Escargot wrote: Maybe it was a mechanical failure and he was transporting it to a dealer/mechanic.
That is what Mobile RV service is for. You wait for someone to come and fix it.
A couple years ago I had a hydraulic line break in my curbside bedroom slide which caused it to extend. I drove about 10 miles to a campground to park and wait for a mechanic to come fix it. That particular slide only extends about 18 inches and it was no big deal to drive with it out. However, my top speed was only about 40mph, not 65.
Two wrongs don't make a right. Your coach is probably 96" and the slide being out 18", which makes your total width 114" on a two lane road where the state law probably allows only a 96" motor vehicle width. You could have been given a ticket. And if you were driving a commercial vehicle under the CDL laws, you minimum fine would have been $250. Don't know what the fine is for that type of violation on a normal vehicle, but $250 and a mark on the license is a big deal to me!
Your right. I should have sat on the shoulder of the freeway and let a semi slam into the back of me at 70 mph. I don't know what I was thinking.
Got my NYS Class 1 back in 1970. Recently retired after over 20 years with the same petroleum transportation company, with many other driving jobs before that. I never ran into the back of anything out there and never saw anyone rearended by a semi. But do know some have happened. I did push a car down the road sideways once, but he tried to turn left in front of me on a limited access interstate as I was passing him.
Just because you never ran into the back of someone does not mean it does not happen. I have two friends who had problems on the highway, were pulled into the breakdown lane and were hit. One has a lift in his shoe to compensate for the 2 inches his left leg lost just below the knee and the other had a wonderful service. If you can get off a highway it is always better to do so.
I'm with ya Ultra. Get off the road. I tell the kids this all the time. "But I'll wreck the wheel driving to an exit!" F the wheel, it's replacable.
Escargot wrote: Maybe it was a mechanical failure and he was transporting it to a dealer/mechanic.
That is what Mobile RV service is for. You wait for someone to come and fix it.
A couple years ago I had a hydraulic line break in my curbside bedroom slide which caused it to extend. I drove about 10 miles to a campground to park and wait for a mechanic to come fix it. That particular slide only extends about 18 inches and it was no big deal to drive with it out. However, my top speed was only about 40mph, not 65.
Two wrongs don't make a right. Your coach is probably 96" and the slide being out 18", which makes your total width 114" on a two lane road where the state law probably allows only a 96" motor vehicle width. You could have been given a ticket. And if you were driving a commercial vehicle under the CDL laws, you minimum fine would have been $250. Don't know what the fine is for that type of violation on a normal vehicle, but $250 and a mark on the license is a big deal to me!
Your right. I should have sat on the shoulder of the freeway and let a semi slam into the back of me at 70 mph. I don't know what I was thinking.
Got my NYS Class 1 back in 1970. Recently retired after over 20 years with the same petroleum transportation company, with many other driving jobs before that. I never ran into the back of anything out there and never saw anyone rearended by a semi. But do know some have happened. I did push a car down the road sideways once, but he tried to turn left in front of me on a limited access interstate as I was passing him.
Just because you never ran into the back of someone does not mean it does not happen. I have two friends who had problems on the highway, were pulled into the breakdown lane and were hit. One has a lift in his shoe to compensate for the 2 inches his left leg lost just below the knee and the other had a wonderful service. If you can get off a highway it is always better to do so.
I'm with ya Ultra. Get off the road. I tell the kids this all the time. "But I'll wreck the wheel driving to an exit!" F the wheel, it's replacable.
I just love seeing these nested quotes getting longer and longer and longer and longer.
FMCA# F355513. 40 foot Safari Continental, one slide, Cat powered Magnum Blue Max chassis, PAC brake PRXB, Allison MD3060, Aqua-Hot, 7.5 KW Quiet Diesel, Howard PCS, Velvet Ride suspension. 2006 Jeep Commander.
I never understood the need, or reason, to "nest" the quotes. We all have read the earlier posts and all these do is take up room. BTW, I don't stop on the side of the interstate either unless something is so broken that I can't move. I do know someone who was rear-ended by a semi- my son and daughter-in-law- and we had the memorial service three days later.
Okay, I guess it is perfectly safe for you to go down the highway with a 114" wide load. Let the traffic stack up behind you at 40 mph and watch the accidents happen. But if I see ya, I'll be calling 911 to make sure you are properly escorted with flashing red lights.
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