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ron_dittmer
Explorer III
Apr 12, 2016

A Floor Plan Not Made In A Long Time

I have seen something similar, but NOT in a very long time.

To keep the length of a C as short as possible, I think it would be interesting to offer a rear bedroom floor plan where the queen bed is turned sideways, placed a few inches away from the back wall so the bed can be easily made up, sitting high enough as a captains bed with drawers facing forward. The back half would be one huge outdoor storage compartment with access from each side and the rear, maybe storing the spare tire dead center inside it. That way if you don't want to carry a spare, you have that much more storage. Pending the width of the rig, a wall of cabinets, a window, and a TV could be on the side opposite the pillows. You could offer lots of over-head storage as long as not to bump your head sitting up in bed.

The obvious draw back would be that one person would need to crawl over the other, but being an open room, that would not be nearly as difficult as the rear corner bed of current days.

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  • IAMICHABOD wrote:
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    A huge outdoor storage compartment,100cubic feet, with access from each side and the rear, the spare tire dead center inside. Below the covers in the compartment there are storage bins about 8 inches deep,offering more storage,as a bonus the largest storage cover is a table with fold down legs.


    There is a downside to this image. It moves the fresh water tank forward (a good thing) and provides a huge storage area to overload behind the rear axle (not so good)....


    BUT


    I have a walk-around queen bed in my 28R. Under the bed against the rear wall is the 40 gallon fresh water tank (usually with just enough water in it to keep the pump wet). Then there is about a 2 foot wide pass-through, some dead space for electrical and plumbing, and then interior storage under the front of the queen bed. The foot of the bed tilts up to access the storage beneath it.

    The bed can get cold at night. I like the cold. After a few minutes in bed one's body heat warms up the mattress. My Oregon Scientific thermometer says that it is 64.2 F as I type this and I am comfortable.

    When a bed is flying over a large dead space it may not be so good for those who want to do cold weather camping.
  • That is right, the floor plan that Ron describes hasn't been offered for a while. I think the RV MFG should start making them again they were very popular,Fleetwood made them From 2002-2010,and I have one, a Tioga 26Q.

    The floor plan is just as described with rear bedroom where the queen bed is turned sideways, placed a few inches away from the back wall so the bed can be easily made up.



    A huge outdoor storage compartment,100cubic feet, with access from each side and the rear, the spare tire dead center inside. Below the covers in the compartment there are storage bins about 8 inches deep,offering more storage,as a bonus the largest storage cover is a table with fold down legs.

  • Take a look at this one.

    http://winnebagoind.com/products/class-c/2016/minnie-winnie/floorplans

    27Q

    A walk-around queen bed and a dinette slideout deliver family-friendly fun. Upgrade to swivel cab seats for an expanded living space.


    Floorplan Specs
  • ron.dittmer wrote:
    That way if you don't want to carry a spare, you have that much more storage.


    Ron,

    On the E350 and E450 chassis a spare doesn't have to take up any potential storage space.

    i.e. On our 24 ft Class C the spare is mounted down underneath at the back up in between the frame members just aft of the main 55 gallon fuel tank.

    Perhaps this can't be done on other chassis (but maybe also on the Chevy 3500 and 4500 chassis)? However, I've seen many E350 based Class C motorhomes that for some reason the spare is sadly taking up space in a main rear storage area or mounted outside on the rear wall of the coach. :h
  • check out 19' german hymer w/ garage under rear bed that you enter via a laddr
  • Yes, it has been a long time. Maybe it started with sheep wagons.

    My family owned a small TT (a Scotsman, not the one shown in the photo below). The bottom unit as seen in the photo was a couch which slid easily out to make a comfortable double bed; some of its support came from the side cabinets which barely show in the photo. The part above, where the words show in the photo, was a double bunk with a hinged floor which lifted up for daytime to leave plenty of headroom on the couch below. Under the bottom bed were storage cabinets.



    The only units I can think of which come close to this floorplan now are Class B's with an electric couch which makes a large rear bed.