Back to towing a toad

[Don Bradner]

I have never seen a toad fail to straighten after a turn, or fail to turn
correctly when cornering. Normal positive caster will always act to return the
wheels to straight.

Steering wheel locks are unlikely to be the answer. Even without the issue of
scuffing on turns, most locks do not lock in the straight position, they lock to
some amount left or right. So, you would probalby be dragging the tires just
going straight.

One factor that effects caster is the height of front and rear of the vehicle.
Down in front negatively affects caster, up in front positively affects it. If
the towbar is too low it would tend to decrease the liklihood of the wheels
returning to center. Towbar high should increase return-to-center.

On 10/12/2007 at 7:39 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.
>
>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
>Rebel Bird