Are large gas motor Rv's underpower?
At the risk of getting someone angry for me asking the same question they don't want to see again, that no doubt some people feel has been discussed enough. Are gas Class A's underpowered to tow a...
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Ivylog wrote:
" a gas engine should be good for 200-250k miles and odds are the rig will be old and falling apart long before the engine gets worn out. "
True and a mid-high level DP will be at mid life and the house will not be falling apart. In many ways it gets down to how long you'll keep the rig. I'm at 10 years and see no reason why I'll not have it in another 10 years. My cost to own for 20 years will be less than someone who buys and then trades two times on lessor MHs.
How many miles do you put on the rig per year?
If you are putting 20-30k miles/year on, you might have a claim.
I'd be willing to bet the vast majority of MH's (at least from looking at used ones), are well under 10k miles/year, so in your example the engine still has over 10yrs of life in it. So your hypothetical 20yr lifespan in a quality unit (even most of the lower & mid level units will hold up that long with decent maintenance), works just fine with a gas engine.
The biggest difference is they guys who pay big bucks for a MH don't care about the up charge for the diesel,so you rarely see them with the very viable gas engines because it's a status symbol to get the diesel, so much so that it's not worth it to the manufacturer to design for a gas engine. It's a marketing issue not an issue with gas engines.
