How does a mog handle corrigated roads.

[sammyb]

Just wondering how my mog will handle corrigations or the african massage, as I have never driven on a corrigated road with 14.5 r20's, I have done plenty in L-cruisers and hiluxs and your ok once around 70- 80 km/h but for a mog 70 is cruising speed.

Any experiences of this ???

sam

 

[Tennmogger]

It will do well. Just air down the tires and drive in 4wd. The large tires will really smooth out the bumps.

Bob

Just wondering how my mog will handle corrigations or the african massage, as I have never driven on a corrigated road with 14.5 r20's, I have done plenty in L-cruisers and hiluxs and your ok once around 70- 80 km/h but for a mog 70 is cruising speed.

Any experiences of this ???

sam

 

[mhiscox]

It will do well. Just air down the tires and drive in 4wd. The large tires will really smooth out the bumps.

Bob

Times 2. One of the places where my Mog camper really excelled was on washboard roads. With the air out of the big cushy tires, it's much better than most.

 

[Tennmogger]

Here's the definitive info on corrugations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmxMQwhcVF0

Times 2. One of the places where my Mog camper really excelled was on washboard roads. With the air out of the big cushy tires, it's much better than most.

 

[michaelvanpelt]

Just air down the tires and drive in 4wd.???

I agree with deflate the tires but what is the reason to use the 4wd?

 

[michaelvanpelt]

Unimog coil springs

Just another note... The Unimog coil spring system in my mind is a wonderfull ride compared to a flat spring truck. I have only had one other leaf spring truck that has almost as good of a ride. The chassis is a 1017a and is close to as good a ride as a Unimog but for the life of me I don't know why. There may be drawbacks to the coils but ride is not one of them. In a U500 the ride is great.

 

[Tennmogger]

It just rides smoother, LOL. Wish I could give a technical reason but know this from experience. The use of 4wd intuitively will help avoid propagating the washboard corrugations because the rear tires will have less tendency to spin or slip, especially if there's a little grade to the road..

Bob

I agree with deflate the tires but what is the reason to use the 4wd?