Gas Prices

I see that gas prices are starting to creep up there again for the summer season. I would like to remind everyone that loading your RV correctly can help optimize gas mileage and improve drivability. If you have items that you store in your compartments that you don't always use, take them out and leave them home for certain trips. Can you wait to fill up your fresh water tank until you arrive at your destination? The more your coach weighs, the worse your gas mileage.

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Another important consideration for those of you with a motorhome is loading and front end alignment. Many people find that their tires are wearing after only a few thousand miles. The manufacturer I worked for performed an alignment after the coach was built and before it left to be shipped to a dealership. Sometimes things happen on the road, but throwing off an alignment isn't all that easy. Typically the dealers were suppose to recommend that someone purchasing a motorhome would load the coach like they were going to use it, and then have it aligned.

The way you load your motorhome has a lot of impact on your alignment as well as the driveability of your coach. Just because you have a huge pass-through compartment on the rear end doesn't mean you should cram everything you have into it. weight should be distributed evenly throughout your compartments. Make sure you are not putting all of the heavy stuff on one side and lighter on the other. I think you get the gist here. Loading your coach evenly throughout will make the coach drive better and keep the tires from wearing unevenly or too soon.