24 ft ClassC MH downsides

bobndot wrote:
I have a 2018 Sunseeker 2350 by FR , 24 ft. Ford E450.
Being that it has a 14,500 gvwr and rolls down the road loaded at approx 12,500 expect it to ride hard until you load it up with full water etc.
** ‘They need to be properly aligned with a positive caster‘ .
I needed to install suspension upgrades to handle crosswinds and bow waves better but i would wait on those until the warranty expires and to really see if you need to do that.
Optional - Shocks, rear track bar, H. duty F and R sway bars .

I have a large storage area in the rear.
I dont like those plastic bins they use to hold gear. Keep an eye on all of them as you load them and use them. I don't trust them to carry too much weight.
I added oak cross members on top of bins which are supported by the solid wood edges that surround the bins. I placed wood planks on the cross supports that now holds my gear. The bins carry light stuff, they only use small screws and caulk to support those bins. Kind of flimsy.

Its had s 158” wb. which has a long rear overhang. The rear hitch has safety tabs welded onto it that act as scrapers to protect the rear overhang. I have to pull in forward into my driveway bc i scrape those tabs across my sidewalk if i back in. You need to know if you have clearance to park unless your street and driveway are relatively flat.

Good info. Is it common for a 24 ft to be built on a 450 Chassis? I have only seen the 350 so far. I was thinking of just storing bikes, my rubber raft and fishing stuff in the rear bin. Do most 24ft C's have a 158 in WB? Were your suspension upgrades because of the length/WB or common to most C's. It seems most A owners with the F-53 chassis complain of the handling. I would not have thought about the rear over hang being an issue.

I have a 2018 Sunseeker 2350 by FR , 24 ft. Ford E450.
Being that it has a 14,500 gvwr and rolls down the road loaded at approx 12,500 expect it to ride hard until you load it up with full water etc.
** ‘They need to be properly aligned with a positive caster‘ .
I needed to install suspension upgrades to handle crosswinds and bow waves better but i would wait on those until the warranty expires and to really see if you need to do that.
Optional - Shocks, rear track bar, H. duty F and R sway bars .

I have a large storage area in the rear.
I dont like those plastic bins they use to hold gear. Keep an eye on all of them as you load them and use them. I don't trust them to carry too much weight.
I added oak cross members on top of bins which are supported by the solid wood edges that surround the bins. I placed wood planks on the cross supports that now holds my gear. The bins carry light stuff, they only use small screws and caulk to support those bins. Kind of flimsy.


Its had s 158” wb. which has a long rear overhang. The rear hitch has safety tabs welded onto it that act as scrapers to protect the rear overhang. I have to pull in forward into my driveway bc i scrape those tabs across my sidewalk if i back in. You need to know if you have clearance to park unless your street and driveway are relatively flat.

Cs apparently are built so they max out the rear gross weight rating before you put anything in them! So adding weight towards the rear is a big issue. (towing with much of a hitch weight can make this worse of course.)

Ours has air bags to keep it level, but that does nothing for the weight on the back tires. I just pretend this is not happening and keep the back tires at a higher pressure. That makes them happy but we are still over the gross rating for the back.

A 24 might be better for that than our 28 with the overhang behind the rear axle. There is a ratio thing for the overhang wrt the wheel base.

my biggest issue with Cs is the potential for water intrusion. in my opinion a class c either has leaked, is leaking or will leak.
I don't know if a B+ (which doesn't actually exist) is any better.

bumpy