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[Pete Masterson]

Only had one situation where the toad wheels did not track properly.
The rest of the time, the toad has behaved as expected in both
regular and tight turns.

Once, when making a tight turn into a pull-through campsite, the toad
wheels didn't straighten out but the ground was very loose gravel and
dirt, so there was no friction for the wheels to track in. I think
this was a matter of the lack of traction in the soft soil/gravel
rather than a steering geometry situation. I manually straightened
the wheel after we were parked. When leaving the campsite the next
morning, we pulled from the site onto a paved roadway with a similar
tight turn, and the toad tracked as it was supposed to.

I tow a '93 Toyota Camry.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Idaho Springs CO



On Oct 12, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Jon wrote:

> This morning I went over to get an oil filter for my Onan generator
> and
> I mentioned that my old Subaru would not straiten out after I cut a
> close corner to the right. Well the supervisor of the repair shop
> told
> me that allot of toad will have this problem because of where the rear
> wheels of the coach are situated. By this I mean the rear wheels by
> being so far under the coach that most cars will not track right in a
> tight corner. He explained it to me but I'm still a little lost why
> this happens. He said the best way to make most turns in a rig like
> mine is to make them wide so the tire will have a chance to track
> around the corners. Also he said if I do haft to make a tight turn
> that I can either tie my steering wheel in the neutral position and so
> the tires will not turn going around a tight corner. I guess you
> wouldn't even haft to do this as you could just lock the steering
> wheel
> in place with the steering wheel lock.
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> Now do you guys that have regular toads ever have a problem with
> turning in a tight turn at a slow speed? Just would like to know.
>
> Jon
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