Advice on a Class C sizes..... 26' or 31'

j-d wrote:
Remember that a goodly portion of a given model year's Class C RV production is usually on a chassis that is one model year earlier. For example, that 2006 Jayco could be on a 2005 Ford chassis. Although there may have been minor refinements, those two specific model years are all but identical. No reason to choose one coach over another because of the chassis year. But if a 2008 Jayco was on a 2007 Ford chassis, there ARE significant differences. Capacity goes from 14050 to 14500. Admittedly not much, but nearly all that increase (400 pounds) is on the front axle and the longer Class C's approach max on the front axle. So maybe... For me, the bigger difference is that the brakes are larger. The improvements again are mostly on the front axle. Important to many, a 2008 and newer chassis has the "dump truck grille" that makes it look current. Hard to tell between 2008 and 2016. Easy to tell between 2007 and 2008, again, I'm saying Chassis.