Re: Road King shocks are installed!!!
Steve,
The trip was great over the Labor Day weekend. We actually went back this weekend to Big Bear, CA but it was business related with a bit of relaxation mixed in.
I agree on the compliments about the International chassis. There is nothing like it and when we pulled in to the RV park, everyone stopped to watch us pull in and set up. Even before I got to pop open a cold one, DW was already giving tours...not exactly my cup of tea, but I let the wifey do her thing when it comes to that kind of stuff.
The ride is mountainous and the elevation is @ 7000ft. The roads are windy and the people in cars and bikes are impatient when trying to get up. We left on a Thursday late afternoon and hit the foothill @ 6pm. In a normal car, it usually takes @ 30 minutes to get up the hill. With the RV it took @ 40 minutes. We were fully loaded with the trailer in tow and the rig handled AWESOME! The controller definitely made a difference keeping me in the power band as much as possible. I was still going @ 20-30 mph up the hill, but I enjoyed every minute of it.
This past weekend we headed up hill on Friday night and there was traffic going up the mountain. With the normal traffic, it almost seemed we were going to fast given our size in relation to the other vehicles. This time we did it with no trailer and we kep right up with traffic, not using any turnouts once.
All in all a great ride. At the campsite, we were the toast of the town. There was some beautiful Class A rigs, but nothing like the 'Nova. There were a few Jayco's on the Chevy 5500 chassis that were really nice, but those owners were taking the damn tour in my rig. It was a fun 2 weekends and when we went back this past weekend, everyone remembered us. Great times. Just got back and I am beat.
I love my rig even more now.
I will post an more in depth review of everything later this week. Gotta get ready for work and get some shut eye!
-Ron
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2008 6400N Grand Hotel
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