Forgot a little caveat last night....
The observations re steering box are totally unscientific, strictly "seat o'
the pants". The tire pressures and temps are courtesy SmarTire monitor.
It's actually quit raining in PDX
Heinz
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gmcmotorhome
> [mailto
wner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of
> heinz
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 9:58 PM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: GMC: Non-stop to Portland
>
>
> Well not quite non-stop... couldn't hold it that long
>
> However, no stops for emergency repairs sofar. Made good time
> after 2 hours in the border lineup. good enough to get to no
> sales tax Fry's in Portland for a browse.
>
> The new steering box: LOVE IT!
> Light to the touch yet firm, no play. Less force required than
> old on turns. Just like a car, better than a car
> It's surprising what one gets used to when fed little by little
> as I didn't thing my old one was really that bad. Boy was I wrong.
>
> Tires: I finally could not stand it any longer. For me 80 lbs no
> more. The ride is just too damn rough, at least on sections of
> I-5 in the NorthWest. Perhaps temperature has some effect. On
> paved sections it's ok but on concrete sections and expansion
> joints on bridges, pavement breaks, etc. YUK and double YUK.
>
> I'm going back to what has given me reliability and a nice ride
> for 10+ years and 200k+ miles. Well, perhaps not quite, I'm going
> to stick with E's for now of course but tire pressure is going to
> be 70 lbs or less.
>
> After an hour of 60-62mph of driving with 80 lbs cold, tire
> pressure was 86 and temp 93 degrees with an OAT of 49 degrees. I
> dropped air to 75 lbs hot, which turned out to be about 70 cold.
>
> 75 lbs hot went to 77 and 86 degrees at 62 mph and 46 degrees
> outside after about an hour.
>
> Ride was MUCH improved. I'm going to try this for a bit and then
> go back to what I've usd in the past, i.e. 65 lbs. and then I'll
> decide on what to stick with
>
> That's what I'm doing... to each his/her own.
>
> Heinz
> Portland for the night (Camping World)
>
>
The observations re steering box are totally unscientific, strictly "seat o'
the pants". The tire pressures and temps are courtesy SmarTire monitor.
It's actually quit raining in PDX
Heinz
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gmcmotorhome
> [mailto
wner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of> heinz
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 9:58 PM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: GMC: Non-stop to Portland
>
>
> Well not quite non-stop... couldn't hold it that long
>
> However, no stops for emergency repairs sofar. Made good time
> after 2 hours in the border lineup. good enough to get to no
> sales tax Fry's in Portland for a browse.
>
> The new steering box: LOVE IT!
> Light to the touch yet firm, no play. Less force required than
> old on turns. Just like a car, better than a car
> It's surprising what one gets used to when fed little by little
> as I didn't thing my old one was really that bad. Boy was I wrong.
>
> Tires: I finally could not stand it any longer. For me 80 lbs no
> more. The ride is just too damn rough, at least on sections of
> I-5 in the NorthWest. Perhaps temperature has some effect. On
> paved sections it's ok but on concrete sections and expansion
> joints on bridges, pavement breaks, etc. YUK and double YUK.
>
> I'm going back to what has given me reliability and a nice ride
> for 10+ years and 200k+ miles. Well, perhaps not quite, I'm going
> to stick with E's for now of course but tire pressure is going to
> be 70 lbs or less.
>
> After an hour of 60-62mph of driving with 80 lbs cold, tire
> pressure was 86 and temp 93 degrees with an OAT of 49 degrees. I
> dropped air to 75 lbs hot, which turned out to be about 70 cold.
>
> 75 lbs hot went to 77 and 86 degrees at 62 mph and 46 degrees
> outside after about an hour.
>
> Ride was MUCH improved. I'm going to try this for a bit and then
> go back to what I've usd in the past, i.e. 65 lbs. and then I'll
> decide on what to stick with
>
> That's what I'm doing... to each his/her own.
>
> Heinz
> Portland for the night (Camping World)
>
>
