunes" the up and down motions of the vehicle as well as
reducing stress on the tires thus leading to less blowouts. In fact,
maybe Gene would see the wisdom of adding this to his many other erudite
suggestions for vehicle upgrading and weight balancing on his web site.
Now I'm out of here before I'm skinned, but just couldn't resist.
Claude
