B vs C---leaks, maintenance, quality
One thing that has put me way way off buying a used class C is their propensity for bigtime leaks, and frequent mediocre build quality. Are class B's generally less prone to leaks? Where are the w...
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Escargot wrote:Arizona Kid wrote:
This has been explained hundreds of times in this forum.
A B+ is a made up term by the manufactures.
All so called B+'s are Class C's. There is a B+ sub forum in the Class C forum.
There are 35' Class C's with 3 slides, that the the manufacture calls a B+, the only difference is it doesn't have a bed over the cab.
RIVA, who sets the standards for RV's doesn't reconize a B+ as a Type of RV.
RIVA's consumer site.
Riva's definition of a Class B: "Commonly called van campers, Type B Motorhomes are built using automotive manufactured van or panel-truck shells."
A "B+" is built on a cut-away, or truck chassis, like all Class C's.
Thank you, Arizona Kid.
It seems this cannot be stated and re-stated and re-stated enough.
Ok, a third time now.
Still, if a C minus fits someone's application...
But I wonder? If someone finds that a B is too small, why give up all that cab-over space with a C minus? Me, I think that I would go for the same size C with the cab-over, not a C minus.
Bud
