Let me say for the record - I am sooooo grateful that someone other than I brought up the 4x4 option as a topic. And let’s also assume Kevin is also the owner of the previously depicted “stealth mode 4x4” white whale – and if so, he’s certainly able to answer many questions in this regard.
What of the 4x4 option? I can foresee myself as seriously having to consider the Quigley 4x4 option for my own future PC, as I can also foresee myself frequenting many “under”-improved private campsites, as well as those in State and Federal Parks as well. And as I commented on FAR earlier on this Forum, have spent many a merry beer-breakfast Sunday watching non-4x4 campers even trying to exit a grassy, relatively level; yet now rainy and muddy campsite. Not to mention the possibility of snow in my future camping forecast, as well as perhaps having to visit a boat launch!
So – I’m mostly about traction, and not about ground clearance necessarily. Yet I can’t help but notice in the pictures of the latest PC2400 4x4, that the front pair of leveling jacks are really “hanging out there” below the chassis, while the rear pair appear relatively “normal”.
Question – is this due to the fact that so much more “hardware” is packed into the front end on the 4x4 chassis, that on this shorter chassis, their mounting points are dispersed to a less desirable and lower location otherwise? Would their appearance be less prominent if the leveling jacks used had greater potential extension as might otherwise be fitted to a “taller” Class A chassis? Or to a longer PC chassis?
It would seem that even on the previously depicted “stealth mode 4x4”, that the hanging, and disengaged jacks are not quite so prominent. Is this due to that longer chassis’ wheelbase and center of gravity allowing the forward jack pair to be mounted further aft as compared to the “shorty” 2400 chassis?
Just asking -
