Good afternoon all,
Just got back from showing my coach at Renningers Antique Mall Glamping vintage camper event in Mt Dora, Florida. Must have had at least a hundred
walk through on Saturday afternoon. I was the only GMC there. Had people that where in electric wheel chairs have their assistant help them out so
they could get inside to see it, the first word out of every bodies mouth was "WOW" then the next was "look at all the room". It's just a simple
canyon lands layout but I guess compared to the room in some of the new sprinter based RV's it's a lot of room. If anyone if familiar with the place
the drive ways in are like switchbacks in the mountains, The issue I have questions on was real prevalant while manuvering my way in and out plus
getting back to the dump station. When I would hard left turn, not right hand issues, particularly going up hill it was like the front end almost
wanted to crow hop like a 4WDd drive truck that got left in 4WD and put on the pavement. I recently went to a 3.7 final drive when the 3.21 went out
and wasted itself along with the transmission. That story is next week on Springer. I had been running alcoas all around at that time with LT225/75R16
TA's, Had to get 2 new tires and decided to put them on the front,I went with My Dodge Rims, I used run, with LT245/75R16 Michelin Defender LTX's
M/S's, suppose to be the best all around and most durable for what we can put a tire through. It also brought my RPM back to the range a 3.55 FD would
be. Happy with everything but the crowhop, I noticed it on flat pavement, left hand only also, but I attributed to my heavy foot, when you climb a
hill or mountain you've got to give a little more juice, then it shows up. Never noticed it with the BF goodrich AT radials I ran before on the Dodge
rims or with the alcoas and standard size like the back. Any ideals, I even thought maybe to much pressure on one side in back but it drives to good
otherwise except for the torque steer it has always had and which goes away as soon as the accceleration is over and your loping along. Appreciate any
thoughts or ideals, the crowhopping can't be good on it. Please excuse my writing style, my teachers all called me the "king of run on sentences".
Skip Hartline
Just got back from showing my coach at Renningers Antique Mall Glamping vintage camper event in Mt Dora, Florida. Must have had at least a hundred
walk through on Saturday afternoon. I was the only GMC there. Had people that where in electric wheel chairs have their assistant help them out so
they could get inside to see it, the first word out of every bodies mouth was "WOW" then the next was "look at all the room". It's just a simple
canyon lands layout but I guess compared to the room in some of the new sprinter based RV's it's a lot of room. If anyone if familiar with the place
the drive ways in are like switchbacks in the mountains, The issue I have questions on was real prevalant while manuvering my way in and out plus
getting back to the dump station. When I would hard left turn, not right hand issues, particularly going up hill it was like the front end almost
wanted to crow hop like a 4WDd drive truck that got left in 4WD and put on the pavement. I recently went to a 3.7 final drive when the 3.21 went out
and wasted itself along with the transmission. That story is next week on Springer. I had been running alcoas all around at that time with LT225/75R16
TA's, Had to get 2 new tires and decided to put them on the front,I went with My Dodge Rims, I used run, with LT245/75R16 Michelin Defender LTX's
M/S's, suppose to be the best all around and most durable for what we can put a tire through. It also brought my RPM back to the range a 3.55 FD would
be. Happy with everything but the crowhop, I noticed it on flat pavement, left hand only also, but I attributed to my heavy foot, when you climb a
hill or mountain you've got to give a little more juice, then it shows up. Never noticed it with the BF goodrich AT radials I ran before on the Dodge
rims or with the alcoas and standard size like the back. Any ideals, I even thought maybe to much pressure on one side in back but it drives to good
otherwise except for the torque steer it has always had and which goes away as soon as the accceleration is over and your loping along. Appreciate any
thoughts or ideals, the crowhopping can't be good on it. Please excuse my writing style, my teachers all called me the "king of run on sentences".
Skip Hartline
