Life itself is a risk. Some people are so afraid of life that they forget to live. I believe in being reasonably prudent and then doing the things I love - like motorcycle riding, kayaking and towing my FW.

 

Exactly. The wife and I ride motorcycles, atv's, snowmobiles, and a PWC. I also am considered a rebel because I don't wear a seat belt, don't drain my fuel/water separator unless I'm doing a filter change, don't buy extended warranties, drink adult beverages at will, and eat cheeseburgers and pizza nightly... You only go this way once. I say enjoy. This isn't practice...

 

If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space!!!!

Rodney - The rebel with a cause..... Cause today is the first day of the rest of your life!!!!

 

Spot on, Rodney.

 

HEY!!!! wait a minute.....Are you not the Mellow Yellow guy in the earlier posts?

 

You lost me on that one....

 

Howdy Monster Haulers.........

What a Day.........
Drove from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada to Tok, Alaska.
The road from Whitehorse to the border was terrible. HUGE dips and swells....holes....and washboard.
At posted speed we went airborne more than once.....Yes, the complete rig....Truck and 42ft 5th wheel. Theresa's bedroom is in the very back. Her dresser ripped loose from the wall and was destroyed.......

A new 5th wheel ahead of us damaged very badly. Cabinets torn off of the walls......and the Big heavy steel Pin Box failed.

Next stop is Anchorage .....The Air Force base there has a camp ground.

 

A pin box failure is a nightmare come true! Did you have any other damage besides the dresser? That road must be awful.

 

Wow Roy, hope it was only the dresser! Yikes. Note to self.. go back a different route... Hope today treats you better!

 

YES....Different route !!
If we start hitting that bad of roads again......we will slow down sooner.

No major damage....broken coffee mug.....punctured soda cans........just a big mess......

 

Worst I had this year was a box of Cheerios that "someone" left closed loosely laying on it's side with the bag not rolled well inside on the top shelf of the pantry. Directly below our pantry is the HW heater access panel. I took one look top to bottom and yelled to my bride that she was up...

 

I am going to look into suspension upgrade for the 5th wheel......At least shocks to hold down the bouncing.......

Well, gotta hitch up ....kick the tires......light the fires....and muster on the highway.........

 

The Joyrider shock kit is known to be good quality. The Lippert kit, not so much...

Joy Rider

 

You may also want to look into these heavy duty shackles and wet-bolts... I bought my kit from Dyers RV and it was drop-shipped from Mor/Ryde to me... It did take two shipments to get the order right, but that was a screw-up on the Mor/Ryde end of things...

Heavy Duty Shackle Kit Upgrade - MORryde Products

P.S. I will provide more pictures as I install them...

 

I was thinking of doing those myself Randy. I did Dexter HD shackles on my last hauler. I've been dragging my feet this time around as my rig already comes with wet bolts and I hate tossing them out but maybe it's time. I have to compare the price vs. the Dexter kit but I think the MorRyde will be cheaper. I see the triple axle kit for $154 delivered. Not bad at all.