2015 Thor Challenger with Ford V10
Hello folks...... DW & I are seriously thinking of trading our 07 5th Wheel & Silverado Dulley toward the purchase of a 2015 Thor Challenger 37KT with the Ford V10 Gasser. A motor coach has always bee...
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I'd recommend towing something 4 down. I've done "no car" and it wasn't good. Our motorhome never leaves the driveway without one of the jeep's hooked up, not even to run to the corner for fuel.
Our first motorhome was a Fleetwood pace arrow, 36 foot on a 26,000 pound V10 F53 chassis. It worked just fine, tho kinda noisy pulling up a hill.
Not a thor (or anything else) basher, but...
(is this where I add "a 37' coach on a 22k chassis makes little sense to me?")
When we were shopping for our next coach, for 2 years... we went to a lot of shows, and looked at a lot of new motorhomes. We found a floorplan we liked in a sportscoach, another very similar from, I don't recall, either forest river or thor, at $158k msrp brand new. Similar floorplan in a Tuscany at over $250k...
I searched and searched, and found the same layout in a Monaco, and found one I could buy 2 years old for that same $158k...
WAY better deal. Way better coach. Fabulous quality, great chassis, top of the line for sure...
You can get a better deal buying a couple years old. Lotsa people with more money than (you fill in the blank) find out they just aren't cut out for this, and 2-3 year old motorhomes are out there, like new, barely used, just waiting for you to write a check.
Not bashing, speaking truth... Thor and Forest river are at the bottom of the food chain. Tiffin, Winnebago, Fleetwood are a step up. Monaco Newmar and some others are another step up. All make quality gas motorhomes, but you still get what you pay for.
And just to get everyone mad at me... diesel pushers are better. They ride better. They are quieter. They have all the cool fancy stuff. The money that will buy a new 37' gasser will also buy a 5 year old (or less) DP...
Something to think about.
Our first motorhome was a Fleetwood pace arrow, 36 foot on a 26,000 pound V10 F53 chassis. It worked just fine, tho kinda noisy pulling up a hill.
Not a thor (or anything else) basher, but...
(is this where I add "a 37' coach on a 22k chassis makes little sense to me?")
When we were shopping for our next coach, for 2 years... we went to a lot of shows, and looked at a lot of new motorhomes. We found a floorplan we liked in a sportscoach, another very similar from, I don't recall, either forest river or thor, at $158k msrp brand new. Similar floorplan in a Tuscany at over $250k...
I searched and searched, and found the same layout in a Monaco, and found one I could buy 2 years old for that same $158k...
WAY better deal. Way better coach. Fabulous quality, great chassis, top of the line for sure...
You can get a better deal buying a couple years old. Lotsa people with more money than (you fill in the blank) find out they just aren't cut out for this, and 2-3 year old motorhomes are out there, like new, barely used, just waiting for you to write a check.
Not bashing, speaking truth... Thor and Forest river are at the bottom of the food chain. Tiffin, Winnebago, Fleetwood are a step up. Monaco Newmar and some others are another step up. All make quality gas motorhomes, but you still get what you pay for.
And just to get everyone mad at me... diesel pushers are better. They ride better. They are quieter. They have all the cool fancy stuff. The money that will buy a new 37' gasser will also buy a 5 year old (or less) DP...
Something to think about.
