Question about RV'ing in South America
Hello folks, I am planning to take a 38' Class A diesel pusher to South America. Since I have seen much of the US and Canada, I will be shipping this RV on a ro-ro from Halifax to Caracas. The ...
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In Esquel, Argentina, some years ago we met a Brazilian family driving a large (35' or so) Mercedes bus motorhome. He had travelled from central Brazil through Venezuela and down to Chile then over to Argentina. Brazil has colour coded maps at that time issued each season showing the roads from impassible to 4X4 to paved.
We spent 6 weeks in Argentina, travelling city to city by air, and thought that if we were younger and healthier we would have seriously considered an RV trip through South America.
I'm not sure I would take an off the shelf class A down there. Our 32' DP Itasca has had enough rough road problems just traveling in Mexico. Note too that the electric power there is 2 wire 240 volts; there is no neutral that you could use to separate 2 120V circuits such as we use in North America . You would need a transformer or run on your generator and/or solar.
We spent 6 weeks in Argentina, travelling city to city by air, and thought that if we were younger and healthier we would have seriously considered an RV trip through South America.
I'm not sure I would take an off the shelf class A down there. Our 32' DP Itasca has had enough rough road problems just traveling in Mexico. Note too that the electric power there is 2 wire 240 volts; there is no neutral that you could use to separate 2 120V circuits such as we use in North America . You would need a transformer or run on your generator and/or solar.
