Full Timing in a Gasser

Up until about 2000 gas engines simply did not have the oomph to be good for a 22,500 pound RV. The advent of V-10 motors changed that.

If you have ridden in a DP you have the answer - the ride. Plus, if you are out west, climbing & coming down mountain passes, the exhaust brake just walks you down the pass so easily - again it contributes to the ride.

Next we have carrying capacity - - most DPs have a larger CCC - we had over 5000 lbs available when we started, plus big bays that are open clear across the rig.

Then there is the fact that the engine is in the back, so it is quite and you can listen to music, talk, all without that engine between the two of you.

As to maintenance costs - yes it is more, but the interval in between is longer. If we spent all of our time in the midwest or east, then a gasser would do fine, but we cross the Rockies & Cascades/Sierras at least twice each year - usually more than that as we wonder around for the summer.

Barb

Dealers get more commission on sales. What you drive or live in depends on what you can afford.

Executive wrote:
Maybe you should ask this in the Full Timing Forum..:h..

Is this not the full time forum?

:S..Senior moment..:W

For us, we don't sit, we USE ours...15,000 miles last year..but the DP has more options, AquaHot Air Leveling, quieter too. Genset is in the FRONT so if you run it while you're sleeping you forget it's on....Dennis

I know quite few fulltimers with gassers. Some travel frequently while others stay put for months or even years at a time. I have no idea what the ratio is of gassers to DP's among fulltimers, but I do agree that DP's seem to be favored by the frequent travelers at least. We spend 9-10 months a year moving about in our 34' gasser, with stays of up to a month in locations we really like. The rest of the time we're at our lakeside cottage in upstate NY, although even then we typically continue to live in the coach for the most part.