Donald,
Your concern about weight in the tail started me thinking. I have a steep
driveway up to my house and my GMC barely climbs the hill without spinning the
front wheels. In fact I've had to have an assist from my jeep in 4WD on a few
occasions. The local tire people tell me that there is nothing better than the
Goodyear G159's. Seems that reducing the tail weight and moving itup over the
front axel may help my problem. Question: What does this shift in loading do
to the original GMC engineering? Will this overload the front axels and further
stress the hubs??? Thoughts anyone??
> I removed the bat back of the genset because too much weight, too far aft
> of the rear axle is detrimental to good handling in most vehicles.
>
> More weight back there and the tail starts to do more of the steering. I
> appreciate superior road manners so I'm trying to lighten my GMC's tail.
>
> OK, while on the subject, adding up the heavy items behind the rear axle.
> Propane tank, water tank, spare tire, aft air conditioner, 8d battery, Onan
> and trailer hitch were on mine. Did I miss anything? All are heavy items
> and enough weight to probably be detrimental to good handling.
>
> Too much weight and the tail starts to do more of the steering...... sounds
> familiar does'nt it ?
>
> Onan cranks fine with full batteries up front but hav'nt tried it yet with
> low batteries. Don't really care as I plan to be rid of it too, if the big
> 12v alternator and inverter system prove to be adequate.
>
> Cheers
>
> Don Miller
>
> >Thanks for the info. This seems to be a different approach than I have
> heard
> >of.
> >Do you still have a bat back next to the gen set?
> >
> >Take Care
> >Arch
> >
Your concern about weight in the tail started me thinking. I have a steep
driveway up to my house and my GMC barely climbs the hill without spinning the
front wheels. In fact I've had to have an assist from my jeep in 4WD on a few
occasions. The local tire people tell me that there is nothing better than the
Goodyear G159's. Seems that reducing the tail weight and moving itup over the
front axel may help my problem. Question: What does this shift in loading do
to the original GMC engineering? Will this overload the front axels and further
stress the hubs??? Thoughts anyone??
> I removed the bat back of the genset because too much weight, too far aft
> of the rear axle is detrimental to good handling in most vehicles.
>
> More weight back there and the tail starts to do more of the steering. I
> appreciate superior road manners so I'm trying to lighten my GMC's tail.
>
> OK, while on the subject, adding up the heavy items behind the rear axle.
> Propane tank, water tank, spare tire, aft air conditioner, 8d battery, Onan
> and trailer hitch were on mine. Did I miss anything? All are heavy items
> and enough weight to probably be detrimental to good handling.
>
> Too much weight and the tail starts to do more of the steering...... sounds
> familiar does'nt it ?
>
> Onan cranks fine with full batteries up front but hav'nt tried it yet with
> low batteries. Don't really care as I plan to be rid of it too, if the big
> 12v alternator and inverter system prove to be adequate.
>
> Cheers
>
> Don Miller
>
> >Thanks for the info. This seems to be a different approach than I have
> heard
> >of.
> >Do you still have a bat back next to the gen set?
> >
> >Take Care
> >Arch
> >
