30 foot Class C or shorter Class A
I'm coming out of a B van looking at upgrading my family of 4 (2 young kids) to a larger coach. I've always wanted to be as small as possible in my RV for a multitude of reasons… chief among them is my thinking that a bigger RV will be used less often. Our style of travel has been day trips and touring, which this B van is great for. However, for further away trips (2-4 days) and weekend camping, both of which we want to get more into, it’s obvious this rig needs to grow. How much to grow is the question.
Staying with my “less is more” motto, I started looking at low profile C’s and B pluses, ala Lazy Daze and Phoenix Cruiser. To make this upgrade/expense be worth the effort, however, I find myself gravitating toward the 30 foot versions. At 30 ft, I’m already throwing away the ease of 25-27 footers and I’m almost limiting myself to only going where Class A’s can go. Which leads me to my dilemma.
My specific question is: if I’m going all the way to 30 feet on a van chassis (which is arguably close to max capacity), would we be better off just getting a short (30-33ft) Class A on the F53 chassis?
I hope not to start a Class argument. I’m just looking for useful insight on when the difference between the two becomes so narrow that a jump up to a Class A makes sense.
My assumption is that Class C’s perform best under 28ft in terms of overhang/tail swing and weight limit.
Staying with my “less is more” motto, I started looking at low profile C’s and B pluses, ala Lazy Daze and Phoenix Cruiser. To make this upgrade/expense be worth the effort, however, I find myself gravitating toward the 30 foot versions. At 30 ft, I’m already throwing away the ease of 25-27 footers and I’m almost limiting myself to only going where Class A’s can go. Which leads me to my dilemma.
My specific question is: if I’m going all the way to 30 feet on a van chassis (which is arguably close to max capacity), would we be better off just getting a short (30-33ft) Class A on the F53 chassis?
I hope not to start a Class argument. I’m just looking for useful insight on when the difference between the two becomes so narrow that a jump up to a Class A makes sense.
My assumption is that Class C’s perform best under 28ft in terms of overhang/tail swing and weight limit.
