Freedom Elite handling

[Shawbird]

Driving back from Colorado in some terrible wind. My shoulders ache from trying to keep it on the road. Much play in the steering wheel. After reading your posts I don't know if I need to install the Safe-T-plus stabilizer or the Sumo Springs. I would appreciate your feedback.

 

[gentilebrian]

Driving back from Colorado in some terrible wind. My shoulders ache from trying to keep it on the road. Much play in the steering wheel. After reading your posts I don't know if I need to install the Safe-T-plus stabilizer or the Sumo Springs. I would appreciate your feedback.

You can add some suspension upgrades but the fact is a lightweight RV in heavy winds is never fun.

There shouldn't be any play in the steering wheel so maybe have that check out.

 

[KNMIB]

I added safety-t-plus after it was aligned and it helped a lot but Brian is correct the wind is a pain. We just did 6000 miles out west and there where times it was brutal, I actually stopped I Cheyenne, Wy because I was tired of fighting it, then I found out they shut down 80 because of wind. I have no answer but Saf-T-plus did help some what.

 

[axis earl]

I ran in to some very bad wind gusts in north Palm Springs, CA, on the I-10. I hate to think how the Axis would have handled without the Saf-T-Plus. As it was, I was pushed into the next lane when I was doing 45 mph. Bad wind is just plain bad, but suspension mods will help.

 

[phalexander]

Mostly on the strength of recommendations on this and other forums I put a Safe-T-Plus on my new 2017 Freedom Elite 26HE before we left on a 4000 mile tour of western states. It was a straightforward driveway job. In New Mexico we had wind advisories of 35-40 mph with gusts to 50. Kept me on my toes for sure but never felt unsafe or even tense. It'll never drive like a sports car but it shouldn't wear you out.