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soft ground driving? - thomas_sorrentino - 09-05-2006 13:07 On my maiden voyage, I managed to get stuck in the field I was parked in. The back wheels sunk in just enough to be trouble. It was totally my fault and I do know better, but... I was wondering if most people with PT's think its better or worse on soft ground with the tag axle dumped or not? Theoretically I think it would be better with the tag axle pressurized to distribute the weight more, but it was to late for me to experiment. Otherwise than that, I loved the new coach! p.s. I did an 850 mile round trip with the intake cowling facing backwards, I don't have anything to compare to, but seemed fine to me. Tom Sorrentino 1987 PT 38 soft ground driving? - Ron Faubion - 09-05-2006 17:10 On soft surfaces: Dumped.... Especially in reverse. Ron, No. California 85PT36 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com soft ground driving? - Gardner Yeaw - 09-06-2006 05:07 Tom, A little heavier than the old FC33, eh? Gardner 78FC33 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "thomas_sorrentino" > > On my maiden voyage, I managed to get stuck in the field I was parked > in. The back wheels sunk in just enough to be trouble. It was totally > my fault and I do know better, but... I was wondering if most people > with PT's think its better or worse on soft ground with the tag axle > dumped or not? Theoretically I think it would be better with the tag > axle pressurized to distribute the weight more, but it was to late for > me to experiment. Otherwise than that, I loved the new coach! > > p.s. I did an 850 mile round trip with the intake cowling facing > backwards, I don't have anything to compare to, but seemed fine to me. > > Tom Sorrentino > 1987 PT 38 > soft ground driving? - erniecarpet@... - 09-06-2006 20:34 Tom, I am very careful where I drive "off road" which in my terms is off pavement. The campground we were at last week was watering all the dirt roads to keep them packed so we wouldn't get stuck. Needless to say, I was rather nervous about driving in a section of non watered area. But when I had to drive there, I did not stop. Where we were at- there were no large tow trucks in sight. Ernie Ekberg 83 PT40 Livingston, Montana [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] soft ground driving? - thomas_sorrentino - 09-06-2006 22:52 Thanks for the replys. They make fiberglass "runners" for heavy equipment to drive on golf courses and such. I'm going to check into the feasability of carrying some of these. It seems that a lot of my camping habits take me to field type events and I still want to be able to do this. Are PT's less able to do this than FC's? Do any PT owners drive on grass? --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "thomas_sorrentino" > > On my maiden voyage, I managed to get stuck in the field I was parked > in. The back wheels sunk in just enough to be trouble. It was totally > my fault and I do know better, but... I was wondering if most people > with PT's think its better or worse on soft ground with the tag axle > dumped or not? Theoretically I think it would be better with the tag > axle pressurized to distribute the weight more, but it was to late for > me to experiment. Otherwise than that, I loved the new coach! > > p.s. I did an 850 mile round trip with the intake cowling facing > backwards, I don't have anything to compare to, but seemed fine to me. > > Tom Sorrentino > 1987 PT 38 > |