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Taxman2004
Jun 29, 2014Explorer
We have travelled 134,000 miles in 13 years. We travel 3 to 4 1/2 months a year. First rig was 34ft. Fleetwood Bounder with no slides. Bought used with 48k miles. Sold with 103k miles 5 years later. New rig was a new 33 ft. Fleetwood Terra with one slide, just turned over 117k with 10k to go in the next 4 months on our current trip. Both class A's. I thought I wanted a 32 to 34 foot Class C and found I could get the same floor plan in a Class A. I found the class C too crunched for the copilot when they upped the engine to a 10 cylinder and kept the front area the same size. Floor plan is the most important and then storage. For the last 3 years plus I have been going to RV shows struggling with whether I wanted a Big gas 37-38 ft. or little gas 28-30ft. or the same thing in diesel. Nothing jumped at us and I just kept looking. This January I think we found our next rig. A 37 ft. Winnebago Solie. Just came out in November of 2013. Full side slide on passenger side of coach. (I have always loved the room you get with a full side slide) Bunk beds that we can easily convert to an office, a 50" TV in living room and a 32" TV folds down from the ceiling in the bedroom. We are planning on stopping at the factory in Iowa next month to check it out and get their plans for the 2015 model. It is considered an entry level DP because it is on a rail chassis. We started out towing a Saturn and changed to a Jeep Wrangler when the Saturn died. Jeep for the same reason as others earlier in this thread. During our research I found that anything short of 32 ft. did not have the storage space we have come to conclude that we need. Some of the small MH's would have good closet space for clothes or good storage space for food but not both. I also like that the potty is only 20 ft. from the drivers seat and that the microwave and refrig. are even closer. We have been known to put on 500 miles a day or more for several days to get to our destination. That is a foreign thought to full timers who have no where they need to get to but we aren't there yet and your 1 year trip may include long days to get somewhere by a certain time. With the class A I can drive while the wife is still sleeping in bed or on the couch, wee can pull into a Wal Mart or rest area for a couple of hours rest or a full nights sleep. You might also want to check out Escapees.com and their Day's End Directory to save money on free or less expensive RV parking. I tell people I don't go camping. I go touring and have the MH with me so it is easy to sleep between touring days. Good Luck and Happy Travels.
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