96" or 102" Wide Bus

Van · August 21, 2020, 01:46:16 PM

Oatman to Kingman AZ, my favorite.

luvrbus · August 21, 2020, 02:05:26 PM

Quote from: Van on August 21, 2020, 01:46:16 PM
Oatman to Kingman AZ, my favorite.

LoL yea that section of old route 66 is a little tight for buses,but I came across it about a month ago but don't think I will be going back on that route,man was I happy to see the hole in wall they call call Cool Springs at the bottom of the mountain.89A from Jerome to Prescott is a treat too

usbusin · August 21, 2020, 02:27:28 PM

Awe, come on guys that stretch is a good and fun road. . . . . In a car! Did it in March on the way back from the Bluegrass Festival at Havasu.

Jim Eh. · August 21, 2020, 03:32:12 PM

I have driven 8', 8" 6", 10' and handling is always an issue. To me though a bus that is 8' 6" wide means is has about 5 square feet of flat wall more fighting against the wind and draining the fuel tank.
If I was to live (or would when it is done) in my bus, my choice would lean to wards a 102" wide. With my 96" if I want more room, for now, I just will go outside.

silversport · August 21, 2020, 04:56:36 PM

IF I would do it again stick with 96" with a slide or two.

DoubleEagle · August 21, 2020, 05:42:58 PM

There are county roads in Ohio where the tires just fit between the lines, maybe the lines are nine feet apart, or a little less. The farm combines take up both lanes, grass to grass. Now there is a conflict, usually the combine goes off the road for you. Construction zones are tight, but get worse in tight curves. So, if you take country roads a lot, 96", but if you are lucky to have wide lanes, 102". The Model 15 102" Eagles are narrower in the front, and flare out on the sides, so there is less wind resistance, but the mirrors have longer arms to watch out for when making turns near things, and passing other Eagles.

lvmci · August 21, 2020, 08:23:03 PM

I took the route to cross the golden gate bridge, as it turned out thru city streets of downtown San Francisco! Damn GPS...

luvrbus · August 21, 2020, 08:42:16 PM

To me I don't notice the extra 6 inches wider driving,I really never paid any attention to it

richard5933 · August 22, 2020, 02:22:58 AM

I think that the place I noticed it the most was at toll booths. Even though electronic in-motion tolling has been used for years on I-294 around Chicago, many of the exits still have the narrow concrete funnels that used to protect the toll booths. I swear some of them can't be more than 10 feet wide.

buswarrior · August 22, 2020, 05:57:09 PM

Check the massive scraping from mirrors up high on those old style toll booths...

And all the body scraping down low...

Put the driver's side ONE INCH away, hopefully, the other side will have just a little more... shy away on your side... kiss the awning goodbye...

The border booths are much the same.

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

ccbmster · August 24, 2020, 04:05:05 PM

Been there and done the 96".....never going back.
I don't find driving the 102' to be all that much different

rickm · August 26, 2020, 11:20:09 AM

We were looking at Road Trec's and other small RV's, we went with the PD4106 because it was so much less expensive and will get close to, or the same mileage. I find it necessary to modify pretty much everything i own to make it mine. That being said this is a much larger project then a few mods to a road trec. LOL Bottom line, we will just remember that we wanted a road trec any time we think we need a bigger bus. Plus I agree on both the mileage and drivability some have said, we were just up a mountain gravel road and into a old field drive in Sturgis to get to our site. Longer or wider would have been difficult.