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Ferry boarding ramp hump
overnighting in line at Digby Ferry to Nova Scotia. Watching last ferry tonight arrive noticed there is a hump from the blacktop to steel gantry. Crew said only car carriers have trouble.
Q: can I manually raise my ride height with level low to max and drive couple hundred yards?
Thanks
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6 Replies
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absolutely.
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Thanks
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Liam, just avoid a warped surface that prevents the plane the axles are in from being out of parallel.
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Assume that is to avoid lateral forces on the bags? Jon, how risky is this? Enough that I should hold the line up and elevate only if needed?
Thanks again.
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Liam,
I had the opposite problem taking the ferry out of Haines, AK. We had to load at Low tide and the ramp was crazy steep and less than 1.5 – 2″ on the clearance… I took it slow and the watched me close. I was the first one in then had to make a 90 degree turn to get in my lane. Its been 5 years but as I recall I didn’t have to us level low…
Good luck and take your time!
Bill
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My concern is when you are fully extended up front and rear your upper limits are defined by your shocks. The shocks when fully extended are what limits up travel, at least on my coach. So if you have some twisted or warped surface you can imagine the excess forces that are going to impact one corner of the bus trying to get more height, and the opposite corner trying to compress with internal air bag pressures already at 120 PSI which is greater than their 100 PSI limit.
Bill is right. Take it slow, and use level low only to the necessary extent.
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