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  • Driving a Coach

    From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to All on Sat Apr 27 20:13:10 2024
    This may seem like a weird post but, here it goes.

    While driving several hours in my motorhome, I was thinking of the most comfortable
    way to drive the rig. For any coach whos driver seat has armrests that fold up, here is
    my take: raise the right armrest only and rest your right elbow on your lap. This will
    force you to hold the steering wheel at about 4:00.

    For your left hand, rest your arm on the armrest which forces you to grab the wheel at
    about 11:00

    I tried placing both hands at 11:00 and 1:00 but you don't have the same control over
    the wheel as you do the other way.

    Years ago my wife and I attended a drivers class to familiarize ourselves with the best
    techniques. The driver is the pilot and the passenger is called the nagivator. It's their
    job to properly nag you while giving directions.

    One student said that he couldn't keep the coach centered in the lane. He was probably placing his hands in the wrong position, and he was probably looking at the
    road directly in front of him and not looking too far forward as he should.

    Anyway, my advice is to place your hands in the proper position with the right armrest
    up and left one down. And, look forward far enough ahead to allow you to not make
    too many corrections which you might do when looking just a bit ahead and making too
    many corrections of your position along the ay.

    Hope this makes sense.

    Mike Dippel


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  • From Amessyroom@954:895/66 to Mike Dippel on Sat Jun 22 20:29:49 2024

    Where have you traveled in your motor home, if I may ask?

    What type/model motorhome? You have pictures you can share or link too? Just curious.
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  • From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to Amessyroom on Sun Jun 23 21:27:20 2024
    On 6/22/2024 8:33 PM, Amessyroom wrote to Mike Dippel:


    Where have you traveled in your motor home, if I may ask?

    What type/model motorhome? You have pictures you can share or link too? Just curious.
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    My wife and I have owned 4 different motorhomes. Our current one is a 43 foot Itasca
    (Winnebago product). Every year we take a trip up north starting with a visit to my
    daughter's place in Georgia, then on to Michigan where we grew up and still have
    family members. We will begin our trip this Thursday and will be gone for one month.

    We have visited Albuquerque twice for the Balloon Fiesta and to visit a childhood buddy
    who moved there years ago. We have done Yosemite, the Badlands, Moab and all the
    Utah mountain ranges.

    We also did the US side of Niagara Falls last year as well as Philadelphia for the Liberty
    Bell, southern Maryland to be close to DC, and a lot of places in between.

    Join me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mdippel/ and my wife will be posting
    pictures of our trip every day.

    Thanks again for joining HobbyNet and for subscribing to my YouTube channel.

    Mike Dippel


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  • From Amessyroom@954:895/66 to Mike Dippel on Sun Jun 23 23:37:24 2024
    Re: RE: Driving a Coach
    By: Mike Dippel to Amessyroom on Sun Jun 23 2024 09:27 pm

    Join me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mdippel/ and my wife will be posting pictures of our trip every day.
    I will . Have safe travels.
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  • From Mike Powell@954:895/54 to MIKE DIPPEL on Mon Jun 24 08:37:00 2024
    daughter's place in Georgia, then on to Michigan where we grew up and still have
    family members. We will begin our trip this Thursday and will be gone for one
    month.

    What part of Michigan? I have some family around Grand Rapids. I prefer visits to the UP, though. It is beautiful up there.

    Mike


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  • From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to Mike Powell on Mon Jun 24 20:57:46 2024
    On 6/24/2024 8:42 AM, Mike Powell wrote to Mike Dippel:

    daughter's place in Georgia, then on to Michigan where we grew up and still
    have
    family members. We will begin our trip this Thursday and will be gone for
    one
    month.

    What part of Michigan? I have some family around Grand Rapids. I prefer visits to the UP, though. It is beautiful up there.

    Mike

    My wife and I are originally from Detroit, but we will be in Lake Orion, about 15 miles
    north.

    The UP is another location that we have camped in as well. We stayed just north of the
    bridge, visited the Grand Hotel, and then toured most of the Upper Peninsula during
    our 4 days stay there. The Upper and Lower Tahquamenon Falls was high on our priority list.

    Since we were already that far north, we were asked by friends of ours in 3 different
    locations in Ontario to visit them. So we did Ottawa, Kingston and one other.

    Mike Dippel

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  • From Mike Powell@954:895/54 to MIKE DIPPEL on Tue Jun 25 07:41:00 2024
    our 4 days stay there. The Upper and Lower Tahquamenon Falls was high on our priority list.

    They are beautiful.

    Mike


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